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The earthquake in Bam on 26 December 2003 caused particular outrage and made clear the necessity for blogging as a news source.
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earthquake and Bam
The largest structure ever made from adobe ( bricks ) was the Bam Citadel, which suffered serious damage ( up to 80 %) by an earthquake on December 26, 2003.
* 2003 – A magnitude 6. 6 earthquake devastates southeast Iranian city of Bam, killing tens of thousands and destroying the citadel of Arg-é Bam.
* On December 26, 2003, the massive 2003 Bam earthquake devastates southeastern Iran ; over 40, 000 people are reported killed in the city of Bam.
Arg e Bam Before the earthquake.
The 2003 Bam earthquake was a major earthquake that struck Bam and the surrounding Kerman province of southeastern Iran at 1: 56 AM UTC ( 5: 26 AM Iran Standard Time ) on December 26, 2003.
The development of the plan took at least six months and resulted in significant complaints against the central government and local government by the Bam earthquake survivors.
The earthquake was an extreme tragedy and stunted the growth of Bam as a city, especially as about half of the city's residents were killed and most of the remainder hurt.
* IRINNews. org " Tehran lowers Bam earthquake toll "
On December 26, 2003, the Citadel was almost completely destroyed by an earthquake, along with much of the rest of Bam and its environs.
Arg-é Bam on the other hand, the world's largest adobe structure, was destroyed in an earthquake in December 2003.
Afshin-Jam traveled worldwide representing many causes including helping victims of the tsunami in India and Sri Lanka, raising funds for the earthquake victims of Bam, supporting fistula patients in Ethiopia, fundraising for Variety the Children's Charity, bridging the digital divide through youth advocacy and raising awareness on the practice of Bear Bile Farming in China.
The survivors of the Bam earthquake also began protesting due to lack of governmental support, which went unreported in the official news but the shooting of two individuals at a Friday prayer was reported by bloggers.
On February 15, 2004, Bakhtiar was the Mistress of Ceremonies ( MC ) for a Bam earthquake fundraiser that also honored US disaster assistance response teams.
The SHO had campaigns for Iraq, Bam, Darfur, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, for the 2005 Kashmir earthquake, Birma, the 2010 Haiti earthquake, 2010 Pakistan floods and most recently the 2011 Horn of Africa drought.
The medieval mudbrick city of Rayen is similar to the Arg-é Bam city which was destroyed in an earthquake in December 2003.
earthquake and on
One of the most damaging tsunami on record followed the famous Lisbon earthquake of November 1, 1755 ; ;
After an earthquake in Japan in 1793 people on the coast at Tugaru were so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground.
At twelve minutes after five on the morning of Wednesday, April 18, 1906, San Francisco was shaken by a severe earthquake.
* 1998 – An earthquake in Slovenia, measuring 5. 6 on the Richter scale occurs near the town of Bovec.
* 1953 – The islands of Zakynthos and Kefalonia in Greece are severely damaged by an earthquake measuring 7. 3 on the Richter scale.
* 1993 – An earthquake measuring 7. 0 on the Richter Scale hits the South Island of New Zealand.
No large earthquake has occurred on the Hayward Fault near Berkeley in historic times ( except possibly in 1836 ), but seismologists warn about the geologic record of large temblors several times in the deeper past, and their current assessment is that a quake of 6. 5 or greater is imminent, sometime within the next 30 years.
The 1868 Hayward earthquake did occur on the southern segment of the Hayward Fault in the vicinity of today's city of Hayward ( hence, how the fault got its name ).
Still, the events discussed are often based on historical happenings, such as the Seven Years ' War and the 1755 Lisbon earthquake.
The Rock of Calvary is seen cracked through a window on the altar wall, the crack traditionally being said to be caused by the earthquake that occurred when Jesus died on the cross, and being said by more critical scholars to be the result of quarrying against a natural flaw in the rock.
The structure was re-striped to accommodate six lanes on October 18, 1989 in response to the temporary closing of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge due to the Loma Prieta earthquake, and the permanent widening of the approaches was completed by July 2003.
* 1988 – Spitak Earthquake: In Armenia an earthquake measuring 6. 9 on the Richter scale kills nearly 25, 000, injures 15, 000 and leaves 400, 000 homeless.
* 2004 – A 9. 3 magnitude earthquake creates a tsunami causing devastation in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Maldives and many other areas around the rim of the Indian Ocean, killing over 230, 000 people including over 1700 on a moving train.
One was recorded in 1812 ; one measuring 7. 6 on the Richter Scale hit on November 30, 1983 at 21: 46 local time and lasted 142 seconds, resulting in a small tsunami which raised wave height in the lagoon to 1. 5 metres ( 5 ft ), and another on December 2, 2002, an earthquake measuring 4. 6 on the Richter Scale struck the island at 12: 21 a. m.
The longest earthquake ruptures on strike-slip faults, like the San Andreas Fault ( 1857, 1906 ), the North Anatolian Fault in Turkey ( 1939 ) and the Denali Fault in Alaska ( 2002 ), are about half to one third as long as the lengths along subducting plate margins, and those along normal faults are even shorter.
The most important parameter controlling the maximum earthquake magnitude on a fault is however not the maximum available length, but the available width because the latter varies by a factor of 20.
The Northridge earthquake was associated with movement on a blind thrust within such a zone.
A tectonic earthquake begins by an initial rupture at a point on the fault surface, a process known as nucleation.
The objective of earthquake engineering is to foresee the impact of earthquakes on buildings and other structures and to design such structures to minimize the risk of damage.
* 1981 – An earthquake registering 6. 7 on the Richter scale hits Athens, killing 16 people and destroying buildings in several towns west of the city.
earthquake and 26
On 26 December 2004, the coast of the Andaman Islands was devastated by a high tsunami following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
On 26 December 2004, the countries surrounding the Indian Ocean were hit by a tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
On 26 December 2004, a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated parts of northern Sumatra, particularly Aceh.
* 2006 – The May 2006 Java earthquake strikes at 5: 53: 58 am local time ( 22: 53: 58 UTC May 26 ) devastating Bantul and the city of Yogyakarta killing over 6, 600 people.
* 2000 – The 2000 Baku Earthquake takes place, Richter magnitude of 7. 0, leaving 26 people dead in Baku, Azerbaijan and becoming the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years.
This year reminds me of the enormous earthquake in 26 B. C.
On 26 December 2004, the western coast and islands of Sumatra, particularly Aceh province, were struck by a tsunami following the Indian Ocean earthquake.
The Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus ( Res Gestae 26. 10. 15-19 ) described the typical sequence of a tsunami, including an incipient earthquake, the sudden retreat of the sea and a following gigantic wave, after the 365 AD tsunami devastated Alexandria.
* January 26 – An earthquake hits Gujarat
The tsunami caused by the December 26, 2004 earthquake strikes Ao Nang, Thailand.
* On January 26, 2001, an earthquake hits Gujarat, India, killing more than 12, 000.
* On December 26, 2004, one of the worst natural disasters in recorded history hits Southeast Asia, when the strongest earthquake in 40 years hits the entire Indian Ocean region.
* May 26 – A powerful earthquake and tsunami in northern Honshū, Japan kills 104 and injures 163.
* March 26 – An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7. 2 strikes Lone Pine, California.
* January 26 – Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake in which thousands die.
* March 26 – An earthquake destroys Caracas, Venezuela.
* October 26 – An earthquake strikes Constantinople and the surrounding countryside, causing destruction to the city's land walls and buildings, and many deaths.
* May 26 – An earthquake and tsunami devastate a large part of the Sanriku coast near Sendai, Japan.
* November 26 – A great earthquake strikes Japan.
* May 26 – An earthquake in Kamakura, Japan kills an estimated 30, 000.
On December 26, 2004, a large portion of the boundary between the Burma Plate and the Indo-Australian Plate slipped, causing the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
On 26 April 1966, Tashkent was destroyed by a huge earthquake ( 7. 5 on the Richter scale ) and over 300, 000 were left homeless.
He and all the conspirators, with their families and possessions, were swallowed up by an earthquake ( Numbers 16: 1-40 ; 26: 9-11 ; Psalms.
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