Mechanism of the Catastrophic Earthquake off the Coast of Sumatra in 2004

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serguei Bychkov
Keyword(s):  
Catastrophic Earthquake

Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Mehrdad Shokoohy ◽  
Natalie H. Shokoohy
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Present Condition ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Catastrophic Earthquake ◽  
Stone Industry ◽  
The 19Th Century

Bayana, were it not for its shortage of water, might have been the capital of India. Strategically located in south-east Rajasthan on the route from Delhi to Gwalior and the Deccan, it attracted the attention of the Muslim conquerors, who made it their centre of power, with buildings praised by no less than Ibn Baṭṭūta. Until the founding of Agra it was the centre for control of the region, with the rulers, often autonomous, defying the Delhi sultans. Agriculture and the stone industry dominated, with sophisticated craftsmanship, but after a catastrophic earthquake in 1505 and the population’s migration to the newly founded capital, Agra, Bayana declined to the point that by the 19th century the Archaeological Survey of India reports show it as a forlorn remnant of past splendour. The previous archaeological studies along with the scope and field-work of the present study are outlined, as well as the present condition of the area and the regions’ influence and importance in the development of Mughal architecture.

The Spitak Database: A Comprehensive Description of a Catastrophic Earthquake

1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Sobolev ◽  
Y. Tyupkin ◽  
N. Sergeena ◽  
I. Frolov ◽  
S. Arefev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Comprehensive Description ◽  
Catastrophic Earthquake

scholarly journals “I Will Show You My Faith by My Works”: Addressing the Nexus between Philosophical Theodicy and Human Suffering and Loss in Contexts of ‘Natural’ Disaster

Religions ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 213
Author(s):  
Roger Philip Abbott
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Human Suffering ◽  
Middle Ground ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Catastrophic Earthquake ◽  
The Caribbean

As a practical theologian and researcher in the field of ‘natural’ disasters, as well as being a disaster responder chaplain, I am often confronted by, and have to confront, the nexus between theology/philosophy and “real life” in extremely traumatic contexts. The extreme suffering that is often the consequence of catastrophic natural disasters warrants solutions that can help vulnerable populations recover and adapt to live safely with natural hazards. For many practice-based responders, speculative theological/philosophical reflections around situations that are often human-caused seem predominantly vacuous exercises, potentially diverting attention away from the empiricism of causal human agency. In this article, I explore a middle ground involving a nuanced methodological approach to theodicy that is practical but no less intellectually demanding, that is theological more than philosophical, practical more than theoretical; a middle ground that also takes seriously the human culpability as causal for the human, and some would say the divine, suffering from disasters. I will include in this exploration my ethnographic fieldwork following the catastrophic earthquake to hit the Caribbean nation of Haiti in 2010.

Rise in international normalized ratio after a catastrophic earthquake in patients treated with warfarin

2011 ◽  
Vol 152 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-110
Author(s):  
Masato Oda ◽  
Hiroshi Watanabe ◽  
Eiji Oda ◽  
Makoto Tomita ◽  
Hiroaki Obata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
International Normalized Ratio ◽  
Catastrophic Earthquake

scholarly journals Relative sea-level changes in crete: reassessment of radiocarbon dates from Sphakia and west Crete

2002 ◽  
Vol 97 ◽  
pp. 171-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Price ◽  
Tom Higham ◽  
Lucia Nixon ◽  
Jennifer Moody
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Isotopic Fractionation ◽  
Sea Level Changes ◽  
Relative Sea Level ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
Sea Levels ◽  
Catastrophic Earthquake ◽  
Radiocarbon Data ◽  
Calendar Dates

This article is concerned with the recognition and dating of Holocene relative sea-level changes along the coast of west Crete (an island located in the active Hellenic subduction arc of the southern Aegean) and in particular in Sphakia. Radiocarbon data for changes in sea levels collected and analysed previously must (a) be recorrected to take into account isotopic fractionation, and (b) recalibrated by using the new marine reservoir value. These new radiocarbon dates are analysed using Bayesian statistics. The resulting calendar dates for changes in sea level are younger than previously assumed. In particular the Great Uplift in western Crete in late antiquity must be dated to the fifth or sixth century AD, not to AD 365. Moreover, recent work on tectonics suggests that the Great Uplift need not have been accompanied by a catastrophic earthquake. Finally, we consider the consequences of the Great Uplift for some coastal sites in Sphakia.

scholarly journals Evidence of preliminary prognosis of appearance of catastrophic earthquake and strong tsunami in the region of Tarapacá, Chile

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raissa K. Mazova ◽  
Jorge F. Van Den Bosch ◽  
Natalia A. Baranova ◽  
Gustavo A. Oses
Keyword(s):  
Historical Earthquakes ◽  
Seismic Events ◽  
Tsunami Waves ◽  
Work Support ◽  
Chilean Coast ◽  
Catastrophic Earthquake ◽  
Time Period

Abstract. Are analyzed the catastrophic seismic events near Chilean coast and generated by them tsunami 1 April 2014 to north of Iquique with magnitude 8.2. It is noted that event occurred 1 April 2014 was in fact predicted in work (Mazova and Ramirez 1999), in which there were analyzed all strongest Chilean tsunamigenic earthquakes with sources near the Chilean coast. Analysis of catastrophic earthquakes and tsunamis in given region, localization of source of historical earthquakes and character of generated by them tsunami waves permitted authors in that time to make a conclusion about possibility of repeated catastrophic earthquake and tsunami in near 10–20 years. The events near Iquique and Arica city in April 2014 are in this time period. Thus, the evidences, presented in this work, support preliminary prognosis made by authors in 1999.

scholarly journals L'universalisation de la catastrophe haïtienne dans Tout bouge autour de moi de Dany Laferrière

2020 ◽  
pp. 161-169
Author(s):  
Alessia Vignoli
Keyword(s):  
Personal Reflection ◽  
Bearing Witness ◽  
Dany Laferriere ◽  
Catastrophic Earthquake ◽  
Stefan Zweig ◽  
Paul Morand

Tout bouge autour de moi by the Haitian-Quebecois writer Dany Laferrière is a hybrid work which escapes all classification. It is a personal reflection triggered by the catastrophic earthquake that destroyed the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince and other cities in January 2010. The purpose of this essay is to correlate two aspects that define this work: the narration of the disaster (the need of bearing witness as a survivor, the chronological account of events) and the meditation which enables the writer to transcend the Haitian tragedy and make it universal. The analysis of some extracts from Tout bouge autour de moi will show how this process is made possible through two kinds of references: cultural (Haitian and non-Haitian painters and writers such as Paul Morand, Stefan Zweig, Amos Oz) and extraterritorial (the ties between Haiti and other geographical places, such as Brazil and Quebec).

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