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Nuclear power plants built in the areas usually thought of as earthquake zones, such as the California coastline, have a surprisingly low risk of damage from those earthquakes. Why? They built anticipating a major quake.

~Bill Dedman

Topics: Area Built California Coastline Damage Earthquake Earthquakes Low Major Nuclear Nuclear Power Plants Power Risk Surprisingly Those Thought Why Zone

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Each year, at the typical nuclear reactor in the U.S., there's a 1 in 74,176 chance of an earthquake strong enough to cause damage to the reactor's core, which could expose the public to radiation. No tsunami required.

~Bill Dedman

Topics: Cause Chance Core Could Damage Each Each Year Earthquake Enough Expose Nuclear Public Radiation Required Strong Typical Which Year Tsunami

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The outpouring of support from millions of people in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti has been impressive.

~Bill Gates

Topics: Aftermath Been Earthquake Haiti Immediate Impressive Millions Millions Of People People Support

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What struck me first on reading the Ten Hoeve-Jacobson paper was how small the consequences of the radiation release from the Fukushima reactor accident are projected to be compared to the devastation wrought by the giant earthquake and tsunami.

~Burton Richter

Topics: Accident Compared Consequences Devastation Earthquake First Giant How Me Paper Projected Radiation Reading Release Small Struck Ten Wrought Tsunami

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I've slept through a mild earthquake in Italy. And also a very tight hockey game where people were screaming their heads off.

~Carl Kasell

Topics: Also Earthquake Game Heads Hockey Italy Mild Off People Screaming Slept Through Tight Very Were Where

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There's been a lot of really great intensive research into earthquakes, but we can't predict an earthquake down to the day. We can't predict where a hurricane is going to be a month in advance.

~Carrie Nugent

Topics: Advance Been Day Down Earthquake Earthquakes Going Great Hurricane Intensive Lot Month Predict Really Research Where

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As seismologists gained more experience from earthquake records, it became obvious that the problem could not be reduced to a single peak acceleration. In fact, a full frequency of vibrations occurs.

~Charles Francis Richter

Topics: Acceleration Became Could Earthquake Experience Fact Frequency Full Gained In Fact More Obvious Occurs Peak Problem Records Reduced Single Vibrations

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If one introduces the concept of energy of an earthquake then that is a theoretically derived quantity.

~Charles Francis Richter

Topics: Concept Derived Earthquake Energy Quantity Then Theoretically

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In every area of the world where there is earthquake risk, there are still many buildings of this type; it is very frustrating to try to get rid of them.

~Charles Francis Richter

Topics: Area Buildings Earthquake Every Frustrating Get Many Rid Risk Still Them Try Type Very Where World

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In the middle of my third Hollywood picture The Magician, the earthquake hit Hollywood. Not the real earthquake. Just the talkies.

~Conrad Veidt

Topics: Earthquake Hit Hollywood Just Magician Middle Picture Real Third

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