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Descriptor English:   Earthquakes 
Descriptor Spanish:   terremotos 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Terremotos 
Synonyms English:   Earthquake  
Tree Number:   G01.311.250
N06.230.100.230.200
SP4.001.037.403.514.255
SP8.473.654.517.332.287
SP8.473.654.517.372.335
SP8.473.654.762.812.785
Definition English:   Sudden slips on a geological fault, and the resulting ground shaking and radiated seismic energy caused by the slips, or by volcanic or magmatic activity, or other sudden stress changes in the earth. Faults are fractures along which the blocks of EARTH crust on either side have moved relative to one another parallel to the fracture. 
Indexing Annotation English:   coordinate with DISASTERS if pertinent; specify geographic location
See Related English:   Geological Disaster
Richter Scale
Seismograph
Seismoscope
Vulnerability Analysis
 
History Note English:   2009; use DISASTERS 1976-2008 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
CL classification EC economics
HI history MO mortality
PC prevention & control SN statistics & numerical data
Record Number:   53288 
Unique Identifier:   D055866 

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