Monday's quake occurred near the meeting point of two major fault lines, which geologists described as a seismically unstable triangle. From Wordnik.com. [WIBW - HomePage - Headlines] Reference
It's a lush and seismically active type of place. nfabq. From Wordnik.com. [Towns of Comala and lake area La Maria] Reference
With that news, the earth shook seismically across Pipelineistan. From Wordnik.com. [Pepe Escobar: Blue Gold, Turkmen Bashes, and Asian Grids] Reference
Japan is a seismically active area with a tremor every five minutes. From Wordnik.com. [Second Earthquake Hits Japan, Rattles Buildings in Tokyo] Reference
"It's clear that we're looking at a very seismically active region.". From Wordnik.com. [What Makes a Tremor So Destructive] Reference
It was a breakthrough in music-making that seismically shifted jazz. From Wordnik.com. [Great moments in jazz: How Miles Davis plugged in and transformed jazz...all over again] Reference
The old building was demolished after being deemed seismically unsafe. From Wordnik.com. [de Young Museum 1: Earthquake Crack Tower] Reference
The mind boggles seismically at the sheer lunacy of theirnon-decisions. From Wordnik.com. [Follow that man - a cautionary tale] Reference
The area is part of the most seismically active region in North America. From Wordnik.com. [Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Wilderness Park, Canada] Reference
If the game we grew up with and many of us loved is seismically shifted?. From Wordnik.com. [Stephen Montemayor: As Awareness Increases, Solutions Near for Football's Concussion Issue] Reference
This has to be something that happens seismically under the ocean surface. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 27, 2004] Reference
In countries that are seismically stable, plain unreinforced masonry is used. From Wordnik.com. [Mexican House Construction - a Common Misunderstanding] Reference
Earthquakes are common in Japan, one of the world's most seismically active areas. From Wordnik.com. [tsunami alert in Japan] Reference
Metsamor nuclear power plant in spite of its location in a seismically active zone. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
It is small, its known test site is granite, and it is not a seismically active region. From Wordnik.com. [The Test Ban Treaty Would Help North Korea] Reference
China's code is now on par with similar codes in seismically active areas of the world. From Wordnik.com. [An Unnecessary Tragedy] Reference
So it looks as if the world has certain periods which are unusually seismically active. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 12, 2005] Reference
Earthquakes are common in Greece, one of the most seismically active countries in Europe. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Tremor felt in Athens] Reference
Yet we still educate our children in old schools that have not been seismically upgraded. From Wordnik.com. [10 « October « 2008 « Stephen Rees's blog] Reference
Now in San Francisco, where I live, gargoyles on office building are seismically anchored. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Kirk's Yuck at Yucca Mountain] Reference
TOM FOREMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, this is also a seismically fragile part of the world. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 10, 2005] Reference
But relatively speaking, Japan is one of the most seismically active countries in the world. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 16, 2007] Reference
Dominique Similox-Tohon and Manuel Sintubin continued their quest for seismically active faults. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos 2003 - Seismological Studies Report 4] Reference
Hospital services would be located in the new seismically-compliant patient tower at the MLK site. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference
The twin disasters happened hours apart in one of the most seismically active regions on the planet. From Wordnik.com. [Indonesia Hit By Tsunami, Volcanic Eruption] Reference
Ironically, the epic national collapse offers him leverage to seismically shift the political compass. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Preparing To Redefine The "Center"?] Reference
I then spent the last half of my life in Alaska, which is the most seismically active state in The US. From Wordnik.com. [Living in D.F.] Reference
What makes modern quakes particularly devastating are megacities located near seismically active zones. From Wordnik.com. [Why Bigger Quake Sows Less Damage] Reference
Natural hazards: prolonged droughts; harmattan wind can obscure visibility; volcanically and seismically active. From Wordnik.com. [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference
At the western boundary, it is pushing into the Pacific Plate, which is why California is so seismically active. From Wordnik.com. [Md. quake is a creak in annals of seismic events] Reference
Cape Verdeprolonged droughts; seasonal harmattan wind produces obscuring dust; volcanically and seismically active. From Wordnik.com. [Natural hazards] Reference
Cape Verde prolonged droughts; seasonal harmattan wind produces obscuring dust; volcanically and seismically active. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
The country has approximately 55 nuclear plants scattered around the adversely seismically affected islands of Japan. From Wordnik.com. [KAKUEI TANAKA'S LEGACY, TEXAS, AND THE LOCATION OF THE REACTOR IN KASHIWAZAKI, JAPAN] Reference
The park lies in a caldera basin over a volcanic hot spot in the most seismically active region of the Rocky Mountains. From Wordnik.com. [Yellowstone National Park, United States] Reference
Natural hazards: prolonged droughts; seasonal harmattan wind produces obscuring dust; volcanically and seismically active. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
The area is still seismically active, with many small shocks every day, few of which ever get to the window-rattling stage. From Wordnik.com. [The Rift] Reference
If you're talking about a building still under construction, making it seismically resistant might add 5 to 7 percent to the cost. From Wordnik.com. [Living on the Fault Line] Reference
Mr. Giuliani based his forecast on measurements of increased concentrations of radon gas surfacing around seismically active areas. From Wordnik.com. [A Political Lesson From Italy's Disastrous Quake] Reference
That the social climate of the nation has changed so seismically and with such jolting rapidity is what this movement is really about. From Wordnik.com. [Brock Cohen: Taking Our Country Back From the Cult of Curmudgeon] Reference
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