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Related to the use of scientific methods and engineering principles to acquire, interpret and apply knowledge of earth materials to solving engineering problems.
Industry:Natural environment
A unit of frequency, equal to the number of cycles per second. See frequency.
Industry:Natural environment
A trembling and shaking of the earth’s surface; a vibration or trembling of the ground caused by movement of the subsurface.
Industry:Natural environment
A subjective numerical index describing the severity of ground shaking in an earthquake in terms of the effect on objects and humans.
A version of the Modified Mercalli intensity scale is on page __.
Industry:Natural environment
The social and economic consequences of anticipated earthquakes expressed in economic loss or casualties.
Risk may be expressedas the probability that these will equal or exceed specified values in an area during a specified interval of time.
Industry:Natural environment
The position on the earth’s surface above the focus of an earthquake.
Industry:Natural environment
A geologic feature or process that has the potential to have an adverse effect on people or structures.
Industry:Natural environment
The point within the earth where earthquake rupture begins; the focus of an earthquake.
Industry:Natural environment
Any physical phenomenon associated with an earthquake that may produce adverse effects on human activities.
Industry:Natural environment
