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  • Thumbnail for Seismic zone
    In seismology, a Seismic Zone or Seismic Belt is an area of seismicity potentially sharing a common cause. It can be referred to as an Earthquake Belt...
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  • Thumbnail for New Madrid Seismic Zone
    The New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ), sometimes called the New Madrid Fault Line, is a major seismic zone and a prolific source of intraplate earthquakes...
    32 KB (3,763 words) - 09:20, 18 June 2024
  • The Charlevoix Seismic Zone is a seismically active area in the Charlevoix region of northeastern Quebec, Canada. It is also known as the Charlevoix-Kamouraska...
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  • Thumbnail for Earthquake zones of India
    for India in terms of zone factors. In other words, the earthquake zoning map of India divides India into 4 seismic zones (Zone 2, 3, 4 and 5) unlike...
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  • The Laurentian Slope Seismic Zone is a seismically active area in Atlantic Canada located on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. It was the epicenter of...
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  • Thumbnail for Geological deformation of Iceland
    South Iceland seismic zone (SISZ), where strike-slip earthquakes can occur.: 38, 41  There are two major and active transform faults zones striking west...
    43 KB (4,900 words) - 00:42, 26 June 2024
  • The 1948 seismic codes were prepared in consideration of the seismic zone map. A new code was revised in 1961 and in 1963, the seismic zonation map was...
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  • Thumbnail for Wadati–Benioff zone
    A Wadati–Benioff zone (also Benioff–Wadati zone or Benioff zone or Benioff seismic zone) is a planar zone of seismicity corresponding with the down-going...
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  • Thumbnail for Wabash Valley Seismic Zone
    The Wabash Valley Seismic Zone (also known as the Wabash Valley Fault System or Zone) is a tectonic region located in the Midwestern United States, centered...
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  • The Eastern Tennessee Seismic Zone (ETSZ), also known as the East Tennessee Seismic Zone and the Southern Appalachian Seismic Zone, is a geographic band...
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  • The Virginia Seismic Zone in the U.S. state of Virginia covers about 8,000 square kilometers (3,100 sq mi) in the Piedmont province. Earthquakes in the...
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  • Prieto volcano The Brawley Seismic Zone (BSZ), also known as the Brawley fault zone, is a predominantly extensional tectonic zone that connects the southern...
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  • Thumbnail for Western Quebec Seismic Zone
    The Western Quebec Seismic Zone (French: Zone sismique de l'Ouest du Québec) is a seismically active area in the Ottawa Valley in Eastern Ontario and Western...
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  • Thumbnail for Seismic microzonation
    according to the local geology. A seismic zonation map for a whole country may, therefore, be inadequate for detailed seismic hazard assessment of the cities...
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  • Thumbnail for Cascadia subduction zone
    low levels of seismicity compared to other subduction zones, Cascadia hosts various types of earthquakes that are recorded by seismic and geodetic instruments...
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  • The South West Seismic Zone (also identified as SWSZ) is a major intraplate earthquake province located in the south west of Western Australia. It was...
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  • The Southern Great Lakes Seismic Zone is a zone of low to moderate seismic activity surrounding Lake Erie and Lake Ontario in Canada and the United States...
    669 bytes (54 words) - 12:14, 15 December 2018
  • The Northern Appalachians Seismic Zone is an active seismic zone in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern North America, extending from New Brunswick southwards...
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  • The Salcha Seismic Zone is a fault line in the Interior region of Alaska, United States, generally located to the east of Fairbanks. The fault runs for...
    5 KB (461 words) - 23:55, 21 January 2024
  • connected to prominent seismic activity.[clarification needed] It is not intended to list every notable fault, but only major fault zones.[clarification needed]...
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