seismic event
1Seismic retrofit — Seismic retrofitting is the modification of existing structures to make them more resistant to seismic activity, ground motion, or soil failure due to earthquakes. Other retrofit techniques are applicable to areas subject to tropical cyclones,… …
2seismic — adjective Etymology: Greek seismos shock, earthquake, from seiein to shake; probably akin to Avestan thwaēshō fear Date: 1858 1. of, subject to, or caused by an earthquake; also of or relating to an earth vibration caused by something else (as an …
3Seismic wave — Seismic waves are waves that travel through the Earth, most often as the result of a tectonic earthquake, sometimes from an explosion. Seismic waves are also continually excited by the pounding of ocean waves and the wind. Seismic waves are… …
4Seismic hazard — refers to the study of expected earthquake ground motions at the earth s surface, and its likely effects on existing natural conditions and man made structures for public safety considerations; the results of such studies are published as seismic …
5Seismic Unix — is an open source seismic utilities package supported by the Center for Wave Phenomena (CWP) at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM).Infobox Software name = Seismic Unix caption = Velocity Analysis with SU developer = [http://www.cwp.mines.edu/… …
6Seismic Handler — (SH) is an interactive analysis program for preferably continuous waveform data. It was developed at the Seismological Observatory Gräfenberg and is in use there for daily routine analysis of local and global seismic events. In original form… …
7Household seismic safety — Contributions of photographs related to details of preparation are needed. Household seismic safety is an issue for areas of the world with a high risk of seismic activity, and is concerned with the following: *Appropriate securing of household… …
8Tornillo event — A tornillo event is a low frequency seismic event associated with volcanoes. The term, which means screw in Spanish, was coined in the mid 1990s at the Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Pasto (OVSP) in Pasto, Colombia to describe… …
9Mitigation of seismic motion — Main article: Earthquake engineering Mitigation of seismic motion is an important factor in earthquake engineering and construction in earthquake prone areas. The destabilizing action of an earthquake on constructions may be direct (seismic… …
10Tunguska event in fiction — The Tunguska event was an explosion that occurred on June 30, 1908 in the Siberian region of Russia, possibly caused by a meteoroid airburst. The event has inspired much speculation and appears in diverse fictional contexts, reviewed here. This… …
