Topic: Earthquakes
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Videos
Earthquake Creates Weird Lightshow Over Mexico City
The electrical infrastructure in Mexico's capital did not respond happily to Sunday morning's quake.
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East Coast Cities at Risk in Future Tsunamis
If a major tsunami were to occur off the Atlantic coast, cities from New England to New Jersey could be hardest hit.
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Superstorm Sandy Was So Powerful the Ground Shook in Seattle
Earthquakes aren't the only thing to make the earth shiver.
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Can a Booming Bay Area Avoid Running Out of Water?
San Francisco's sources of drinking water are threatened on multiple fronts.
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You've Heard of Skyscrapers. But What About a 'Depthscraper'?
It's basically a giant hole in the ground, designed to withstand Japanese earthquakes.
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The Social Side of Urban Earthquake Risk
Creating a better measure of non-physical urban factors in post-earthquake damage.
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Democracy in America
The Misunderstood Science Behind Fears That a Subway Tunnel Could Blow Up Beverly Hills High School
Earthquakes, underground chemicals, hysteria and emotion all collide in L.A.
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Photos
When an Earthquake Meets Truly Old Buildings
In northern Italy, a 6.0 magnitude earthquake makes a mess of Renaissance-era structures.
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Preparing San Francisco for the Next Big One
Report calls for retrofitting buildings to allow people to stay in the city after a major earthquake.
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Archives
San Francisco's 1971 Earthquake, the Educational Video
Groovy NASA archival film explains how any why earthquakes affect the Bay Area the way they do
