It goes without saying that the loss of human life due to the tsunami and earthquake and the potential for horrendous genetic defects and cancers associated with radiation are extremely frightening.
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The human toll and economic damage in Japan was from the earthquake, not the subsequent potential problems with nuclear plants.
Archaeological evidence has the potential to reveal earthquake activity over millennial time spans, especially when integrated with historical documents and geological evidence.
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The biggest potential risks following an earthquake center around clean water, safe food, shelter, and disposal of waste.
We have a weak levy system in California, in Sacramento River Valley, and we've got the potential of a major earthquake in northern California.
To hear the bears tell it, the combination of the earthquake, the tsunami, and the potential nuclear disaster will undoubtedly slow the Japanese economy.
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Situated in a high-risk zone, Indonesia now has developed the capability to warn of the potential for a tsunami from an undersea earthquake within five minutes of its occurrence.
All this production capability might still be affected by potential parts shortages that trace back to the Japanese earthquake.
Indonesia's government has improved its monitoring of earthquake data since then by positioning buoys to take sea-level readings and warn of potential tsunamis.
Only the integration of all potential evidence for past earthquakes enables us to advance our understanding of the complex earthquake history of a region.
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Mr Bilham believes this area has the potential to generate several earthquakes of magnitude 8 or more, and is the most vulnerable (in terms of potential loss of life and damage) of the regions that could produce a great earthquake.
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The US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has told computer users to be wary of potential e-mail scams, as well as fake anti-virus and phishing attacks regarding the Japan earthquake and the tsunami disasters.
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