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Day the Earth Shook, The
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Program Overview
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Earthquake! The images that come to mind are devastated buildings, fallen
bridges, enormous cracks in the ground, raging fires, and loss of human life.
Earthquakes also cause water pipes to burst, gas lines to break, and highways
to crumble. Earthquakes strike all over the world, and in the past few years
major earthquakes have caused serious damage—in Los Angeles, California in
January 1994, and in Kobe, Japan, 12 months later—and have produced incredible
human losses. The intensity of these two earthquakes—both occurred in
high-risk areas and measured over 6.5 on the Richter scale—and the resulting
damage and repair work have made them two of the most destructive earthquakes
in recent history. This NOVA program examines some of the latest research into
earthquake studies which show that while earthquakes may not be predictable in
the short term, they need not take such a high toll on human lives.
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