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Growth and other physiological responses of bivalves in laboratory experiments recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Milford lab maintains data sets relating to a variety of growth and physiology trials. These include husbandry techniques (i.e. stocking density, container size,... -
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Tethys Acoustic Metadata Database recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Tethys database houses the metadata associated with the acoustic data collection efforts by the Passive Acoustic Group. These metadata include dates, locations... -
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Barcena, Mexico Images recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Barcena is on San Benedicto Island, which lies off the coast of Mexico, south of Baja California and west of Mexico City. -
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July 1993 Hokkaido, Japan Images recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
On July 12, 1993, a magnitude 7.6 Ms (7.7 Mw) (HRV) earthquake at 13:17 UT in the Sea of Japan near Hokkaido caused a back-arc tsunami that caused damage in all of... -
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Archive of Geosample Data and Information from the Polar Rock Repository (PRR), Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center (BPCRC), the Ohio State University (OSU) recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Polar Rock Repository (PRR) is part of the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center (BPCRC) at the Ohio State University. The PRR is a partner in the Index to... -
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August 1976 Moro Gulf, Philippines Images recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
On August 16, 1976, at 16:11:07 UTC, a magnitude (Mw) 8.0 earthquake shook Mindanao Island in the Philippines. It caused a destructive tsunami in the Celebes Sea that... -
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May 1980 Mount Saint Helens, USA Images recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
An earthquake occurred at 15 32 UT, only seconds before the explosion that began the eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano. This eruption and blast blew off the top of... -
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October 1987 Whittier, USA Images recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Epicenter: 34.0 degrees N, 118.1 degrees W. Magnitude: 5.9. Damage: $358 million. Eight deaths. The fault which ruptured was located about 11 kilometers below the... -
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May 2003 Boumerdes and Algiers, Algeria Images recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
A destructive earthquake of magnitude Mw = 6.8 hit the region of Boumerdes and Algiers (Algeria) on May 21, 2003. This is among the strongest seismic events of the... -
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March 1964 Prince William Sound, USA Images recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The Prince William Sound magnitude 9.2 Mw earthquake on March 28, 1964 at 03:36 GMT (March 27 at 5:36 pm local time), was the largest U.S. earthquake ever recorded... -
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October 1986 San Salvador, El Salvador Images recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
At least 1,000 people killed, 10,000 injured, 200,000 homeless and severe damage in the San Salvador area. About 50 fatalities were the result of landslides in the... -
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January 1994 Northridge, USA Images recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
At 4:31 am local time (12:31 GMT) on Monday, January 17, 1994, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake twenty miles west northwest of downtown Los Angeles awoke nearly everyone in... -
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May 1983 Coalinga, USA Images recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
Location: Central California, 20.8 kilometers from Coalinga. Affected area: 205,000 square kilometers. Damage: $31 million. The most serious damage occurred in the... -
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April 1965 Seattle, USA Images recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The magnitude 6.5 earthquake killed 7 and caused 12.5 million in property damage. -
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October 1989 Loma Prieta, USA Images recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurred near Loma Prieta in the Santa Cruz mountains. Movement occurred along a 40-km segment of the San Andreas fault from southwest of... -
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February 2011 Christchurch, New Zealand Images recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The South Island, New Zealand earthquake occurred as part of the aftershock sequence of the M 7.0 September 3, 2010 Darfield, NZ earthquake. It involved oblique-... -
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May 1960 Puerto Montt, Valdivia, Chile Images recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
On May 22, 1960, a Mw 9.5 earthquake, the largest earthquake ever instrumentally recorded, occurred in southern Chile. The series of earthquakes that followed ravaged... -
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November 1999 Duzce, Turkey Images recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The magnitude 7.2 quake occurred at 6.57 pm local time (16:57 GMT). Duzce lies on the eastern fringe of the region hit by the August 17, 1999 quake. The death toll... -
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March 1977 Bucharest, Romania Images recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
1,500 reported killed, 10,500 injured, and extensive damage in the Bucharest area. Bulgaria reported 20 killed and 165 injured. Moscow reported some damage in the... -
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October 1979 El Centro, USA Images recent views
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce —
The magnitude 6.9 earthquake caused $30 million property damage and injured 91 people.
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