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  2. 1990 South Sudan earthquakes - Wikipedia

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    The earthquake killed 31 people and damaged some buildings in Juba, and some in Moyo, Uganda. The Nile's banks had fissures, and a bridge near Torit was destroyed. The shock was felt for up to 800 km (500 mi). [18] This event is believed to be the largest earthquake ever recorded in South Sudan, and is one of the largest events known in all of ...

  3. A Long Walk to Water - Wikipedia

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    First edition (publ. Clarion Books) A Long Walk to Water (sometimes shortened to ALWTW) is a short novel written by Linda Sue Park and published in 2010. It blends the true story of Salva Dut whose story is based in 1985, a part of the Dinka tribe and a Sudanese Lost Boy, and the fictional story of Nya whose story is based in 2008, a young village girl that was a part of the Nuer tribe.

  4. Sunda megathrust - Wikipedia

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    Variation of seismicity with depth across the Sunda Trench subduction zone, low-angle part is the Sunda megathrust – 2007 Bengkulu earthquakes mainshock shown by star. The Sunda megathrust is a fault that extends approximately 5,500 km (3300 mi) from Myanmar (Burma) in the north, running along the southwestern side of Sumatra, to the south of Java and Bali before terminating near Australia. [1]

  5. Water for South Sudan - Wikipedia

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    Salva Dut is a philanthropist [9] [10] and the founder of Water for South Sudan. [11] Dut was born on December 1, 1974. [12] in Southern Sudan. [11] His story is told in the book A Long Walk to Water, written by Linda Sue Park. [13] He was living in Sudan while the Sudanese Civil War took place.

  6. Lists of earthquakes - Wikipedia

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    A pie chart comparing the seismic moment release of the three largest earthquakes for the hundred-year period from 1906 to 2005 with that for all earthquakes of magnitudes <6, 6 to 7, 7 to 8, and >8 for the same period. The 2011 Japan quake would be roughly similar to Sumatra. Earthquakes of magnitude 8.0 and greater from 1900 to 2018.

  7. Rumbling returns to the Columbia area as another earthquake ...

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    The South Carolina Emergency Management Division map of fault lines in the Palmetto State where there has been a swarm of earthquakes. ... There have been 115 earthquakes in South Carolina since ...

  8. Geology of South Sudan - Wikipedia

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    Geologic map of South Sudan The geology of South Sudan is founded on Precambrian igneous and metamorphic rocks , that cover 40 percent of the country's surface and underlie other rock units. The region was affected by the Pan-African orogeny in the Neoproterozoic and extensional tectonics in the Mesozoic that deposited very thick oil-bearing ...

  9. What caused all of the earthquakes in the Midlands ... - AOL

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    “The current earthquake swarm is unusual because of its location (near Elgin), and that it contains earthquake magnitudes larger than in previous swarms observed in the state of South Carolina ...