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Two new playable races were added to World of Warcraft in The Burning Crusade: the Draenei of the Alliance and the Blood Elves of the Horde.Previously, the shaman class was exclusive to the Horde faction (available to the orc, troll and tauren races), and the paladin class was exclusive to the Alliance faction (available to the human and dwarf races); with the new races, the expansion allowed ...
Through a door that Tary makes they enter into a torture room where they find a dwarven female named Tova, who turns out to be a were-bear, who they free right before her torturer, a devil, appears. They kill the devil, together with a few other evil creatures that respond to the noise, before they make their way towards the central chamber ...
Seismic retrofitting is the modification of existing structures to make them more resistant to seismic activity, ground motion, or soil failure due to earthquakes.With better understanding of seismic demand on structures and with recent experiences with large earthquakes near urban centers, the need of seismic retrofitting is well acknowledged.
UTC time: 1939-12-26 23:57:23: ISC event: 902291: USGS-ANSSComCat: Local date: 27 December 1939 (): Local time: 1:57:23 a.m. Magnitude: 7.8 M w [1]: Depth: 20 km (12 mi) [1] Epicenter: 1]: Fault: North Anatolian Fault: Type: Strike-slip: Areas affected: Erzincan Province Turkey: Total damage: 116,720 buildings were seriously damaged: Max. intensity: MMI XII (Extreme) [2]: Tsunami: 0.53 m (1 ft ...
Earthquake or seismic performance defines a structure's ability to sustain its main functions, such as its safety and serviceability, at and after a particular earthquake exposure. A structure is normally considered safe if it does not endanger the lives and well-being of those in or around it by partially or completely collapsing.
Quite early on, European settlers were faced with the reality of earthquakes in their new home. On 26 May 1840, the new settlement at Port Nicholson was struck by the first of a number of earthquakes and tremors. [4] Early settlers learned fairly quickly the importance of using appropriate building methods in an earthquake-prone country.
The 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake (also known as the 1959 Yellowstone earthquake) [4] occurred in the western United States on August 17 at 11:37 pm in southwestern Montana. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The earthquake measured 7.2 on the moment magnitude scale , [ 1 ] caused a huge landslide, resulted in over 28 fatalities and left $ 11 million (equivalent to ...
The stories were written in response to Japan's 1995 Kobe earthquake, and each story is affected peripherally by the disaster.Along with Underground, a collection of interviews and essays about the 1995 Tokyo gas attacks, and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, a complex exploration of Japan's modern history, after the quake represents part of an effort on the part of Murakami to adopt a more ...