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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 ...
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.
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]
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.
Historical earthquakes is a list of significant earthquakes known to have occurred prior to the early 20th century. As the events listed here occurred before routine instrumental recordings — later followed by discoveries of Earth's tectonic plates, [1] seismotomography imaging technique, [2] observations using space satellites from outer space, [3] artificial intelligence (AI)-based ...
This is South Carolina’s 25th confirmed earthquake in 2023, a year after 76 were recorded in the Palmetto State. Rumbling returns to the Columbia area as another earthquake hits South Carolina ...
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.
A string of earthquakes shook just south of the border Sunday and early Monday, with the largest measured at 4.9, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.