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  2. Geological hazard - Wikipedia

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    A geologic hazard or geohazard is an adverse geologic condition capable of causing widespread damage or loss of property and life. [1] These hazards are geological and environmental conditions and involve long-term or short-term geological processes.

  3. Category:Geological hazards - Wikipedia

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    Category: Geological hazards. ... This category is a loose grouping of natural hazards caused by movements or eruptions of land and secondary movements of water.

  4. List of fault zones - Wikipedia

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    Fault (geology)#Strike-slip faults: Active: 1989 Maquarie Isl. (8.2), 2008 Macquarie Island earthquake (M7.1) Mae Chan Fault: 120: Thailand and Laos: Sinstral: Active: 2007 Laos (M6.3) Magallanes–Fagnano Fault: South America: Transform: Main Boundary Thrust: 2000: Himalaya: Thrust: Active (although not uniformly) Main Central Thrust: 2200 ...

  5. United States Geological Survey National Volcanic Threat ...

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    The United States Geological Survey National Volcanic Threat Assessment is a report containing a ranked list of active volcanoes in the United States posing hazardous risks to the American population. [1] The report was published by the United States Geological Survey in 2005 [2] and revised in 2018. [3]

  6. List of natural disasters by death toll - Wikipedia

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    Global multihazard mortality risks and distribution (2005) for cyclones, drought, earthquakes, floods, landslides, and volcanoes (excluding heat waves, snowstorms, and other deadly hazards). A natural disaster is a sudden event that causes widespread destruction, major collateral damage, or loss of life, brought about by forces other than the ...

  7. Active fault - Wikipedia

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    Active faulting is considered to be a geologic hazard – one related to earthquakes as a cause. Effects of movement on an active fault include strong ground motion, surface faulting, tectonic deformation, landslides and rockfalls, liquefaction, tsunamis, and seiches. [2]

  8. List of environmental disasters - Wikipedia

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    This article is a list of environmental disasters. In this context it is an annotated list of specific events caused by human activity that results in a negative effect on the environment . Main article: Environmental disaster

  9. Volcanic hazard - Wikipedia

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    A volcanic hazard is the probability a volcanic eruption or related geophysical event will occur in a given geographic area and within a specified window of time. The risk that can be associated with a volcanic hazard depends on the proximity and vulnerability of an asset or a population of people near to where a volcanic event might occur.