∗Graduate School Student, Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo (1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-0032 ∗∗Ph.D., Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo (1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-0032) ∗∗∗Ph.D., Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo (1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-0032) ∗∗∗∗Ph.D., Department of Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo (7-3-1 Hongo, Bunky...

The succession and growth strategy of a spring microbial community under earthquake action were investigated. The majority of pre-earthquake isolates belonged to the Gammaproteobacteria, including two numerically dominant Stenotrophomonas sp. RB25 and Acinetobacter sp. RB11 (r-strategists). The predominant post-earthquake isolates were Alphaproteobacteria, with Rhizobium sp. RA42 (K-strategists...

Earthquake prediction research has searched for both informational phenomena, those that provide information about earthquake hazards useful to the public, and causal phenomena, causally related to the physical processes governing failure on a fault, to improve our understanding of those processes. Neither informational nor causal phenomena are a subset of the other. I propose a classification ...

This article evaluates the occurrence of 0 [Formula: see text]M[Formula: see text] 8 earthquake data sets for the period of 50 years (that is, January 1, 1966 to December 31, 2015) in African and Western Asia region. It is bounded by latitude 40° S to 40° N and longitude 30° W to 60° E with the focal depth of 0-700 km. Seventy seven thousand, six hundred and ninety-six data points were presente...

9 Figure 1 The locations of the 1995 Kobe earthquake and the four other large intraplate earthquakes (Nobi, Tango, Tottori, and Fukui) in Japan since 1890. The mechanisms for the Tango, Tottori and Fukui earthquakes are also shown. The base map showing the Quaternary faults in the region is taken from Huzita (1980) and modified. M.T. is the Median Tectonic Line. Daishinsai (A major earthquake d...

BACKGROUND On October 8, 2005, an earthquake of magnitude 7.6 hit the Northern parts of Pakistan. In the post-earthquake scenario, overcrowding, improper sewage disposal, contamination of food and drinking water, hasty surgical procedures, and unscreened blood transfusions to earthquake victims most likely promotes the spread of infections already prevalent in the area. OBJECTIVE The objectiv...

BACKGROUND The recent devastating earthquake of December 26 in Bam, 2003 created various risk factors; caused a sharp increase in incidence of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) cases and reached to an epidemic proportion. The objective of this study was to evaluate the status of ACL cases five years before the earthquake compared to the cases occurred five years after the earthquake (...

The catastrophic tsunamis generated by the great Indonesia earthquake triggered on December 26 th , 2004, warned the coastal community on preparedness and constructing safe structures to resist against such events. Earthquake occurs suddenly without warning and bulk of destruction takes place within a short period of time. Similarly, when tsunami strikes, there will be a tremendous loss and dam...