Massive Earthquake Hits Delhi NCR: Delhi NCR is a seismically active region due to its proximity to the Himalayas and the presence of several active fault lines. Here are all the reasons: - Massive Earthquake Hits Delhi NCR: Why Is Indian Capital So Prone To Earthquakes? All Answers Here
earthquake was more than many people anticipated and certainly could be expected to endure. it was made much more of the terrible fright by the fact that it happened after dark. it was 4:31 in the morning pacific time. there has been an awful lot of damage. at least 24 people have been killed. there have been a steady stream of minor casualties to local hospitals throughout the region. electricity and water supplies have been interrupted in a very wide area. now the epicenter lies just under northridge, about 25 miles north of california sorry, north of los angeles, in the san fernando valley. that is this particular area up here. in an area of the country where the fault lines, earthquake fault lines, are mapped with the same kind of religious devotion that people do highways and street maps in most countries. this actually occurred on the fault that was unknown. so it s basically a brand new one. we will start our coverage from ground level with abc s judy muller. reporter: 4:31
ra radiation. we ll talk to one man who is selling out, irrational fear or actually being prepared and, what we don t know about earthquakes here in the u.s. so-called unknown earthquake fault lines and what they could do. see you in a few minute that top of the hour with jon scott. heather: one of the big issues we re hearing so many folks talk about now is this: lawmakers both sides of the aisle, now taking aim at president obama s plan in libya. house speaker john boehner says he is worried because the u.s. mission is not clear and writes this: i and many other members of the house of representatives are troubled that the u.s. military resources were committed to war without clearly defining for the american people the congress and our troops what the mission in libya is. even some democrats disagree with the plan. house minority leader nancy pelosi is standing say him saying the u.s. partial is strengthened by the president s
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asking, are we ready for the big one? dan springer is live in seattle, hey, dan, good morning. what did the experts tell you? are we more or less prepared than the japanese? reporter: well, bill, pretty sobering because we are told we are nowhere near as prepared as japan. they are said to be the most prepared people on the planet for an earthquake and look at all of the devastation there, after the 1995 quake in kobe they spent a billion dollars on an early warning system and they said it worked pretty well and people closer to the epicenter on shore got a ten second warning before the shaking started and people in tokyo, a minute s warning and, the seismologists are working on developing a system like that here and planting hundreds of instruments along active earthquake fault lines and the quake in japan was the biggest test for the early warning system in the world and officials say it worked. the people on shore probably had ten seconds warning before the shaking started where