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CALIFORNIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HOW EARTHQUAKES AND THEIR EFFECTS ARE MEASURED Vibrations produced by earthquakes are detected, recorded, and measured by instruments called
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San Francisco / Los Angeles / Sacramento / /

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Switzerland / Italy / Chile / /

Event

Natural Disaster / /

Facility

R. Castle / California Institute of Technology / /

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energy release increases / seismic energy / energy / /

Organization

California Institute of Technology / Southern California Regional Office / California Department of Conservation / Bay Area Regional Office / Freemasonry / California Geological Survey Publications and Information Office / /

Person

Frank Neumann / James Stratta / Mercalli / Hiroo Kanamori / Harry O. Wood / Thomas C. Hanks / DARRYL YOUNG / Charles F. Richter / /

Position

professor / DIRECTOR / GRAY DAVIS GOVERNOR / THE RESOURCES AGENCY MARY NICHOLS SECRETARY / seismologist / /

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Southern California / California / /

Region

Southern California / /

URL

www.conservation.ca.gov / /

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