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A strong earthquake on the Wasatch Fault could trigger landslides, cause mass liquefaction, and flooding of low-lying areas forming near lakes due to subsidence and tilting. The quake may also rupture the surface causing displacement of up to 20 feet (6.1 m), and severely damage gas, electric, water, communication, and transportation lifelines ...
The intraplate earthquake measured 5.9 on the moment magnitude scale and its epicenter was located about 250 miles (400 km) west-southwest of Anna Maria, Florida. The event was felt throughout much of the Gulf Coast of the United States and was the second earthquake of magnitude 5 or greater in the Gulf during 2006.
The Florida State Fairgrounds in East Lake-Orient Park, Florida, hosts the annual Florida State Fair and various other events. [1] Covering 355 acres (1.44 km 2 ), it features a variety of buildings.
Dozens of luxury condos and hotels in Florida are sinking, study finds. ... Sea level rise in the study area is unfolding at a rate of roughly 2.6 inches per decade when averaged over the past 30 ...
East Lake-Orient Park is an unincorporated census-designated place in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. The population was 22,753 at the 2010 census, [3] up from 5,703 at the 2000 census following an expansion of its borders. The area is the home of the Florida State Fairgrounds, which hosts the Florida State Fair in mid-February of ...
Florida Power and Light Company said it restored power to more than 90% of its customers and, as of Sunday, was on track to restore power to all schools by the end of the weekend.
The city has an area of 161.11 km 2 (62.20 sq mi), according to the 1995 GIS graphical plot, making it the largest Local Government Unit (LGU) in Metro Manila in terms of land area. [36] Since its creation in 1939, the city's boundary were revised four times; the final revision was made thru Republic Act No. 1575, which placed the city's ...
Idalia grew to a Category 2 hurricane Tuesday as it drives a potentially deadly storm surge toward the Big Bend area of Florida's west coast. It's expect to make landfall Wednesday. A hurricane ...