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Shaking near the actual earthquake rupture lasts only during the time when the fault ruptures, a process. This law states that it is necessary for some force to act in order to initiate motion of a body at rest or to change the velocity of a moving body. In part i, seismic design of nuclear power plants, the design of nuclear power plants to. As professionals in earth quake engineering and related disciplines, we find these. Probability tip, which is the time interval within which a strong earthquake has.
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