An October article but a good one! If you have any of these creatures near your community, their disappearance or surfacing is a clue that the earth is up to something.
A three-year study of ants in Germany found that before an earthquake, the ants would all leave their mounds, even at night. That raised scientists’ eyebrows, as ants aren’t nocturnal, and being outside after dark exposed them to predators. Nevertheless, outside they stayed, apparently out of fear the tremors would collapse their burrows.
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/five-animals-who-can-supposedly-predict-earthquakes/52620/Ants inside a house at night don't necessarily go to sleep. They still crawl.
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The USGS has two hazards maps-one for natural earthquakes and one for earthquakes triggered by human activities. It has come to that reality.
By including human-induced events, our assessment of earthquake hazards has significantly increased in parts of the U.S.,” Mark Petersen, Chief of the USGS National Seismic Hazard Mapping Project said in a statement.
“This research also shows that much more of the nation faces a significant chance of having damaging earthquakes over the next year, whether natural or human-induced.”
Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico and Arkansas are at risk of experiencing the most significant earthquake-related hazards.
“In the past five years, the USGS has documented high shaking and damage in areas of these six states, mostly from [human] induced earthquakes,” Petersen said.
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There have been past earthquake situations in which building standards are blamed for not being followed. Did you know that in Taiwan, after September 1999, buildings could not have tin cans used in wall construction? You may wish to know how old buildings are prior to visiting them. Feb.2016 article references the can as part of the blame for deaths in a condo building that collapsed in Taiwan.
According to CNN, the Taiwanese government has ordered an investigation into the collapse after images emerged showing tin cans built into the walls of the complex.
First responders discovered the cans during rescue operations, Taiwan's state-owned Central News Agency (CNA) reports. It appears they were used as construction fillers in beams.
An engineer told CNA it is illegal to use tine cans "for such purposes" in construction, although it was "not illegal prior to September 1999."
Since September 1999, styrofoam and formwork boards have been used instead, according to CNA.
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/taiwan-quake-toppled-building-built-with-tin-cans/63407/
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