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In this aerial photo, structures are damaged and destroyed October 15, 2005 in Balakot, Pakistan. It is estimated that 90% of the city of Balakot was leveled by the earthquake. The death toll in the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Pakistan on October 8, 2005 is believed to be 38,000 with at least 1,300 more dead in Indian Kashmir. SEE CONTENT NOTES.
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Weapons of World War I
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Subjects Of Study Richter scale • seismic wave
Richter, Charles F.
Charles F. Richter
American physicist
Inge Lehmann
Danish seismologist
Dutton, Clarence Edward
Clarence Edward Dutton
American geologist
Reid, Harry Fielding
Harry Fielding Reid
American seismologist
Sir Harold Jeffreys
Sir Harold Jeffreys
British astronomer and geophysicist
John Michell
British geologist and astronomer
John Milne
British scientist
Richard Dixon Oldham
British geologist
Albert Shanker
American labor leader
Henry Melchior Mühlenberg
American clergyman
Lee Shubert
American theatrical manager
Victor Mature
American actor
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg
American clergyman and politician
John Coulter
American botanist
Fleur Fenton Cowles
American writer
Vivian Blaine
American actress
Michael Clarke
American musician
Seth Boyden
American inventor
Eazy-E
American musician
Bud Abbott
American actor