People Think That Terrorist Attacks
Georgia Institute of Technology School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, earthquake experts Peng Zhigang told Xinhua News Agency reporters Dian Huacai and Fang Shiye said the United States magnitude earthquake in the eastern part of the case "very rare", but had also had a precedent, because the earthquake is not a good guess at present.
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People think that terrorist attacks
This unusual earthquake from the "9.11" 10 anniversary of the less than three weeks, terrorist attacks caused a brief panic.
Accountant Adrian Olivier stand outside the Empire State Building in New York told the Associated Press reporter when the earthquake happened, he was in this 381 meters the tallest building in the city's 60th floor, dozens of people ran down the stairs to escape layer. "I thought I might have committed heart and I see everyone on the run and I think this is September 11 due to paranoia, which is why I am still standing outside, because I do not take my Life joke. "
In southern Manhattan, "9.11" attack in New York near the World Trade Center site, a 26-story federal courthouse began to shake, hundreds of people fled screaming street.
"I thought we were a plane hit."
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Seismic test of U.S. nuclear security
Earthquake to shake the entire East Coast. Although there is no significant danger, scientists believe that this "once in a century" earthquake alarm to the U.S. nuclear power industry, and the hurricane "Irene" will be struck, the nuclear power industry faces a "post-Fukushima," the first time during the test.
State of alert declared nuclear power plants. This is the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission four emergencies the second lowest level of critical levels.
U.S. Bloomberg commentary, when the U.S. nuclear power industry operators and regulators to learn lessons from Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident, the earthquakes and hurricanes to form a "double threat" to test the U.S. nuclear power industry in disaster prevention capabilities.
Operator Dominion Resources spokesman said, according to the design, the North Anna nuclear power plant can withstand a magnitude 6.2 earthquake. Union of Concerned Scientists concerned about global issues of nuclear power advocates to strengthen supervision of members of the League said: "The magnitude close to the design basis, worrying, if not yet an alarm Fukushima, Nuclear Regulatory Commission and nuclear power industry, this really started checking all domestic nuclear power plant seismic capacity . "
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People think that terrorist attacks
This unusual earthquake from the "9.11" 10 anniversary of the less than three weeks, terrorist attacks caused a brief panic.
Accountant Adrian Olivier stand outside the Empire State Building in New York told the Associated Press reporter when the earthquake happened, he was in this 381 meters the tallest building in the city's 60th floor, dozens of people ran down the stairs to escape layer. "I thought I might have committed heart and I see everyone on the run and I think this is September 11 due to paranoia, which is why I am still standing outside, because I do not take my Life joke. "
In southern Manhattan, "9.11" attack in New York near the World Trade Center site, a 26-story federal courthouse began to shake, hundreds of people fled screaming street.
"I thought we were a plane hit."
Watch
Seismic test of U.S. nuclear security
Earthquake to shake the entire East Coast. Although there is no significant danger, scientists believe that this "once in a century" earthquake alarm to the U.S. nuclear power industry, and the hurricane "Irene" will be struck, the nuclear power industry faces a "post-Fukushima," the first time during the test.
State of alert declared nuclear power plants. This is the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission four emergencies the second lowest level of critical levels.
U.S. Bloomberg commentary, when the U.S. nuclear power industry operators and regulators to learn lessons from Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant accident, the earthquakes and hurricanes to form a "double threat" to test the U.S. nuclear power industry in disaster prevention capabilities.
Operator Dominion Resources spokesman said, according to the design, the North Anna nuclear power plant can withstand a magnitude 6.2 earthquake. Union of Concerned Scientists concerned about global issues of nuclear power advocates to strengthen supervision of members of the League said: "The magnitude close to the design basis, worrying, if not yet an alarm Fukushima, Nuclear Regulatory Commission and nuclear power industry, this really started checking all domestic nuclear power plant seismic capacity . "
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