Class: Earthquake

An earthquake is a sudden shift or movement in the tectonic plate in the Earth's crust. On the surface, this is manifested by a moving and shaking of the ground, and can be massively damaging to poorly built structures.

•owl:Thing
        •SpatioTemporalThing
                •Perdurant
                        •Event
                                •Phenomenon
                                        •EarthSciencePhenomenon
                                                •GeologicalPhenomenon
                                                        •SeismicPhenomenon
                                                                •Earthquake
                                        •HazardousPhenomenon
                                                •NaturalHazard
                                                        •GeologicalHazard
                                                                •Earthquake

Super Classes

hasHypocenter SOME (GeographicPointLocation AND (hasDepth SOME Depth))
isPotentialCauseOf SOME FireHazard
hasAssociatedPhenomenon ONLY SeismicWave
hasEpicenter SOME GeographicPointLocation
GeologicalHazard
SeismicPhenomenon
isPotentialCauseOf SOME StructuralDamage
isPotentialCauseOf SOME GeologicalSubsidencePhenomenon
isPotentialCauseOf SOME ReleaseOfHazardousSubstance

Usage

Class Description/Definition (Necessary Conditions)

Aftershock, Foreshock, SeaQuake, SubmarineEarthquake, Tsunami
Generated with OWLDoc