Shaken, Not Stirred.Many visitors to Universal Studios. Hollywood couldn't distinguish last week's earthquakes from the thrill rides, even though the temblors were centered just a few miles from the theme park. Park officials said they got few inquiries from guests after 3.3- and 3.1-magnitude temblors rocked L.A. on Nov. 30 and forced the temporary closing of rides for inspection. Seismologist seis·mol·o·gy n. The geophysical science of earthquakes and the mechanical properties of the earth. seis Susan Hough Susan Elizabeth Hough (born 1961) is a seismologist at the United States Geological Survey in Pasadena, California, and scientist in charge of the office. She has served as an editor and contributor for many journals and is a contributing editor to Geotimes Magazine. said Universal was spared some of the more dramatic shaking felt elsewhere in L.A. because it's built on hard hillside Hillside may refer to: Places
The quake Quake - A string-oriented language designed to support the construction of Modula-3 programs from modules, interfaces and libraries. Written by Stephen Harrison of DEC SRC, 1993. should make an interesting memory for out-of-towners. "I think for a lot of people, like tourists from the East Coast, it was one more thing to put on a postcard," said Universal Studios spokesman Elliott Secular. |
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