1.   But even much of this basic research, critics contend, consists of collecting reams of data on earth movements that are not well disseminated to others.

2.   It is drilling wells more than a mile deep in which to put equipment to measure earth movements, and it is monitoring faults under the ocean.

3.   Outside the tower, subway contractors have planted four interconnected devices called inclinometers to monitor earth movement around Big Ben.

4.   Second, thousands of homes have been built on hillsides susceptible to earth movement.

5.   The science agency, part of the Interior Department, monitors earth movement and water quality and maps the nation.

6.   Too many people see their home investment sour from rotting balconies, mushroom-sprouting carpets and stucco-cracking earth movement, they say.

7.   Chow said investigations showed it was due to shearing of rocks caused by pressure of earth movements and not a rockburst as claimed by the engineers.

8.   He said the leakage was not caused by poor construction but earth movements and other natural causes.

9.   But he believed that samples need to be collected over a longer period to establish a link with earth movements.

10.   Meanwhile, residents spent a night almost free of the violent earth movements that forced scores of residents to sleep outdoors on Sunday night.