Their database was the vocabulary of 87 Indo-European languages. Atkinson and Gray looked at what linguists call cognates: words that are so similar in form and meaning, and so systematic in sound correspondences, that they must have a common origin.n the first place, if the Europeans, on the one hand, and the Indo-Iranians, on the other, had once lived together as agriculturists in Anatolia, they ought to have a common vocabulary for agricultural items, which unfortunately is not the case.
1994 Northridge earthquake. The 1994 Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17, at 4:30:55 a.m. PST and had its epicenter in Reseda, a neighborhood in the north-central San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. It had a duration of approximately 10â20 seconds.
The temblors seem to be part of a trend in the state. As of last month, Oklahoma had surpassed California in the number of earthquakes. From 1978 to 2008, Oklahoma was hit with an average of just two quakes of 3.0 magnitude of greater.As of June 19, 2014, there were 207 such quakes recorded in the state, the USGS said.he temblors seem to be part of a trend in the state. As of last month, Oklahoma had surpassed California in the number of earthquakes. From 1978 to 2008, Oklahoma was hit with an average of just two quakes of 3.0 magnitude of greater.