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    the earthquakes that happened in Mexico. In the total‚ the 7 year old Frida has detected the bodies of 52 people throughout her career 12 whom are still alive. Frida was employed by the Mexican navy in the event for natural disasters. She is still working with 14 other rescue dogs alongside human workers to locate victims of the Mexico city earthquake which has left at least 305 dead. The author’s point is to inform and tell you about the dog who is saving lives during the Mexican earthquake and

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    EARTHQUAKE An earthquake (also known as a tremor‚ temblor or seismic activity) is the result of a sudden release of energy in the earth’s crust that creates SEISMIC WAVES. Earthquakes are measured with a seismometer; a device which also records is known as a seismograph. SEISMIC DEFORMATION When an earthquake fault ruptures‚ it causes two types of deformation: static; and dynamic. Static deformation is the permanent displacement of the ground due to the event. The earthquake cycle progresses

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    Earthquake Earthquake is an unexpected and rapid shaking of Earth mainly due to the breakage and shifting of underneath layers. Earthquake strikes all of a sudden at any time of day or night and quite violently. It does not give you any warning. In case of a populated area‚ the earthquake can cause huge loss in the amount of human life and property damage. Affects of earthquake The earthquake can make the buildings and bridges to fall‚ disrupt electricity‚ gas‚ and phone service. It can even further

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    Tsunami and Earthquake Sion Hau 7D 31/07/11 An earthquake occurred in Sendai‚ Japan on the 11th of March in 2011; this earthquake also resulted in a tsunami. The earthquake measured at magnitude 8.9-9.0 on the Richter scale‚ the scale is measured in powers of ten (e.g. magnitude 2.0 is ten times more than magnitude 1.0). Japan sits on the Ring of Fire (an area encircling Pacific Ocean that has high volcanic and earthquake activity)

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    This article that I have chosen is a earthquake that happened in China. It was said that this earthquake had the largest measuring magnitude of 5.7. After the earthquake‚ at least 80 were killed and 700 were injured. This earthquake was the heaviest in the rural area in Yiliang country. One of the elementary school collapsed in the earthquake. Authorities are not sure if the children are killed. In 2008‚ there was an earthquake in Yunnan’s neighbouring Sichuan province‚ which killed 80

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    buildings included 29‚500 structures in Miyagi Prefecture‚ 12‚500 in Iwate Prefecture and 2‚400 in Fukushima Prefecture. Three hundred hospitals with 20 beds or more in Tōhoku were damaged by the disaster‚ with 11 being completely destroyed. The earthquake and tsunami created an estimated 24-25 million tons of rubble and debris in Japan. An estimated 230‚000 automobiles and trucks were damaged or destroyed in the disaster. As of the end of May 2011‚ residents of Iwate‚ Miyagi‚ and Fukushima prefectures

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    Rock Music There are three different types of rock music‚ alternative rock‚ classic rock‚ and hard rock‚ also known as metal. Alternative rock features a steady bass drum laying down the beat‚ with easy flowing guitar riffs over the top. The bass line is toned town‚ and the lyrics are sung with intensity an authority. Depending on the song‚ the guitars can either be acoustic guitars or electric guitars. Classic rock combines a steady driving bass drum sound‚ with high snare overtones‚ steady and

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    ENG 112 Body Paragraph Chris McCandless‘s admirers are wrong to believe that he was a deeply honest person. At some moments in Into the Wild‚ he was not an honest person. According to Westerberg‚ a McCandless’s friend‚ said‚ “He never explained why he’d changed his name” (Krakauer 18). When McCandless decided to make a trip into the wild‚ he changed his name; he did not even bring any identification with him. During the trip‚ everybody knew about him under the name Alex. Westerberg was a friend

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    on the agency scale as a grade 7 accident‚ which was in the same grade as Chernobyl accident‚ but a few number on the agency’s scale (After Fukushima: Enough Is Enough‚ n.d.). The shaking of the earth in the east of Japan on 11 March 2011. This earthquake caused a powerful tsunami that reached the height of approximately 15 meters (The Situation at Fukushima‚ n.d.). Furthermore‚ the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plants experienced a lot of destruction caused by a tsunami that hit the reactors in

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    Hurricanes and earthquakes are two of the most dangerous natural disasters. There aren’t any similarities between hurricane and earthquakes in the way they are caused but they both cause destruction and death resulting from diseases and destruction of buildings. Let’s examine what causes these calamities and how to remain safe when they occur. Hurricanes form over warm ocean waters near the equator. They are formed when moist air over the ocean rises upward causing an area of lower air pressure

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