example‚ flooding‚ wave action or glaciers Human – eg. War‚ crowd stampede and terrorism. Geological – eg earthquakes or volcanoes Biological – eg. Disease epidemics and plagues. 2 * Natural hazards are any natural events where people see a perceived risk in terms of life or property. 3 Earthquakes that strike in uninhabited areas may not cause any damage‚ but the Newcastle earthquake on 28 December 1989 caused loss of life and widespread damage in the city. Similarly‚ landslides in isolated
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Dear editor‚ Ever wonder why earthquakes are caused? Why does water in certain areas smell or taste like a chemical gas? The most likely reason for both of these effects is fracking. Hydraulic fracturing‚ as known as fracking‚ is the process of drilling and injecting fluid into the ground at a high pressure in order to fracture shale rocks to release natural gas inside (Dong). According to many recent research studies fracking is very harmful to the environment and shouldn’t be done
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many industries‚ customers are based in Japan. (Rio Tinto‚ 2013) 2.0 Issues In 2011‚ Japan had a strong earthquake direct damage to the Tokyo city where Rio Tinto Japan are located. Company had face to an unexpected emergency issues. It had a serious impact to business and employees. The major issues for company would be reformer the business environments‚ as we know the earthquake were too strong‚ the business office had actually damage and not running properly. No power system and office
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Geologists classify volcanoes into three distinct groups: dormant‚ extinct‚ and active. Active volcanoes have erupted recently and are expected to continue to erupt again soon. The Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program defines an active volcano as having erupted within the last 10‚000 years. A volcano finally goes extinct when there’s no lava supply in the magma chamber beneath the volcano. There are approximately 1‚500 active volcanoes in the world today and 75 percent of them are located in the
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Suiko Seamount was forming? The Pacific Plate was moving north-west while the Hawaiian islands were formed.When the Suiko Seamount was formed the pacific plate was moving north-west also. Page 350 1.) What is an earthquake? Under what circumstances do most large earthquakes
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Analyzing a Web Page The website that I chose to evaluate is the United States Department of Health and Human Services or (http://www.hhs.gov). This website is about helping the American citizens get help that they need by putting the information on their website that will guide them in getting assistance. After reviewing the materials on how to analyze a web page‚ I realized there is much more to website than what most people see on the surface. According to Widner University and Wolfgram
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EARTHQUAKES In its most general sense‚ the word earthquake is used to describe any seismic event — whether natural or caused by humans — that generates seismic waves. Earthquakes are caused mostly by rupture of geological faults‚ but also by other events such as volcanic activity‚ landslides‚ mine blasts‚ and nuclear tests. An earthquake’s point of initial rupture is called its focus or hypocenter. The epicenter is the point at ground level directly above the hypocenter
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Q: Why is Living on the West Coast of B.C. Dangerous? The west coast of B.C. is an extremely hazardous place to live in because it is located near the Cascadia Subduction Zone‚ a known producer of megathrust earthquakes. Once the earthquake strikes‚ the primary effects will leave the cities located on the coast in ruins‚ but the secondary effects are the main antagonists in the story; victims will have to struggle with fires‚ food shortages‚ and panicking citizens. Fires that were
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Mount St. Helens May 18‚ 1980 left the world in shock. For two months prior to the event small earthquakes had been recorded. On March 27‚ 1980 Mt. St. Helens had it first eruption in over 100 years. From then the volcano was erupting several times per day with nothing but steam until April 22 when its activity ceased. Prior to April 22 the earthquake had been effected by over 10‚000 small earthquakes. On May 18‚ 1980 at approximately 8:32 am the volcano truly awoke from her slumber. The column of
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However‚ we saw how they took some in consideration of earthquakes and instead of building concrete walls around it‚ they built concrete floor on the foundation all under the dorm. They did this indoor to stop the swaying individually‚ but to make the whole dorm sway as one. This will stop the tearing and the disruption of the dorms and the foundations. Also we saw how the building were made of framed wood‚ meaning if there was to be an earthquake the building wouldn’t collapse‚ but could potentially
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