Explain why the Philippines and California are affected by disasters in different ways California is a state on the west coast of the USA and the Philippines is an island country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. They are both considered hazard hotspots and frequently experience natural disasters. A natural disaster is the realisation of a hazard. California is an MEDC‚ the 6th largest economy in the world with a GDP of US$65000 per capita. However‚ despite the high risk of hazards
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can make the buildings also tip and lean. Los Angeles was built on a myriad of transform faults that include Santa Monica fault‚ the San Fernando fault‚ and Northridge/Santa Barbara fault. Even though these faults are not as well-known as the San Andreas Fault‚ where it margins are between the Pacific and North American plates that cross Southern California. Los Angeles is sitting near at least 60 known faults. The earth still moves frequently in these smaller less known areas. One example of this
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tectonics--the motion of immense rigid plates at the surface of the Earth in response to flow of rock within the Earth. The plates cover the entire surface of the globe. Since they are all moving they rub against each other in some places (like the San Andreas Fault in California)‚ sink beneath each other in others (like the Peru-Chile Trench along the western border of South America)‚ or spread apart from each other (like the Mid-Atlantic Ridge). At such places the motion isn’t smooth--the plates are stuck together
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At 4:30 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on January 17‚ 1994 Northridge‚ California was hit by a magnitude 6.7 Earthquake that shook for nearly 20 seconds. The natural disaster was a blind thrust earthquake‚ which occurs along a thrust fault‚ but shows no sign on the Earth’s surface‚ thus the term “blind”. The Earthquake was centered in Northridge‚ which is approximately 20 miles west/northwest of Los Angeles. The powerful shock was felt at distances of 400 kilometers from the epicenter. It produced
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brainstorming session and the intended outcome. Members of the brainstorming team should be the one most familiar with the problems in the organization. The number of risk discussed during a session should be limited to ten because going past ten faults could lead to redundancy but always remember it is better to have more than ten risks because you never want to be in a position where you are not identifying enough risk (Cooper‚ Grey‚ Raymond‚ & Walker‚ 2005‚ Pg. 39). Riordan can use the
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from there houses and some stayed inside the buildings and were crushed. The people who ran in the streets were killed by toppled buildings falling from above. There fire department was efficient but the water pipes that go down the San Andreas Fault were severed. The fire could not be stopped because there were now water until the next couple of days. Gas mains blew and caused massive fires all around the city. The city was in the middle of a great economic boom and almost all was lost on that
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Pacific plate and the North American plate are the components. There are separated by a transform fault‚ known as the San Andreas Fault. The Pacific plate is moving north comparative to the North American plate however the fault is not smooth and so friction between the plates occur causing plates to lock. The continued pressure created by the movement of the plates around these locked portions of the fault causes the crust in these areas to denature‚ building up in elastic potential energy. When the
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permanent must also undergo a HAZOP to ensure plant safety is not jeopardised by the change. (b) Explain the principles of FTA (Fault Tree Analysis) Fault tree analysis is one of many symbolic "analytical logic techniques" found in operations research and in system reliability. In many cases there are multiple causes for an accident or other loss-making event. Fault tree analysis is one analytical technique for tracing the events which could contribute. It can be used in accident investigation
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the terror and destruction of Southern California earthquakes‚ and gives predictions for future ones to come. Throughout the film it gives insight on the Northridge Earthquake of 1994‚ the damage it’s caused‚ and provides facts on the San Andreas Fault. It also gives information about "The Big One"‚ a huge devastating earthquake that will one day reduce Los Angeles into a ruin and cause it to break off from the rest of California‚ sending into the sea. While the "Big One" has yet to occur‚ residents
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Earthquakes Lab Assignment Lab Assignment in “Quiz” format to be completed online Read the Introduction to Earthquake Hazards and Human Risks lab in your lab manual and complete Activity 16.1 and 16.4. After completing this lesson’s laboratory reading assignment‚ answer the following questions that refer to Lab 16: Activities 16.1 and 16.4. The questions have been reformatted to be included as a Quiz in GoVIEW. Make sure you read the discussions in the lab manual related to each one of the questions
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