DIVISION OF PARANAQUE CITY PARANAQUE NATIONAL HIGHSCHOOL-BACLARAN SCHOOL EARTHQUAKE DRILL NARRATIVE REPORT I.INTRODUCTION Cataclysm or disaster is given. It can ruin or worst make our lives vanish in just one click; but then‚ it’s not the end already because we all know that we can be unharmed or let say protect ourselves by the help of this two-word “PREPAREDNESS & AWARENESS” if ever the earthquake comes as well as other calamities. Always remember that being prepared and
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Essay on Earthquake The usual phenomena recorded in well-known earthquakes are first a trembling‚ next one or more serve shocks‚ and then a trembling which gradually dies away. In most cases‚ each shock lasts only a few seconds‚ but the trembling that follow may continue for days. Weeks or even months. Noises of various kinds usually accompany an earthquake. They have been likened to the growling of storm‚ the growling of thunder‚ the clanking and are not accompanied by these noises. At
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K. E. Geology 100 4/15/13 Japan earthquake On March 11‚ 2011‚ Japan was hit by a magnitude 9.0 quake at about 2:50 pm. This would turn out to be the largest earthquake in the past thousands years to ever be recorded. What caused this massive destruction one might ask? This devastating quake was caused because Japan is located between two major tectonic plates. When a large number of plate movements occur‚ the Pacific Plate makes its way below a subduction zone. When plate movements
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Name: Huy Pham Effects of Earthquakes Nature is a beautiful thing‚ and there is nothing in this world without nature. It gives many wonderful things to mankind. Although nature gives many things to mankind‚ sometimes it show its terrible side. It is obvious that most of disasters are very dangerous to anything in the world. Earthquakes are one of the terrible outcomes of nature‚ and they bring a lot of big problems to humans and the animals. An earthquake is an sudden and violent shaking
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McMurphy In-class Commentary‚ Voltaire One of the most destructive earthquakes in history‚ the Lisbon Earthquake caused a death toll between 60‚000 to 100‚000 people. In Voltaire’s poem on the Lisbon Disaster‚ Voltaire argues that God is not all fair and that this is not the best of all worlds. Voltaire’s beliefs directly oppose those during the Enlightenment and he makes his point through the horrific Lisbon Earthquake. Establishing his standpoint‚ Voltaire writes‚ “Deluded philosophers who
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Current Events Assignment Earthquake in Japan On March 11‚ a 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck the northeastern coast of Japan‚ causing widespread and serious damage to infrastructure and to human life. A massive earthquake-triggered tsunami followed‚ washing away large parts of several coastal cities The recent tragedy in Japan will affect the global food supply and might just be the event that triggers the reverse of our dependence on Asia for cheap foods. Americans might complain about
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Earthquake Loads & Earthquake Resistant Design of Buildings 1. 1 2. Summary 2 3. Earthquake Design - A Conceptual Review 2 4. Earthquake Resisting Performance Expectations 3 5. Key Material Parameters for Effective Earthquake Resistant Design 3 6. Earthquake Design Level Ground Motion 4 6.1. Elastic Response Spectra 4 6.2. Relative Seismicity 5 6.3. Soil amplification 6 7. Derivation of Ductile Design Response Spectra 7 8. Analysis and Earthquake Resistant Design Principles 8 8.1. The Basic Principles
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Colonization: Haiti "Two hundred years ago‚ our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom‚ which was heard around the world‚ and across centuries." – Baldwin Spencer The Legacy of Colonization It is true that the effects of colonization‚ or the establishment‚ maintenance‚ and domination over a nation and its people‚ thus creating a political and economic domination and dependency between the colonizer and the colony‚ are in fact still felt centuries later in present day Haiti. This is the
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FINAL PAPER DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN CHINA A CASE STUDY ON THE 2008 SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE OR THE GREAT SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE ECONOMIC‚ POLITICAL AND SOCIAL BACKGROUND OF CHINA China is located in East Asia. It is bordering the East China Sea‚ Korea Bay‚ Yellow Sea‚ and South China Sea‚ between North Korea and Vietnam. Officially China is the People ’s Republic of China (PRC)‚ founded in 1949 after the Communist Party defeated the previously dominant nationalist Kuomintang
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Earth Science 1 October 29‚ 2012 Homework Assignment 1. Explain how you should react or what you should do when you feel an earthquake if you find yourself in each of the following scenarios. Do not exceed the space provided. a) Indoors: I will stay calm and drop to the ground. I will take cover by getting under a sturdy table or other piece of furniture. I will hold on until the shaking stops. If there isn’t a table or desk near me
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