INTRODUCTION 1 HOW EARTHQUAKES OCCUR 2 Fault types 3 Earthquake fault types 3 Different types of Faults 3 Tidal forces 5 Earthquake clusters 6 Aftershock 6 Earthquake swarm 6 Earthquake storm 6 METHODS USED IN MEASURING EARTHQUAKES 6 The Richter Scale 6 The Mercalli Scale 7 HAZARDS CONNECTED TO EARTHQUAKES 8 MEASURES TAKEN TO MINIMIZE EARTHQUAKES 9 BIBLIOGRAPHY 11 INTRODUCTION Earthquakes are caused by the movement of the earth’s tectonic plates. Earthquakes occur where the earth’s
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Degregorio‚ Sam English 1010 P36 Spring’13 1/26/13 Lewis‚ instructor Essay 3‚ expository outline Purpose: Purpose is to describe the Army’s expectations of a new recruit and to for warn an enlistee what he or she will encounter. Audience: This is recommended for people giving some thought to enlisting in the military. A new soldier will encounter many drastic lifestyle changes enlisting in the United States Army. I. The monocromatic tones of the
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Thesis: Earthquakes have been a natural part of Earth for many years and are caused by a shift in the Earth’s tectonic plates. Tectonic plates shift when two separated pieces of Earth’s crust push together because of the pressure of the hot air below them pushing up on the plates from the heat of the Earth’s core. This pressure must be released somehow‚ so when the pressure becomes too great for the plates to withstand‚ one part of a plate gives way to the pressure by rising above the other part
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2011 Christchurch earthquake From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search "Christchurch earthquake" redirects here. For other uses‚ see Christchurch earthquake (disambiguation). For the 13 June 2011 aftershock‚ see June 2011 Christchurch earthquake. February 2011 Christchurch earthquake | ChristChurch Cathedral and the Cathedral Square | Quake epicentre | Date | 22 February 2011 (2011-02-22)‚ 12:51 pm NZDT | Magnitude | 6.3 ML[1] | Depth | 5 km (3.1 mi) | Epicenter
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TheMichaela Casey Honors English 3 Mod 4 September 24‚ 2012 Summer Reading Essay Roy Hobbs: Changing for The Better A dynamic character is a character who undergoes an important inner change‚ suck as a change in attitude or personality. A dynamic character in the book The Natural by Bernard Malamud is Roy Hobbs. From the beginning of the book to the end‚ the reader sees a major change in Roy’s attitude and in the way Roy sees himself. Through the majority of the novel‚ Roy seems to think
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Euthanasia is a controversial area of dispute and important in modern societies. The euthanasia debate is a topic with many areas of issues‚ specifically a heavy social‚ moral and ethical issue with an underlying premise of religion and politics. The debate itself is mainly based on a two-sided argument‚ which categorizes euthanasia as either voluntary suicide‚ or as involuntary murder. The nature of the death itself is an area of large‚ controversial debate. Over the recent years euthanasia has
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Effective Parenting Techniques and their Direct Influence on Child Life Success COM150 Effective Essay Writing December 8‚ 2013 Throughout history‚ families represent the primary setting in which most children’s lives are formed and developed; however‚ parenting beliefs and practices have evolved and drastically changed. Most parents expressed the view that parenting had changed substantially when compared with parenting 20 years ago. Degree of parental responsibility and pressure on parents
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of sacrifices against her family to get what she wants. Diana was ugly when she was in high school‚ she described herself as an “Asian bookworm with big owl-eyed glasses and a brown school uniform two sizes large” (how are her looks relevant to the essay topic?). Her mother’s dream was for Diana to become a doctor‚ but Diana did not want this. The worst sacrifice she made was having a boyfriend (it was not a sacrifice to have a boyfriend)‚ which to her mother was “a big no-no‚ no boyfriend until after
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Wrong Thinking Practicing sports allows people to reap a variety of benefits. Participating in sports helps you maintain a healthy lifestyle by getting the exercise your body needs and can also serve as a stress reliever. Some people take sports more seriously than others and want to pursue a career as professional athletes. Many athletes push themselves to work towards perfection in an attempt to reach this dream. However‚ along the way many athletes lose sight not only of what they are working
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Every living being possesses at least one type of faith in many diverse ways. It is defined by The American Heritage Student Dictionary that faith is "A loyalty‚ confidence‚ or trust in a person‚ thing‚ religion‚ or set of teachings‚ principals‚ or beliefs." The beginning of faith came when answers to questions were needed‚ and faith was placed in different ideas. It is therefore concluded that faith came before all else because only when faith exists can there be love‚ joy‚ bliss‚ sadness‚ anger
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