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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impoverished country in the Western Hemisphere‚ and amongst the poorest in the world. With that being said‚ when an earthquake happened just kilometres away from Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince‚ the country was hardly prepared (Fierro & Perry‚ n.d.). Haiti has overcome various natural disasters‚ including hurricanes‚ tsunamis‚ floods‚ landslides‚ and other tropical storms. Haitians expect these natural hazards to occur‚ due to past events and the location of the country making it inevitable. They try their
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Relieving Chile and Haiti Many earthquakes strike different countries and very often‚ and they face efforts to rebuild the nation. Some countries do it better than others and some are more effective. But‚ this does not only apply to earthquakes but also to other natural disasters such as floods and droughts. In such situations‚ humanitarian and development aid rush in from different corners of the world and from the countries government. The aid that is received goes into the relief efforts of the
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Running head: DID STEVE JOBS SAVE THE MUSIC INDUSTRY Did Steve Jobs Save the Music Industry? Tricia Bilbrey Did Steve Jobs Save the Music Industry? "We started out to get a computer in the hands of everyday people‚ and we succeeded beyond our wildest dreams."-Steve Jobs The year is 1999. In the year of Y2K the world of technology introduces the first iBook‚ Paypal surfaces. Amazon.com becomes the world’s largest book retailer and Shawn Flemming introduces Napster-the first free online
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Attending driving school in Toronto is a fantastic idea for just about anyone. If you have never had a license before‚ you may even be required to attend certain driving education courses‚ receive driving practice lessons‚ and log in so many hours driving on the road before your license can be issued. Going to this type of school to prepare for your licensing exam is a great idea because it gets you started driving correctly‚ you get quality and personal driving instruction‚ it may take less time
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Kobe Earthquake An earthquake occurred on January 17th‚ 1995‚ at 5:46 am in the south-central part of Japan. This earthquake registered as 7.2 on the Richter scale and caused mass destruction. It was thus named The Great Hanshin Earthquake. It later earned the name as the Kobe Earthquake due to the amount of damage that Kobe‚ Japan suffered. Its focus was only 16 km below ground. Shock-waves splintered buildings‚ destroyed roads‚ and ruptured mains of gas‚ water‚ and electricity. Over 6‚400 people
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magnitude earthquake that changed the country and the lives of people living in Haiti. This earthquake stuck Haiti before five pm and was centred about 10 miles south east of port - au - prince which is the capital city of Haiti. This earthquake is known as one of most powerful earthquakes of the century‚ that it was felt in eastern parts of Cuba. Prior to the earthquake‚ the people of Haiti are living eighty percent under the poverty line(Curler‚ 2010). In results of the earthquake in Haiti
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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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already destroyed from other natural disasters because of where it is placed on the Earth‚ it is between where the North American plate and Caribbean plate meet. Haiti was a third world country and still is today. Haiti was very unfortunate starting in the year of 2010‚ because it was shook by an earthquake‚ attacked with a tsunami‚ and kicked in the neck by a hurricane. All jokes aside‚ these were horrible incidents that happened to the small country of Haiti. The earthquake that shook Haiti happened
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On February 22nd 2011‚12.51pm Christchurch experienced another earthquake with the magnitude of 6.3 at a depth of 5 km below ground level. This devastating event took the lives of many people with a death toll of 166 as at Sunday 6th March 2011. (CULTURAL) The earthquake caused many implications on Christchurch infrastructure in the CBD area. Many people were trapped in the CTV building‚ under collapsed furniture and damaged infrastructure . There was large amounts of damage to the roads such
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