The terrible earthquake happened in the afternoon on May 12‚ 2008 when I was about to library. Suddenly I felt the floor shaking. At the beginning I didn’t think it an earthquake because I had never experience earthquake before. I just thought it must be something wrong with our dormitory. I knew I was wrong when my roommate shout “Earthquake!” Then all of us hid under the desk waiting for the shaking to stop. During that time I was totally blank and murmuring to pray for the stop of the shaking
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The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic disaster; the earthquake measured 7.0 on the Richter scale. Its epicenter was near the town of Léogâne‚ approximately 25 km west of Haiti’s capital‚ Port-au-Prince. The earthquake occurred on Tuesday‚ January 12th‚ 2010. By January 24th‚ at least 52 aftershocks had been recorded‚ most measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale. The ground shook vigorously for nearly two minutes. The quake caused major damage to Port-au-Prince‚ and other towns in the region. Several
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EARTHQUAKES Introduction and Terminology • Vibrations in the earth’s crust that occur when strain in the crust is suddenly released by displacement along a fault line • Focus = point at which an earthquake originates inside the earth. May be many km below surface • Epicentre = the point on the earth’s surface directly above the focus. Strongest shock normally felt here. Most damage usually occurs here. • Seismology = the study of earthquakes – from Greek – seio – to shake
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society in affection‚ bliss‚ and compassion; the people are vibrant‚ strong‚ and resilient. The country itself is a realm of contrasts. Since the year of 2010‚ my world‚ and Haiti‚ has never been the equivalent to their previous ways of life. An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale‚ killing more than two hundred and thirty thousand people‚ displacing over one million lives‚ and injuring over three hundred thousand is where this story originates. I gazed upon beautiful pastures
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2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami Name of Student Name of Instructor Date Contents Introduction 3 Impacts of the Disaster 4 Ethical and Social Issues 6 References 13 Introduction The 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan were considered as one of the worst disasters that hit any country in the world. This disaster also affected various parts in Japan particularly the northern areas like the Ibaragi‚ Fukushima‚ Miyagi‚ and Sanriku. Disaster agencies have measured the 2011
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The largest earthquake in the world had a magnitude of 9.5 and took place in Chile. The Valdivia Earthquake‚ also know as the Great Chilean Earthquake‚ happened on Sunday‚ May 22‚ 1960. It is the largest earthquake currently on record. It occured in the afternoon and the resulting tsunami affected southern Chile‚ Hawaii‚ Japan‚ the Philippines‚ eastern New Zealand‚ southeast Australia‚ and the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. The epicenter of the Valdivia earthquake was near Lumaco‚ a coastal city
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Week1 Review Questions 1. Assess the similarities and differences between threat‚ risk‚ hazard‚ and peril. Threat‚ Risk‚ Hazard and Peril are all siblings of the same beast‚ if you will. A risk professional could refer to hazards as the contributing factor to a peril. Perils are the cause of the risk‚ such as a kitchen fire raging out of control. With cooking comes the threat of a fire‚ the hazard being the fire or source of fuel‚ the risk being the ever increasing chance of getting burned
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BE PREPARED FOR AN EARTHQUAKE Earthquakes in Los Angeles‚ California can be devastating to people‚ cities‚ and the landscape. Earthquakes can cause millions if not billions of dollars of damage in only a matter of a few minutes. The more populated the area where the earthquake strikes or the earthquakes epicenter‚ the more the disaster can occur. Buildings are constructed to an earthquake code‚ but that does not mean there can be no damage to them. Brick faces can fall‚ windows can shatter‚
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The Kobe Earthquake‚ also known as The Great Hanshin Earthquake occurred January 17th‚ 1995‚ resulting in the second most deadly and most damaging Japanese earthquake of the 20th century behind The Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. The epicenter was 20 km southwest of Kobe‚ with a moment magnitude of 6.9. Figure 1 shows the location of the epicenter with respect to the island of japan. The main ground shaking lasted about 20 seconds as a result of a right lateral strike-slip faulting system. A considerable
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that our nature had brought upon us: foods‚ earthquakes‚ cyclones and much more. One of the countries that were devastated by the wrath of nature is Haiti when a 7.0 magnitude quake on January 12‚ 2010 destroyed its cities‚ ravaged buildings‚ streets and houses‚ and took the lives of over 220‚000 people on. This causes a lot of sufferings to the survivors especially that they had lose their source of living. Six weeks later‚ an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck South American nation leaving a long
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