Case study- Kobe and Haiti earthquakes On 17th January 1995‚ an earthquake struck Kobe‚ a heavily populated urban area in Japan. It measured 7.4 on the Richter scale and occurred as a result of plate movement along the boundary between the Philippines Plate‚ Pacific Plate and Eurasian Plate. 35000 people injured and buildings and bridges collapsed despite their earthquake proof design. These were the primary effects. Buildings destroyed by fire when the gas mains fractured.316000 people left homeless
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Ch.14 Questions on Earthquakes & Earth’s Interior (Due Wednesday‚ November 5th) Concept Check 14.4 2. List the major differences between P‚ S‚ and surface waves. P & S waves travel within material while Surface waves occur on the outer surface of a material. Concept Check 14.5 1. What information does a travel-time graph provide? A Travel Time graph plot the different arrival time of each wave (P wave‚ S Wave). This allows us to measure distance in relation to the time each wave took to arrive
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VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS OF BANGLADESH DUE TO MULTIPLE NATURAL HAZARDS USING GIS TECHNIQUE Dr. Md. Monirul Islam Professor and Chair Department of Civil Engineering IUBAT – International University of Business Agriculture and Technology 4 Embankment Drive Road Sector 10‚ Uttara Model Town‚ Uttara‚ Dhaka 1230 Tel: 02 896 3523-27‚ 01716 583558‚ Fax: 02 892 2625 E-mail: rs_gism@yahoo.com Abstract: Bangladesh is one of the most natural disaster prone areas in the World. The different types
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The seminar is about Earthquake‚ Climate Change‚ Fire Prevention and NSTP History. It happened in Lyceum Of the Philippines University of Batangas‚ at the SHL Building in the Freedom Hall. Let’s talk about first the earhtquake. An earthquake is a series of vibrations induced in the earth’s crust by abrupt rupture and rebound of rocks in which elastic strain has been slowly accumulating. It is a natural phenomenon that results from underground movement along fault plane. Things to do incase
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price bubbles‚ the failure of risk management at sub-prime mortgage market and the dysfunctional ranking system and the causes are implicit in the relationship with a moral hazard. The definition of moral hazard is based on Leopold’s description (2009‚ p. 48): “More insurance could lead to lazier bicycle riders – a moral hazard – who enable more bicycle thefts. In finance the bicycle is risk. If I know I will be bailed out if I assume risk and fail‚ I’ll assume more and more risk and let you bail
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There has not been a bigger earthquake‚ or even one that comes close to the size of the San Francisco earthquake. That shook San Francisco‚ California with a magnitude of 7.8 that horrific day‚ in the year of 1906. The people of San Francisco had no idea of what was going to happen to their city on that day. Everything was about to change for the people of San Francisco‚ California. The San Francisco earthquake was completely devastating for the people. Leaving many in the aftermath homeless with
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Essay: Discuss the terms moral hazard and adverse selection. In your discussion you should consider the following: a) When does it arise? b) What are its consequences? And c) What can be done about it? WORD COUNT: 2502 Today we live in the information age‚ characterized by the internet‚ social networking and twenty four hour news with a constant stream of information flowing between users. This has lead to an economy where buyers can get immediate access to information about rival products
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On April 18‚ 1906‚ the citizens of San Francisco got struck with a tremendous earthquake‚ and a huge fire‚ towers fell and much of San Francisco was destroyed‚ as a result‚ it led to many people’s deaths and made people homeless. Buildings in damage and millions of dollars lost About 28‚000 buildings destroyed and more than $480‚000‚000 lost because of the fire and earthquake. “ Louise Herrick Wall observed for miles‚ his way lay among those who had just lost their homes and had burned‚ but then
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P1: explain potential hazards and harms that may arise from each in a health or social care setting. Hazard number 1: Doors being left open. Doors are being left open is a big hazard because it opens a various amounts of hazards such as the children walking through the nursery alone without supervision. Having a doors open can also allow people to come into the nursery which jeopardizes the safeguarding of the nursery. The nursery overcomes this by having code locks on all entrances of the nursery
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The New Madrid Earthquake lasted from 1811-1812 in New Madrid‚ Missouri. Geophysicist Mark Zoback had noted that the earthquakes were possibly caused by fault movement. On December 16‚ 1811‚ everyone in the New Madrid region was awaken at 2:15 AM by a big earthquake. The earthquake was felt from New England all the way over to Canada. Loud noises‚ and strange animal behavior were a part of the New Madrid Earthquake. House animals that had been tamed were acting crazy‚ while wild animals became tame
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