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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which approach the country. Earthquake An earthquake (also known as a quake‚ tremor or temblor) is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity‚ seismism or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency‚ type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time. Earthquakes are measured using observations from seismometers. The moment magnitude is the most common scale on which earthquakes larger than approximately 5
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“READINESS AND RESPONSE” EARTHQUAKE AND ITS DESTRUCTIONS In Partial Fulfillment in English Communication 1 (ENG 101) Researchers: Andal‚ Arvin William C. Arriola‚ Charlotte May B. Balmes‚ Ivan Macdowell J. Casas‚ Camille R. Lopez‚ Sharlyn B. Manalo‚ Christian Joseph F. Ona‚Vince Joseph M. Pentinio‚ Joanne A. Roxas‚ Mark Anthony B. (EE3/ME3) II. BRIEF INTRODUCTION The earth is a dynamic‚ evolving system. It’s all over in a matter of second. But Earthquakes have a way of stretching
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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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warnings regarding Nepal being vulnerable to dangerous earthquakes came true on the morning of the 25th of April last year‚ when what is now known as the Gorkha Earthquake demolished and permanently erased villages and buildings from existence. What were heritage buildings were reduced to rubble and homes became heaps of bricks and broken chunks of cement. Over the years many civilizations have fallen pray to the power of the mighty earthquakes and vanished from the face of the earth‚ as man did not
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An important symbol in Heinrich von Kleist’s ‘The Earthquake in Chile’ is the earthquake which took place in Santiago‚ Chile. The story revolves around three main characters. Jerónimo Rugera was a tutor in Don Enrique Asterón’s house. While being employed there he had fallen in love with Don Enrique Asterón’s daughter‚ Dona Josefa. Dona’s brother told their father about this and he dismissed Jerónimo from his house and sent Dona to the convent of Our Lady of the Mountain. The most probable reason
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Where do volcanoes and earthquakes occur? In geography it is important to be able to describe geographical patterns. The map below shows some of the strongest earthquakes and active volcanoes in the world. Can you notice a pattern in the distribution (spread) of volcanoes and earthquakes?
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organisations such as the Red Cross and UN Food Programs. The earthquake in Haiti impacted more than just locals. Tourists‚ UN peace members from China‚ Brazil‚ Jordania and others also died in the earthquake. Persons in other countries who had family in Haiti were also affected. This added to the global aspect of the Haitian earthquake. Responses were not only international. Regional efforts were also seen directly after the earthquake. According to a CARICOM press release (2010)‚ the Caribbean Disaster
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both the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake of Northern California‚ and the 2010 earthquake that devastated Port au Prince‚ and surrounding areas in Haiti‚ were very similar in magnitude (6.9 California‚ and 7.0 in Haiti)‚ there is great contrast in the number of lives lost due to these natural disasters‚ with 63 dead in Santa Cruz county‚ and an estimated 220‚000 lives lost in Haiti. From a geographical standpoint‚ the town of Léogâne was at the epicenter‚ of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake‚ the United Nations claims
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On August 1 1923 a massive earthquake hit Tokyo‚ Japan. The great Kanto earthquake of 1923 impacted Japan not only in a negative way‚ but also in a positive way. The Kanto earthquake impacted Japan by giving the people of Japan an opportunity to be a hero‚ start over and rebuild bigger and better‚ and help strengthen the bond of the Japanese people. The Kanto earthquake was one of the worst earthquakes that ever happened in Japan. Although Japan is hit by earthquakes all the time this is one of
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