COSTAAT Was the Japan Earthquake Manmade? Project submitted to Ms. Karen Paul SCIE 201 - Contemporary Issues in Science BY Rishard Khan On March 11‚ 2011‚ a magnitude 9.0 earthquake the strongest ever recorded struck the East coast of northern Japan. It Japan triggered a massive tsunami along the Pacific Coast of northeastern Japan. As a result over 20000 people were killed and the Fukushima Daichi nuclear reactor has been severely damaged so Low-levels of radiation have been emitted
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Countries should not isolate themselves from the world but instead engage to other countries. From day to day the world is getting smaller due to the process of globalization. Countries nowadays engage with each other more than in the past on a cultural‚ political and economical way. In my opinion this is a very good change for the world and its people‚ therefore I agree with the statement above. Firstly when countries engage with each other they create advantages for their students and educational
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combination of earthquake and tsunami was a wakeup call reminding companies across the world how much they rely on nature to commerce business. On Friday 11 March 2011‚ an earthquake measuring 9.0 on Richter scale struck off Japan’s north-east coast of Tohoku which happened at 2:46pm (Alabaster et al. 2011). The massive earthquake was caused due to thrust faulting where rocks placed lower in the earth’s crust get pushed over the overlying layers (Alabaster et al. 2011). After the earthquake‚ the shadow
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one of the deadliest earthquakes shook Japan on March 11th 2011. A 500 kilometre-long fault zone was ruptured off the northeast coast of Japan. The epicentre was situated 130 kilometres east from the big city‚ Sendai. The focus occurred at a relatively shallow depth (about 30 km) underneath the Pacific Ocean. The earthquake had the largest magnitude of 9.0‚ which Japan had ever recorded and can only be explained by plate tectonics. As seen in figure 3‚ the earthquake occurred in a subducting
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The 1755 Lisbon earthquake had far reaching implications. Not only was it physically devastating‚ it also changes the landscape of the influential philosophers of the day. It led to the development and solidification of the ideas. No matter how devastating it was physically it had varying affects on the philosophy of the day. It had a wide variety of effects on philosophy‚ religion‚ and science. It pushed some‚ like Voltaire‚ to become more pessimistic‚ while others‚ like Rousseau‚ to become more
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America is a technological based country Everyone wants to achieve The American Dream. What do we consider to be The American Dream? A few decades ago‚ The American Dream was to live in a friendly neighborhood‚ have a white picket fence‚ and have a small family of four (preferably a boy and girl). Today‚ the dream has changed drastically. Currently‚ The American Dream is to be extremely wealthy and have the most followers on social media. Unfortunately‚ there are no more strong connects with people
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DON’T FORGET TO WRITE YOUR COVER NOTE BRO Katie Norris Final Paper‚ Fall 2012 Labor and the Global Market 4/27/2012 The Most Interesting Title in the World In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in January of 2010‚ Haiti (already among the poorest nations in the western hemisphere) was left significantly more vulnerable and impoverished than ever before. With the partial or complete destruction of over 100‚000 places of work came the loss of approximately 90‚000 Haitian jobs
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“Hetalia” is one of Japanese animations‚ in which all the countries of the world are represented as people. For example‚ Japan‚ Germany‚ Switzerland‚ US‚ and Japan are Men. Liechtenstein‚ Belarus and Taiwan are described as Women. Last time in class I watched the episode of Switzerland and Liechtenstein. From the ways the anime describe the relationship between those two‚ it is clear that they are in dependency relationship: Liechtenstein depends on brother Switzerland. First of all‚ this is the
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Chinese man made me angry‚ furious and nearly sent me over the edge as in our country‚ our greatest sporting stadium even the low life bum can send his violent words at another man who has every right to be cheering and living a happy life in his country. Good morning‚ ladies and gentlemen today I stand here before you to announce that the greatest country in the world‚ our
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What is Earthquake An earthquake is caused by a sudden slip on a fault. The tectonic plates are always slowly moving‚ but they get stuck at their edges due to friction. When the stress on the edge overcomes the friction‚ there is an earthquake that releases energy in waves that travel through the earth’s crust and cause the shaking that we feel.( readanddigest.com/what-is-an-earthquake) The April 2015 Nepal earthquake (also known as the Gorkha earthquake)[6][9] killed more than 8‚800 people and injured
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