Earthquake case study Christ Church Location: Christ church‚ New Zealand When: 22nd February‚ 2011 Boundary type; On an already formed fault line on the pacific plate. What happened: It is considered an aftershock of a previous 7.1 magnitude earthquake‚ which happened in September 2010. A magnitude 6.3 on the Richter scale hit 10 km east of Christ Church and 5km deep. This was New Zealand second worst ever earthquake. A tsunami was created by the Tasman Glacier sliding into the ocean
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Community Emergency Preparedness Janell Mings Nur 408 Epidemiology: Global and Public Health October 29‚ 2012 Amy Reagan‚ MSN‚ RN Community Emergency Preparedness The Neigborhood events that have taken place in episode 5 are related to a forest fire that has been burning in the local community for over five days. The articles summarize the events and the effects of individual by the forest fire that has struck the community. The firefighters cannot contain the fire causing smoke to
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that case‚ what would be the updated probability for Bob? © Lyle Crawford - 224 - 12) Read this story and then answer the questions about it. Abby is a seismologist: she studies earthquakes and the way that the vibrations caused by earthquakes move through the planet. One of the goals of seismology is to predict earthquakes in order to warn people who live in the area where they will happen‚ but accurate prediction is
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I think the basic point of the video was to symbolically compare the actual Ring of Fire‚ the horseshoe shaped area lined with volcanoes and earthquakes that line the Pacific‚ to an actual "ring" that starts at one place‚ goes through a transition‚ and comes back "full circle" to start anew. Three main themes in the video were "Life is Reappearing"‚ "Paradise and Catastrophe" and "Creation and Destruction"; all deal with starting at one point‚ moving around in a circle‚ continuing the cycle over
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in the study of active faults and earthquakes. Reading the article from the Philippine Daily Inquirer (as a required reading material in our class) by our professor‚ Dr. Mario Aurelio‚ it is very informing to know that; It is not actually a surprise that Negros Island would be hit by an earthquake of this magnitude (6.9). A previous large earthquake with an approximate magnitude of 8 has been associated with the Negros Trench.. Negros Oriental Earthquake cannot be explained directly by activity
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l Earthquakes. Protective Measures Psychicconsequences After the experience ofan earthquake‚ a range of anxiety reactions may occur‚ and therefore‚ in the following weeks‚ manypeople usually demand or need psychological support to reduce emotional stress. As for children‚ ifthere has been a seismic movement in your town and your child showssignsofconcern (such as lack ofappetite‚ insomnia‚ fear of weather changes‚ fear of being along or ofanother earthquake) listen to them‚ reassure them
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On March 11‚ 2011 Japan was hit with a 9.0 magnitude earthquake that destroyed Japan and surrounding states. The tsunami was formed by an earthquake underwater. Underwater earthquakes happen because of the collision of plates and it causes the fault line to slide‚ when a force pushes the water upwards that causes many tsunamis which gradually increases till they strike land or shallow water. This in this case happened to Japan. Before this major tsunami happened in Japan many people didn’t know
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by a magnitude 7 earthquake on 12th January 2010 causing devastation to the area due to the lack of preparation for such an event. The epicentre of the earthquake was just 25km away from the country’s capital‚ Port au Prince‚ meaning the most populated area in the country was hit. Haiti is situated on a conservative boundary between the Caribbean and North American plates. This is a table of impacts: Social Impacts Economic Impacts 3 million people were affected by the earthquake in some way 30‚000
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CONJUNCTIONS * A conjunction is a word that links words‚ phrases‚ or clauses. There are three types of conjunctions: coordinating conjunctions‚ correlative conjunctions‚ and subordinating conjunctions. ♣KINDS OF CONJUNCTIONS♣ Coordinating conjunctions * may join single words‚ or they may join groups of words‚ but they must always join similar elements such as subject+subject‚ verb phrase+verb phrase‚ or sentence+sentence. When a coordinating conjunction is used to join elements‚ the element
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Waves ` 1) Oceanic waves mean the forward movements of the ocean’s water caused by oscillation of water particles by frictional drag of wind over the Earth’s surface. It can be caused by the movement of Earth’s crust aka an earthquake. Like every wave‚ oceanic waves have highest and lowest points. The peak of thewave is called crest while the lowest point is called trough. The wavelength is the horizontal distance between two troughs or crests. 2)The Largest and most dangerous of oceanic waves
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