waves that radiate from where the earthquake starts‚ a place called the focus. These Seismic waves are what cause the intense shaking at the Earth’s surface that can cause buildings and roads to collapse. All across the world governments are going to great lengths to ensure the safety of their citizens by building resistant structures that are designed to withstand earthquakes and prevent the immense damage their shock waves do. Body: To build are earthquake proof structure that is able to withstand
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Haiti is the most impoverished country in the Western Hemisphere‚ and amongst the poorest in the world. With that being said‚ when an earthquake happened just kilometres away from Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince‚ the country was hardly prepared (Fierro & Perry‚ n.d.). Haiti has overcome various natural disasters‚ including hurricanes‚ tsunamis‚ floods‚ landslides‚ and other tropical storms. Haitians expect these natural hazards to occur‚ due to past events and the location of the country making
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Summary This study has been made for the purpose that every people in Visayas must be ready at all times. The natural phenomenon called earthquake cannot be controlled. It is accustomed by the movement of the plates that no one can predict when it will happen. The different government agency- PHIVOLCS‚ which keeps a record on the intensity and magnitude of the earthquake in all parts of the country whose task‚ is to inform the people the level of crisis that arises. They keep on track 24 hours giving
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An earthquake of a magnitude of 9.0 that occurred in Japan at 2:46 pm on Friday March 11‚ 2011 did a significant amount of damage in the region‚ as the following tsunami did even much more damage‚ flooding about 560 square kilometers resulting in a human death toll of about 19‚000 and the destruction of coastal ports‚ towns and buildings (Fukushima Accident‚ 2016). Eleven reactors at four different nuclear power plants in the region were operating at the time and were all shut down when the earthquake
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Earthquake activity in Pakistan is mainly concentrated in the north and western sections of the country‚ along the boundary of the Indian plate and the Iranian and Afghan micro-plates. The Chaman Fault runs along Pakistan’s western frontier with Afghanistan from Kalat‚ in the northern Makran range‚ past Quetta and then on to Kabul‚ Afghanistan. A fault also runs along the Makran coast and is believed to be of the same nature as the West Coast fault along the coast of Maharashtra‚ India. An active
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Would you ever sacrifice your own life in order to save a stranger? Could you imagine watching fellow soldiers being shot and blown up all around you? Could you survive months on end in a war zone? Is one man’s life worth the lives of 8? Both Saving Private Ryan and A Fortunate Life depict war as being a major sacrifice for those involved. Both texts show the mental and physical hardship associated with war and the bonds and mateship shared between soldiers. Saving Private Ryan tells the story of
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Pakistan Earthquake? On 8th October 2005‚ a devastating earthquake struck at the town of Muzaffarabad in Kashmir located in the country of Pakistan at about 8:50 am in the morning. It registered a moment magnitude of 7.6 on the Richter scale‚ affecting millions of people. Figures have shown that about 88‚710 people died‚ 106‚266 people were injured and up to three million became homeless and without proper shelter. There were many reasons why so many people died in the Pakistan Earthquake. One reason
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On February 22nd 2011‚12.51pm Christchurch experienced another earthquake with the magnitude of 6.3 at a depth of 5 km below ground level. This devastating event took the lives of many people with a death toll of 166 as at Sunday 6th March 2011. (CULTURAL) The earthquake caused many implications on Christchurch infrastructure in the CBD area. Many people were trapped in the CTV building‚ under collapsed furniture and damaged infrastructure . There was large amounts of damage to the roads such
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Following the earthquake‚ economic development was credited as key to Haiti’s economic betterment. Despite the earthquake in the areas in and around the capital city‚ millions of Haitians were forced to move to these IDP camps due to harsh economic circumstance in the countryside. Haiti has had a housing sector crisis even before the earthquake‚ which was estimated at 700‚000 units. Additionally‚ at least another 250‚000 houses were damaged by the earthquake resulting in the housing sector suffering
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Prof: Maylene P. Paniza TOPIC: CONSUMPTION (SEMI-FINALS REPORT) Saving-Investment Equilibrium Y = C + I Y – C = I S = I Saving is an outflow which gradually reduces the additional income that it generates. Therefore the circular flow model tells us that outflows like savings‚ taxes‚ and import expenditures must go back in the system in the form of investment‚ government expenditures‚ and export earnings. The saving-investment equilibrium further implies that increasing‚ decreasing
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