Haiti‚ known for its histories of earthquakes has long been known to be at risk for a major quake. On January 12 2010‚ that major quake occurred. Haiti was struck with the most devastating quake they have ever seen in two hundred years‚ a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake. More than two hundred thousand people were killed by the quake‚ hundreds of thousands were injured and millions left homeless because of this major earthquake. Thousands of people also died from Cholera‚ an infection in
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Great Hanshin / Kobe earthquake In the early of January 17th in 1995 at 5:46pm‚ while many were still sleeping peacefully‚ the destructive Great Hanshin earthquake‚ which measured 7.2 on the Richter scale‚ struck the Japanese city of Kobe. Kobe has a population of 1.5 million people and is a major port for importing and exporting goods for Japan‚ situated south of the main island‚ Honshu‚ on a narrow strip of land between the ocean and high mountain ranges‚ it lies above the junction of the Philippine
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1985 Mexico City earthquake The 1985 Mexico City earthquake‚ a magnitude 8.1 earthquake that struck Mexico City on the early morning of 19 September 1985 at around 7:19 AM‚ caused the deaths of at least 10‚000 people and serious damage to the greater Mexico City Area. The area most severely hit by the earthquake had the highest concentration of hospitals. Most of the damages occurred in secondary and tertiary hospitals. Thirteen hospitals of six or more floors were partially or totally
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out why the earthquake of Chile occur in 1960. The reason why the earthquake accrued is the Nazca Plate has been colliding and subducting underneath the South American plate for thousands of years. The 1960 Chile earthquake was caused by the Nazca plate releasing tension and descending 15 meters underneath the South American Plate. The earthquake accrued because of plates. The people of the area knew to expect a tsunami and most evacuated the coast immediately. The earthquake caused huge
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Science Project 3/21/2016 2015 Earthquake in Chile On September 17th‚ 2015 a powerful earthquake that shook Chile. It was said to have a magnitude of 8.5‚ killing about 5 people‚ injuring many‚ and destroying hundreds of homes‚ businesses‚ and land mass. Along with the damage came the after mass of power loss‚ damage‚ and flooding along with tsunamis. There were 12 aftershocks that could be felt 145 miles away from the originating site. Chile is known to have earthquakes‚ but none have compared to
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July 8‚ 2012 Lillian Flakes San Francisco Earthquake Proposal The San Francisco earthquake of April 18‚ 1906‚ has gone down in history as one of the most damaging earthquake in United State history. San Francisco and surrounding cities were violently shaken by seismic waves produced by the magnitude 7.8 earthquakes. The proposal is to review the available literature on how geophysical precursors can be used for short-term predictions of earthquakes. The objectives of this review is to explain
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tranquil southeast region of Washington State located in the Cascade Mountains‚ began to tremble with earthquake activity lasting until the afternoon of the 26th of March. This was the first of many warnings to geographers and local authorities of the impending dangerous eruption coming from the normally silent Mount Saint Helens. The richter magnitude range was 2.6-4.2. There were 142 recorded earthquakes over 2.4 in the 24 hours between March 26 and 27th. The volcano began to spew ash at 1236. (Girty
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civilization is that of time‚ which has gone on to become one of the most integral parts of human life. Ever since the creation of a standard time system‚ people have been searching for ways to save time in the hustle and bustle of their everyday lives in order to get the most time that they can out of one day. One such method that has been implemented around much of the world is that of Daylight Savings Time‚ or DST‚ in order to maximize the amount of daylight during different seasons. The creation
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Causes and Effects of Earthquakes There are some programs‚ like the ones that are broadcast at National Geographic Channel‚ where professionals show us on many opportunities documentaries about earthquakes and the amount of damage that they had produced in some areas. But… what is an earthquake? We can define them as the shaking of the Earth’s surface caused by the rapid movement of the Earth’s rocky outer layer. In addition‚ earthquakes results from two main factors and can have two harmful effects
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Atwal Japan Earthquake and Tsunami 2011 After doing research on significant events that occurred in the past 12 months within the Pacific Rim‚ the topic I finally decided to do my research report on was the recent earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan’s many cities. I chose this topic because I was really interested about learning more about the issue and how
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