turtles were all associated with earthquakes. The civilizations believed that these animals were either below the earth or holding it up and that their movement caused the quake. The Greeks believed that it was the god’s anger that caused the earth to shake. The Scandinavians’ believed that it was their god Loki that caused the quakes. Anaxogoras‚ Archelaus‚ Thales‚ all had early theories on what really caused earthquakes but it was not until the 1960’s that we truly began to understand what caused
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earthquake hit. "We shouldn’t be surprised to see damage at Boeing field and at the port of Seattle where we did see damage‚ because in both of those areas the ground shook longer and harder than other parts of Seattle." It’s what’s known as a slab quake (located) 36 miles below the surface where the Juan de Fuca plate slab is diving underneath the North American plate. Geologists believe the plate bent‚ causing it to crack‚ sending shock waves to the surface. Tom Brocher says‚ "As soon as we knew
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ASSIGNMENT QUESTION: EXPLAIN WHY EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE CAN BE A POOR GUIDE TO SEISMIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT? (25). DENNIES MAUYA B1128076 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS DG213 MR MAVHURA 12 OCTOBER 2012 An earthquake‚ which may be termed as a quake‚ tremor or temblor is the result of a sudden release of energy in the earth’s crust that creates seismic waves that cause a lot of destruction in the social and economic environment and the natural environment itself. The seismic activity of an area
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paper aims at studying the status of rural tourism in India‚ looking into some initiatives that have already been undertaken‚ both by the Ministry (The Choti Haldwani Project at the foothills of Nainital) and by organisations (NGO ViaDesh‚ Delhi and Himalayan Homestays‚ Ladakh) in different parts of India and the way forward. The paper concentrates on the following major areas: 1) Initiatives undertaken 2) Problems faced while trying to establish such initiatives 3) Infrastructure developed for this
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epicenter of the quake‚ on the shallow ocean floor‚ caused a major tsunami to sweep through the Bay of Bengal‚ the Andaman Sea‚ and the Indian Ocean. Human casualties exceeding 260‚000 and massive damage to property had been reported in Southeast Asia (Malaysia‚ Thailand‚ Indonesia‚ Myanmar)‚ South Asia (India‚ Sri Lanka‚ and Bangladesh)‚ Eastern Africa (Somalia and Tanzania) and the Maldives. AIM 3. The aim of this paper is to examine Tsunami disaster that happened on December 26‚ 2005‚ in brief
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The Birth of Heroes and the Rise of Filipino Nationalism By Richard Rivera The middle 18th century in the Philippines was a period of perpetual destabilization. The islands are slowly being reconfigured—both physically and in socio-economic terms. On the surface‚ geophysical forces are making physical transformations‚ complimenting the deeper and more serious reconstruction happening within the colonial society. A new socio-economic class composed of Chinese mestizos and Indio professionals
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Secondary effects are the impacts and damage caused by the primary ground shaking effect: avalanche / landslides / soil liquefaction / flooding / tsunamis / disruption of transport/ disruption of communications / fire hazards / disease and epidemics / quake lakes‚ etc. All these will bring loss of life / casualties‚ and economic loss. Reconstruction of the affected area is needed. (6) Factors that influence the effects on people and their response to earthquakes: Development
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South-eastern coast. Other quakes occur in the ocean which explains why the waves from South Australia to Western Australia can be so good at certain times of the year. The way the earth is evolving today may lead to big changes within 100 years and who knows till then Australia could be in the middle of a tectonic plate boundary and there may be many destructive earthquakes within 100
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Jammu and Kashmir jammu and Kashmir (i/dʒɑːmuː/ & /kæʃmɪər/; Urdu: جموں و کشمیر; Dogri‚ Hindi: जम्मू और कश्मीर; Kashmiri: जोम त कशीर(Devanagari)‚ جوم تِ کشیر (Nastaliq); Ladakhi: ཇ་མུ་དང་ཀ་ཤི་མིར།) is a state of India. It is located mostly in the Himalayan mountains and shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south. Jammu and Kashmir has an international border with thePeople’s Republic of China in the north and east while Line of Control separates it from Pakistani controlled
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On Friday March 11‚ 2011‚ at 2:46 pm a 9.1 magnitude shook the entire coast of Japan causing mass destruction and a deadly tsunami. Over 20‚000 deaths‚ 2000 missing‚ and thousands of houses destroyed has been the direct effect of these two natural disasters. (1) To this day over 230‚000 people haven’t returned to their old homes or villages. Japan faces these types natural disasters very often. In Japan Earthquakes and Tsunamis are very common. There is a tremor or mini earthquake in Japan every
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