The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic disaster; the earthquake measured 7.0 on the Richter scale. Its epicenter was near the town of Léogâne‚ approximately 25 km west of Haiti’s capital‚ Port-au-Prince. The earthquake occurred on Tuesday‚ January 12th‚ 2010. By January 24th‚ at least 52 aftershocks had been recorded‚ most measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale. The ground shook vigorously for nearly two minutes. The quake caused major damage to Port-au-Prince‚ and other towns in the region. Several
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Country) suffer greater damage from earthquake than MEDCs (More Economically Developed Country)?”(800 – 1000 words). Refer to the unit of Lithosphere Unit and your own research (e.g. school library and websites). ASSESSMENT INSTRUCTIONS: Research and compile information about the following points – * Describe what causes earthquake eruptions giving complete explanations and examples. * Identify and describe the strategies used to predict earthquakes. * Research and collect data
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Loma Prieta Earthquake Story Teller By: Kavita Butani There is a lot that happens around the world we cannot control. We cannot stop earthquakes‚ we cannot prevent droughts‚ and we cannot prevent conflict. Earthquakes and the damages they bring have affected the lives of many people around the world forever. As our community grows so does the danger caused by these quakes also increases by mass. Earthquakes can affect our lives in many ways; this type of natural disaster can upset everything from
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Cause and effect of earthquakes The ground trembles‚ shakes and growls. Pictures that were once hanging so beautifully on the wall smash to the ground exploding into glittery slivers of broken glass‚ roadways break apart‚ engulfing whatever was in its path‚ never to be seen again. For many‚ this would seem to be the makings of a fictional horror movie created by Hollywood with intent to frighten a person and to play with ones senses. For those who live in the areas depicted by film‚ this is
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Earthquake Do’s & Don’ts* Disaster is a sudden calamity that brings destruction‚ damage‚ devastation (3Ds) that results loss to life and property. Natural disasters are often frightening and difficult for us to understand‚ because we have no control over when and where they happen. Disasters usually have following features: • Unpredictability • Sudden • Unfamiliarity • Shock reaction • Confusion • Panic God forbid‚ Natural disasters sometimes appear in the form of Earthquakes‚ Volcanic eruptions
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September 2nd‚ 1886 August 31‚ 1886‚ was one of the worst days in Charleston‚ that day we had a major earthquake of the likes of which I have never felt. The day started off as a nice calm day. My mom and I were reading a book and then all of a sudden I could hear this rumbling sound that seemed to come from inside earth. It started off as a gentle vibration then after a few minutes the noise and the vibrations became more violent. It was as if the earth had a terrible stomach ache. The shake
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Time Series Prediction of Earthquake Input by using Soft Computing Hitoshi FURUTA‚ Yasutoshi NOMURA Department of Informatics‚ Kansai University‚ Takatsuki‚ Osaka569-1095‚ Japan nomura@sc.kutc.kansai-u.ac.jp Abstract Time series analysis is one of important issues in science‚ engineering‚ and so on. Up to the present statistical methods[1] such as AR model[2] and Kalman filter[3] have been successfully applied‚ however‚ those statistical methods may have problems for solving highly nonlinear
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believes that the construction of civilization allowed for the creation of the rights and wrongs of sexual relations‚ suppressing people’s natural instincts. It is clear to see that the social body that is the religious culture of Santiago in The Earthquake in Chile epitomizes Freud’s idea that civilization suppresses human sexuality. In his book‚ Civilization and Its Discontents‚ Freud explores the different ways in which living together in a society strips away humans of their most natural
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[pic] प्रकाशक यशपाल जैन मंत्री‚ सस्ता साहित्य मंडल एन-७७‚ कनॉट सर्कस‚ नई दिल्ली-११०००१ ● पांचवी बार : १९९९ प्रतियां : ३‚००० मूल्य : रु० ८.०० ● लेजर टाइपसेटिंग बुकमैन लेज़र टाइपसेटिंग‚ दिल्ली-९२ ● मुद्रक आई.बी.एच‚ प्रिन्टर्स‚ मानसरोवर पार्क‚ शाहदरा पाठकों से जैसाकि नाम से पता चलता है‚ इस पुस्तक में हमने संसार के विशष लेखकों की चुनी हुई कहानियां दी हैं। ये कहानियां ऐसी नहीं हैं कि एक बार पढ़कर पुस्तक को पटक दें। ये कहानियां बार-बार पढ़ने
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4. Gherao. Gherao in Hindi means to surround. Workers may gherao the members of management by blocking their exits and forcing them to stay inside their cabins just like prisoners. The main object of gherao is to inflict physical and mental torture to the person being gheraoed and hence this weapon disturbs the industrial peace to a great extent. Gheraos have been criticised on both legal and moral grounds. Legally gheraos amount to imposing wrongful restraints on the freedom of some persons to
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