The largest earthquake in the world had a magnitude of 9.5 and took place in Chile. The Valdivia Earthquake‚ also know as the Great Chilean Earthquake‚ happened on Sunday‚ May 22‚ 1960. It is the largest earthquake currently on record. It occured in the afternoon and the resulting tsunami affected southern Chile‚ Hawaii‚ Japan‚ the Philippines‚ eastern New Zealand‚ southeast Australia‚ and the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. The epicenter of the Valdivia earthquake was near Lumaco‚ a coastal city
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THE NEW MADRID EARTHQUAKE OF 1812 Some of the most severe earthquakes in the United States occurred not on the Pacific Coast but in the middle of the continent in southeastern Missouri near the town of New Madrid. There are many things that were unusual about the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812. The location is a surprise‚ the damage was catastrophic but we did learn from it. Just after 2 o’clock AM of December 16‚ 1811‚ the Mississippi River valley was hit by an earthquake so strong that
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Earthquakes Enquiry The aim of the enquiry is to find out what the factors were‚ which led to more people dying in the Gujarat earthquake in 2001‚ then the San Francisco earthquake in 1989. The Gujarat earthquake started at 8:46 am on Friday 26th January 2001. The earthquake struck the heavily populated (LEDC) state of Gujarat in western India. The earthquake measured 7.9 on the Richter scale and sent tremors thousands of kilometres across the continent. It was so large that it was felt as far
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Christchurch Earthquake 2011 Case Study (New Zealand) On Tuesday 22 February 2011 at 12:51 p.m. Christchurch struck by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake‚ which killed 185 people and injured several thousand. The quake was centred 10km south-east of the city at a depth of 5km. In the ten minutes after it hit‚ there were 10 aftershocks of magnitude 4 or more. Also there was just a recent earthquake‚ which took place in September 2010. It was just as strong as the Haiti earthquake‚ at 7
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Going Home In the piece “On Going Home” Joan Didion uses many literary techniques to emphasis her sentences. Didion’s use of quotation marks around specific words stands out first to the reader. The quotation marks suggest that the meaning she was trying to come across was a bit different from the original meaning the word normally would carry. For example when Didion quotes the words “happy‚ home‚ and normal”‚ they are usually described as positive meaning. But it depends on how the reader takes
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In “Los Angeles Notebook”‚ Joan Didion depicts a wind named Santa Ana as an alarming and unnatural figure that disturbs the daily life of the people in Los Angeles. Didion implies the fear and disorder caused by Santa Ana through illustrative words that enhance the imagery of chaos. One imagery evokes an image of fire by only using the words “smoke” and “sirens”. Although these words by itself do not produce any significant meaning‚ when placed in a sentence like “we will see smoke back in the canyons
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Associate Level Material Earthquake Technology Worksheet Answer the lab questions for this week and summarize the lab experience using this form. Carefully read Ch. 9 of Geoscience Laboratory. Complete this week’s lab by filling in your responses to the questions from Geoscience Laboratory. Although you are only required to respond to the questions in this worksheet‚ you are encouraged to answer others from the text on your own. Questions and charts are from Geoscience Laboratory‚ 5th ed. (p
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QUARTER EARTHQUAKE DRILL I. INTRODUCTION Having experienced the recent 7.2 magnitude earthquake some Boholanos are already nervous and uneasy every time there is news about the said calamity. Thus‚ they became very eager to undergo drills and listen to some orientations and preparations in responding calamities in order for them to be prepared for the future calamities. Public awareness is very much necessary to obtain and improve the people’s preparedness and mitigation. Thus this earthquake preparedness
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2010 Haiti earthquake Date 16:53:10‚ 12 January 2010 Magnitude 7.0 Mw Depth 13 km (8.1 miles) Epicenter location 18.457°N 72.533°W Casualties 92‚000 - 230‚000 deaths (6th deadliest earthquake) Background Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere‚ and is ranked 149th of 182 countries on the Human Development Index.The Australian government’s travel advisory site had previously expressed concerns that Haitian emergency services would be unable to cope in the event of a major disaster
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How to survive an earthquake The ground starts to shake‚ debris are falling everywhere around you‚ pictures‚ vases‚ mirrors‚ the family pet. What do you do in a situation like this? Turn and run or do you get down and hide? Most people would pick the first option‚ but that is one of the most dangerous things you can do in an earthquake. The best way to get through a natural disaster like this is to take cover‚ have an emergency household survival kit‚ and stay in contact. First of all‚ before
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