Annabella Rubio Geology 110 Professor Weaver June 16‚ 2014 Kobe vs Northridge Earthquake Earthquakes can be devastating natural disasters as experienced in the Kobe earthquake in Japan. However‚ earthquakes are not what kill people‚ being unprepared is what causes the most harm. In the Northridge earthquake in California which was of very similar magnitude to the Kobe earthquake there were far less casualties. However‚ being prepared was not the difference in these cases. Factors that created
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okay Earth Science The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a magnitude of 7.0 with an epicentre near the town of Leogano about 25 km (16 miles) west of Port-au-Prince Haiti’s capital. The earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time on Tuesday‚ 12 January 2010. By January 24‚ at least 52 aftershocks measuring 4.5 or greater had been recorded. An estimated three million people were affected by the quake the Haitian government reported that an estimated 230‚000
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This essay is going to be about the natural disaster called earthquakes. There has been developed a new technique to prepare the human race for earthquakes. In this essay‚ the possibility of getting to know when an earthquake is going to happen is going to be discussed. How is science going to be able to create a better world‚ if there’s a natural phenomenon that can’t be changed? Plate tectonics-Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Plates_tect2_en.svg Earthquakes
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Mike Watson Watson 1 Sonia Gutierrez English 50 Fifth March 2013 Personal Narrative My life is like a three leaf clover it has three leaves‚ which resemble important facts about my life. Each fact has a great story behind it the three facts in my life are that I play baseball‚ I aim to be a sports agent and that I live by the brand young and reckless these three things are what I live my life by and are
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Never Knew One Saturday night I awoke to a noise coming from my mothers bedroom‚ so I got up out my bed to see what was up. I saw my mother so I asked her what’s going on and she responded‚ “Baby girl I want you to do mommy a favor‚ I want you to go to your room and shut your door until I come and get you. I love you princess don’t never forget that.” Of course I did what my mother told me to do because I loved and I trusted her. I went to my room not knowing what was going on and I sat there
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Blair Spaulding February 25‚ 2013 ADMJ 73 Observation Narrative Saturday‚ February 23‚ 2013‚ 1636 hours I discretely observed people at Lone Oak Park 3425 Elverta Rd. Antelope for an assignment for ADMJ 73. When I arrived to Lone Oak Park I began to scan my surroundings‚ as I looked around I saw multiple groups of people of all different types. The first people that were brought to my attention were two women that passed beside me as they walked in a counter-clockwise direction around the
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Laguna State Polytechnic University Sta. Cruz Main Campus Sta. Cruz‚ Laguna College of Engineering Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Modern in Physical Education 2 Narrative report Submitted by: Submitted to: BSEE-1B Mr. Elpidio Roguel Jr. Narrative Report As a Partial fulfillment for the requirements in physical education 2‚ Mr. Elpidio Roguel Jr. instructed BSEE-1B to make a video containing our performance in modern dance. The modern dances that we
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Definition: An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust that creates seismic waves.TThe recent earthquake In India on September 18 ‚ 2011 compelled me to write an essay about earthquake. In this essay many things related to earthquake will be discussed.e seismicity or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency‚ type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time. Measurement: Earthquakes are measured with the help of seismometers. The moment
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making it susceptible to earthquakes CONSTRUCTION OF EARTHQUAKE RESISTENT BUILDINGS IN SEISMIC ZONES OF INDIA Earthquakes occur due to movements along faults that have evolved through geological and tectonic processes. Often they occur without any prior warning and are‚ therefore‚ unpredictable. The large area of India is prone to earthquake. The construction of earthquake resistant building is the only solution for safeguarding our urban centres from the menace of earthquakes. On the basis of
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Underwater earthquake causing Tsunami. * The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea megathrust earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53UTC on Sunday‚ 26 December 2004‚ with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra‚ Indonesia. The quake itself is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake. The resulting tsunami was given various names‚ including the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami‚ South Asian tsunami‚ Indonesian tsunami‚ and the Boxing Day tsunami. * The earthquake was caused
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