Earthquakes By: Kayla Marie Vargas Period 4 In earth science they talk a lot about different Earthquakes‚ volcanoes‚ the weather‚ different rocks‚ and etc. But never did you really get in details of what is any of them. Well I did research and found out that an earthquake which is also known as a quake‚ tremor or temblor is a result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity‚ seismism or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency
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The Wall Street Journal opens by defining the Haiti Earthquake as the strongest to hit the Caribbean in more than two centuries. Various witness reports were included‚ one of which from the Administer of Mercy and Sharing in Haiti: a charity that houses 109 orphans‚ notes the various dead bodies lying on the street‚ the numerous injured citizens‚ and the ringing cries of help in an area just 10 miles outside of the earthquakes epicenter. The report specifically describes the devastated infrastructure
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Before the earthquake‚ Haiti was already a country with high prevalence of infant mortality‚ poor nutrition‚ and diseases such as HIV and Turberclosis. In Haiti ‚“An estimated 87 of every 1‚000 children born die by the age of 5 years‚ and >25% of surviving children experience chronic undernutrition or stunted growth. Maternal mortality rate is 630 per 100‚000 live births.” (SITE) The life expectancy in Haiti is 61 years. Due to low vaccination rates‚ Haitians are at risk of spreading vaccine preventable
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on the agency scale as a grade 7 accident‚ which was in the same grade as Chernobyl accident‚ but a few number on the agency’s scale (After Fukushima: Enough Is Enough‚ n.d.). The shaking of the earth in the east of Japan on 11 March 2011. This earthquake caused a powerful tsunami that reached the height of approximately 15 meters (The Situation at Fukushima‚ n.d.). Furthermore‚ the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plants experienced a lot of destruction caused by a tsunami that hit the reactors in
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Kayla Willoughby February 7‚ 2015 English 0891-090 Parasailing for the very first time was extremely fun and exciting. We first made our way to the parasailing office located in Myrtle Beach‚ South Carolina‚ where we awaited instruction. We were then led out to a boat. Where I took my turn going up. After coming down I preceded to watch all my family have their turns. It was for sure my favorite adventure we took while on vacation. First‚ we went to the office to sign all the waivers‚ which made
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A NARRATIVE OF OFF-CAMPUS EXPERIENCES IN RCA COMPUTER SALES & SERVICES LUCENA CITY A Report Submitted to: Ms. CHERRY ANN MENDEZ Southern Luzon State University Gumaca Campus Gumaca‚ Quezon In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements In On the Job Training 1 By: CHEYNARRD B. ORATE JUNE 2011 SOUTHERN LUZON STATE UNIVERSITY GUMACA CAMPUS GUMACA QUEZON APPROVAL SHEET In partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Summer On Job Training Program. This report entitled
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The Day I Saved My Brother Waiting in line for the chairlift at Hidden Valley Ski Resort‚ I was freezing and could hardly feel my toes. The snow was falling so heavily that I could barely see the people at the front of the line. My brother was standing next to me and we were talking about what slope we wanted to ride first. There were the easy green trails that were for the beginners but we had been skiing for many years and decided to start the day with the most fearsome of all the slopes
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Daniela Velazquez Beverly Sumey‚ Instructor Comp. I‚ 10:30 MWF Weak Knees Strong Hope It was 6 years ago when I began to really appreciate the little things. It was 6 years ago when my life changed forever. I was an active‚ reckless‚ twelve year old girl in the seventh grade. I spent most of my free time playing soccer‚ or riding my purple bike around the thin‚ uneven roads of Union‚ Missouri. I was enrolled in school at Union Middle School‚ where my unfortunate life changing accident
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faults lead to be a lot more destruction. Earthquakes are a trembling or shaking of the ground caused by a sudden release of energy stored in rocks beneath earths surface. Earthquakes appear all over the planet‚ and there are many different sizes. Some earthquakes destroy entire cities while others only shake the ground for a moment. Faults are one of the causes of earthquakes‚ which I will tell about soon as well as the hazards and benefits they give. Earthquakes can be caused in many ways‚ some even
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Figure 5.19 The mortar in unreinforced masonry walls such as these in Iran‚1990(A) can easily fail during an earthquake. Oftentimes the entire structure crumbles‚ leaving a pile of rubble in which survive. Shown in(B) is one of the many masonry homes to collapse during the 1988 Armenia earthquake (M6.9)‚ claiming nearly 25‚000 lives. The failure is called soft-story collapse. Soft-story collapse is a common problem in commercial building where the first floor has considerable open space for
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