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    The Kobe Earthquake‚ also known as The Great Hanshin Earthquake occurred January 17th‚ 1995‚ resulting in the second most deadly and most damaging Japanese earthquake of the 20th century behind The Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. The epicenter was 20 km southwest of Kobe‚ with a moment magnitude of 6.9. Figure 1 shows the location of the epicenter with respect to the island of japan. The main ground shaking lasted about 20 seconds as a result of a right lateral strike-slip faulting system. A considerable

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    greeted by the service’s iconic "fail whale‚" the image of a cartoon whale being hoisted into the air by a flock of birds‚ signaling a site outage. Ideal; because it is an image from the service. When you are not a member. 3. Following the earthquake that struck Haiti in January 2010‚ Twitter reaffirmed its role as a powerful tool for the dissemination of information. I chose the word spread‚ because dissemination means to spread widely. Stating that Twitter is a powerful choice of media

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    On January 12th‚ 2010 at approximately 4:53pm local time a terrifying earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 hits Port-au-Prince‚ Haiti causing a huge number of damages and casualties. As if the large-scale earthquake wasn’t horrid enough there were 33 aftershocks ranging between 4.2 and 5.9 magnitudes. The tragedy has caused roughly 230‚000 deaths and nearly 300‚000 people were injured. The Inter-American Development Bank has stated that they are approving nearly a $200‚000 grant for emergency aid.

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    Luxury Earthquake resistant RC Frame work with suitable Sub-Structure/Super Structure works foundations as per the requirements Semi-Luxury Earthquake resistant RC Frame work with suitable foundations as per the requirements First class clay brick in cement mortar / Light Weight Cement Concrete Blocks/Hollow concrete blocks. Vitrified Black granite slab Standard Earthquake resistant RC Frame work with suitable foundations as per the requirements First class clay brick in cement mortar /

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    Disasters such as earthquakes‚ tsunamis and flash floods are getting more and more common. With different areas vulnerable to different natural disasters‚ these disasters are hated and undesirable everywhere. In spite of the economic crisis and impact they might cause‚ they can bring out the best in the people‚ including victims and helpers‚ be it individual or in groups. A Haitian boy stood out from the 2010 Haiti earthquake which made him more innovative and matured. He was different from the

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    com/news/nation/articles/2005/02/27/san_francisco_revises_death_toll_for_1906_earthquake/ http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/1906/18april/casualties.php http://mceer.buffalo.edu/1906_Earthquake/social_turmoil/city-reeling.asp http://www.nps.gov/prsf/historyculture/1906-earthquake-relief-efforts-living-accommodations.htm http://1906earthquake.com/damage-effects/ http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/06.html http://www.sfmuseum.org/perished/who17.html It was a rather cold morning while I was preparing

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    When designing earthquake safe structures the first consideration is to make the highest bit‚ the roof‚ as light as possible. This is best done with profiled steel cladding on light gauge steel Zed purlins. This can also have double skin with spacers and insulation. It can have a roof slope between 3 and 15 degrees. If it is required to have a ’flat’ roof‚ this could be made with a galvanised steel decking and solid insulation boards‚ and topped with a special membrane. Even a ’flat’ roof should

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    My life did a complete 180 switch after I survived the devastating earthquake of 2010 in Haiti. It was never easy before as the economy was really poor and life was dull but compared to what I had to live with after I started to realise it was a privileged life. It was a beautiful day ‚ I was looking crispy and getting ready to go school and the day went by so fast ‚ we had a lot of homeworks and things to study for tomorrow . My sister was with me before the incident and helping me with my homeworks

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    This volcano had its largest eruption on May 18‚ 1980. The ash and dust from the eruption reached as far as the Central United States. A total of 57 people died during the eruption that lasted 9 hours. 85 miles of highway and 15 miles of railways were destroyed. What would someone say about this natural disaster who was there? It was a normal day for my grandma‚ but when she turns on the news it became very far from normal. She see’s that Mt. St Helens erupts. After that‚ she looks outside‚ but

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    In 1993 in Central Puerto Rico there was a huge hurricane with a magnitude of 4.7. There was also a earthquake with a magnitude of 8. The hurricane was named was named Hurricane Ching. The earthquake was called Chong. Ching was the biggest hurricane to ever hit Puerto Rico. It blew over houses‚ destroyed land‚ and flooded everything. Chong was the fourth biggest earth quake to hit Puerto Rico. There was a family hit by both disasters. There was a total of nine people in the Wang family. Lavar was

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