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    ASSIGNMENT: NATURAL HAZARD Earthquake Hit Kobe‚ Japan 1995 “Earthquakes don’t kill people‚ buildings do” Kobe Japan Earthquake 1995 When and where did the hazard occur? The Great Hanshin Earthquake is another term for Kobe earthquake. It struck on Tuesday‚ 17th of January 1995. At 5:46 am‚ an earthquake of magnitude 7.2 that shook for only 20 seconds on the Richter scale hit Kobe region of southern central Japan. This earthquake was one of the most over whelming earthquakes that occurred in Japan

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    BE PREPARED FOR AN EARTHQUAKE Earthquakes in Los Angeles‚ California can be devastating to people‚ cities‚ and the landscape. Earthquakes can cause millions if not billions of dollars of damage in only a matter of a few minutes. The more populated the area where the earthquake strikes or the earthquakes epicenter‚ the more the disaster can occur. Buildings are constructed to an earthquake code‚ but that does not mean there can be no damage to them. Brick faces can fall‚ windows can shatter‚

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    What patterns to you see in the distribution of earthquakes across the continental United States? In researching the earthquake patterns across the United States. I noticed that a majority of the earthquakes are located along the western shorelines of California and some small amounts of seismic activities in the lower parts of the south east territories of the United States. These earthquakes occur along the Pacific coast and continue southward along the Pacific coast and North along the Pacific

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    Why are earthquake impacts different in LEDCs and MEDCs? Any disaster either caused by humans or Mother Nature will make an impact but this depends where it hits. Obviously‚ if a disaster‚ or an earthquake in this case occurs somewhere densely populated rather an isolated area it will have a greater impact as life could be lost‚ buildings destroyed and as a result‚ high prices to pay. We will be looking at the impacts of earthquakes in Lower Economically Developed Countries and More Economically

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    On April 18‚ 1906‚ the citizens of San Francisco got struck with a tremendous earthquake‚ and a huge fire‚ towers fell and much of San Francisco was destroyed‚ as a result‚ it led to many people’s deaths and made people homeless. Buildings in damage and millions of dollars lost About 28‚000 buildings destroyed and more than $480‚000‚000 lost because of the fire and earthquake. “ Louise Herrick Wall observed for miles‚ his way lay among those who had just lost their homes and had burned‚ but then

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    which approach the country. Earthquake An earthquake (also known as a quake‚ tremor or temblor) is the 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‚ type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time. Earthquakes are measured using observations from seismometers. The moment magnitude is the most common scale on which earthquakes larger than approximately 5

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    Case study- Kobe and Haiti earthquakes On 17th January 1995‚ an earthquake struck Kobe‚ a heavily populated urban area in Japan. It measured 7.4 on the Richter scale and occurred as a result of plate movement along the boundary between the Philippines Plate‚ Pacific Plate and Eurasian Plate. 35000 people injured and buildings and bridges collapsed despite their earthquake proof design. These were the primary effects. Buildings destroyed by fire when the gas mains fractured.316000 people left homeless

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    that has always been unpredictable is a natural disaster. These disasters bring physical‚ financial‚ and emotional harm wherever they go. It is true that many of us might never face earthquake in their lives but this planet is quite familiar with earthquakes. This means that everyday somewhere there is an earthquake‚ that’s how common they are to our planet. Sometimes they are very light that only sensitive devices will recognize them but sometimes they are strong enough to cause physical damage

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    An important symbol in Heinrich von Kleist’s ‘The Earthquake in Chile’ is the earthquake which took place in Santiago‚ Chile. The story revolves around three main characters. Jerónimo Rugera was a tutor in Don Enrique Asterón’s house. While being employed there he had fallen in love with Don Enrique Asterón’s daughter‚ Dona Josefa. Dona’s brother told their father about this and he dismissed Jerónimo from his house and sent Dona to the convent of Our Lady of the Mountain. The most probable reason

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    Where do volcanoes and earthquakes occur? In geography it is important to be able to describe geographical patterns. The map below shows some of the strongest earthquakes and active volcanoes in the world. Can you notice a pattern in the distribution (spread) of volcanoes and earthquakes?

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