2011 The Hilo Bay: Tsunami Magnet of Hawaii On the afternoon of 22 May 1960 the Valdivia Earthquake struck the country of Chile with devastating repercussions for the Chilean people and people around the world. The Earthquake rated a 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale and is‚ to date‚ the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. It occurred at roughly 1911 GMT‚ 1411 local time‚ and generated a massive tsunami that struck Hawaii approximately fifteen hours later. The tsunami caused little damage
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YounghoonShim ENGL2261 5/16/2012 The stress No one can be free from stress today. The stress is origin of all kinds of disease. Everybody knows that our life can’t be separated from stress. For example‚ Students when the examination approaches‚ psychologically
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Joseph Cooper 01/11/2014 PP: p 148 #2 Charlie 2004 One day in August 2004 while I was getting ready to watch a cartoon show on television‚ there was a power failure due to Hurricane Charlie. The television set just went blank‚ the lights went off and the fan slowed down and stopped. As it was getting dark‚ I hoped that the power would be restored soon but it would not be so for another week or more in some places. Soon darkness enveloped the neighborhood. We got the generator ready and
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Plot and Structure: Crash takes place in a modern day Los Angeles in the time span of approximately 36 hours. The plot of the movie is told between multiple characters‚ all of which are of different class and backgrounds but all share prejudice towards people who aren’t of the same race. All of the events unfolding are in chronological and sometimes simultaneous order. The movie begins with one of our main characters‚ Detective Graham Waters (Don Cheadle) Waters and his partner/girlfriend
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2004 Boxing Day Tsunami 1. Explain the causes of the 2004 boxing day Tsunami (6) A Tsunami forms when energy from an earthquake vertically jolts the seabed by several metres‚ displacing hundreds of cubic kilometres of water. Large waves begin moving through the ocean‚ away from the earthquakes epicentre. In deep water the Tsunami moves at great speeds. When it reaches shallow water near coastal areas‚ the Tsunami slows but increases in height. Before the Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004 the
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Cause and Effects of Tsunami A tsunami is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water‚ typically an ocean or a large lake. The effects of tsunami will bring a lot of problem to the nation and community. The effects of tsunami will bring a lot of problem to the nation and community .The general cause of tsunami is earthquakes and it will makes environmental impact and destruction. Firstly‚the main cause of tsunami is from the effect of
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Japan Tsunami and Earthquake Sion Hau 7D 31/07/11 An earthquake occurred in Sendai‚ Japan on the 11th of March in 2011; this earthquake also resulted in a tsunami. The earthquake measured at magnitude 8.9-9.0 on the Richter scale‚ the scale is measured in powers of ten (e.g. magnitude 2.0 is ten times more than magnitude 1.0). Japan sits on the Ring of Fire (an area encircling Pacific Ocean that has high volcanic and earthquake
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Prevention Nicole Griffin HSM/210 April 5‚ 2015 Elise Merenda Prevention The targeted population that I chose to write about is the homeless. With over 4‚000 people dealing with homelessness in Connecticut‚ the majority of these people facing this problem have some sort of mental illness‚ physical disabilities‚ or dealing with a form of substance abuse problem ("Partnership for Strong Communities"‚ 2015). A lot of this problem stems from the people being released prematurely from mental hospitals
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Tornadoes and tsunamis both are two natural disasters. Both Tsunamis and tornadoes are formed by nature but‚ they form differently and have different destruction levels. Tornadoes and Tsunamis are formed by natural weather. Not normal weather though‚ they are formed by other nature freaks and non-normal weather. They also create massive destruction in different ways. They are both very interesting topics on the way they form and their destruction. Tornadoes and Tsunamis are both natural disasters
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when plates collide or move away from one another thus they are usually found at the edge of tectonic plates .Volcanoes can also occur in the interior of plates‚ these volcanoes are commonly known hotspots. MOVEMENT OF TECTONIC PLATES 2. Tsunamis can be formed by : Underwater earthquakes Underwater earthquakes are the most common cause of tsunami’s .If an underwater earthquake is large enough‚ significant movements will be made by the ocean floor‚ pushing up the ocean water upward causing
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