The largest earthquake ever occurred in the 20th century was the Valdivia Earthquake. As cited in the sources‚ the magnitude of this powerful earthquake was approximately 9.5 and totally destroyed communities near the epicenter. Because this great number of magnitude has a power to eradicate everything around it. Other earthquakes might be the larger but it’s the first one since accurate estimates of magnitude became possible. This was a megathrust earthquake which means that an earthquake occurred
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I chose to research earthquakes and the prediction of earthquakes because I was curious as to how they work. In this paper‚ I will discus the history of earthquakes‚ the kinds and locations of earthquakes‚ earthquake effects‚ intensity scales‚ prediction‚ and my own predictions. An earthquake can be defined as vibrations produced in the earth’s crust. Tectonic plates have friction between them which builds up as it tries to push away and suddenly ruptures and then rebounds. The vibrations
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DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DURING TYPHOONS Typhoon is a word composed only of seven letters and two syllables yet it attracts attention when heard from news or read from a newspaper article. It creates worries and uneasiness to the receiver’s mind. There are a number of definitions of what typhoon is. According to the website Merriam-Webster.com (2013)‚” Typhoon is a hurricane occurring especially in the region of the Philippines or China Sea.” Typhoon is the term for a natural phenomenon that can
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N G D I S A S T E R R I S K R E D U C T I O N Construction Design‚ Building Standards and Site Selection G u i d a n c e N o t e 12 Tools for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction is a series of 14 guidance notes for use by development organisations in adapting programming‚ project appraisal and evaluation tools to mainstream disaster risk reduction into their development work in hazard-prone countries. The series is also of relevance to stakeholders involved in climate change adaptation. This
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500 in Iwate Prefecture and 2‚400 in Fukushima Prefecture. Three hundred hospitals with 20 beds or more in Tōhoku were damaged by the disaster‚ with 11 being completely destroyed. The earthquake and tsunami created an estimated 24-25 million tons of rubble and debris in Japan. An estimated 230‚000 automobiles and trucks were damaged or destroyed in the disaster. As of the end of May 2011‚ residents of Iwate‚ Miyagi‚ and Fukushima prefectures had requested deregistration of 15‚000 vehicles‚ meaning
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Dilemmas in Disaster. What’s a Nurse Manager To Do? Charlotte McKamie Texas A&M Administrative Theories NSG 520 Aune November ‚ 2012 Abstract This paper considers some of the ethical dilemmas that occur during disasters and how the chaos and desperation of those situations effect decision making for nurse managers. Dilemmas in Disaster. What’s a Nurse Manager To Do? In July of 2006‚ two nurses and a doctor were charged with murder as a result of their actions during Hurricane
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identify the possible candidate keys‚ the primary key‚ a probable foreign key‚ and potential secondary keys. a. PARTS (PART_NUMBER‚ STORE_NUMBER‚ PART_DESCRIPTION‚ QTY_ON_HAND‚ COST‚ RETAIL_PRICE) Candidate keys: PART_NUMBER is the only candidate key. No other field will identify parts uniquely. Primary key: PART_NUMBER is the primary key. Foreign key: STORE_NUMBER is a foreign key from the STORE table. Secondary keys: There are no other potential secondary keys. b. CUSTOMER (CUSTOMER-ID‚ CUSTOMER_NAME
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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 activity)
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN PAKISTAN Introduction 1. Due to diverse geo-climatic conditions prevalent in different parts of the globe‚ different types of natural disasters like floods‚ droughts‚ earthquakes‚ cyclones‚ landslides‚ and volcanoes etc may strike according to the vulnerability of the area. 2. Pakistan‚ due to its diverse range of terrain‚ is susceptible to wide ranging hazards from droughts to floods and earthquakes to cyclones. Pakistan suffered a major drought from 1995-2000. Pakistan almost
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Earthquakes and Seismic Waves Earthquake-is violent shaking of Earth’s crust Focus-exact point within the crust where the fist movement occurs Epicenter-point on Earth’s crust directly above the focus Types of Seismic Waves P Wave Primary-1st Fastest Accordion-in and out S Wave Secondary Snake-like Can’t travel through liquid Surface Wave-roll through the top of the crust creating the most damage Measuring Earthquakes Mercalli scale -measures damage The Richter
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