The largest earthquake in the world had a magnitude of 9.5 and took place in Chile. The Valdivia Earthquake‚ also know as the Great Chilean Earthquake‚ happened on Sunday‚ May 22‚ 1960. It is the largest earthquake currently on record. It occured in the afternoon and the resulting tsunami affected southern Chile‚ Hawaii‚ Japan‚ the Philippines‚ eastern New Zealand‚ southeast Australia‚ and the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. The epicenter of the Valdivia earthquake was near Lumaco‚ a coastal city
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UPWARP zone A broad anticline with gently sloping limbs formed as a result of differential uplift. Zone of upwarp Mari-Khandkot high Jacobabad Khairpur high -Thatta- Hyderabad high -Tharparkar high DOWNWARP A segment of the earth’s crust that is broadly bent downward. Zones of downwarp and platform slope -Northern Punjab monocline -Southern Punjab monocline -Cholistan shelf -Panno Aqil graben -Nawabshah slop -Lower Indus trough -Nabisar slope The Jacobabad –Khairpur
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No-fault divorce is now the most effective way to get a divorce with the least amount of conflict. It is a way to get divorced without placing blame on either side of the separation. The director at Cornell University of Law describes a no-fault divorce as “Any divorce in which the spouse who wants to end the marriage is not required to accuse the other of wrongdoing‚ but can simply state that the couple no longer gets along” (Bruce 3). When filing for divorce this way all that the court needs is
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To be accurate‚ every fault line is dangerous‚ but it was over looked at how powerful the earthquakes that the Anatolian fault produced. So what is the history of the fault? Where did other earthquakes happen? How many people died? Is there another earthquake on the horizon? Well I am glad you asked. The country of Turkey lies on the Anatolian Plate. The fault is a strike-slip fault much like the commonly known San Andreas Fault in the United States. The Anatolian fault is almost as active as
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System Fault Analysis 2.0 Introduction The fault analysis of a power system is required in order to provide information for the selection of switchgear‚ setting of relays and stability of system operation. A power system is not static but changes during operation (switching on or off of generators and transmission lines) and during planning (addition of generators and transmission lines). Thus fault studies need to be routinely performed by utility engineers (such as in the TNB). Faults usually
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Hurricane Katrina and the recent earthquake in Japan. It will have 42 multiple-choice (2 points each) and 4 short answer/diagrams (4 points each). Topics for review * Earthquake terms: * fault: break (fracture) in a rock * rupture: breaking of rock along a fault * hypocenter (focus): rupture point of rock below surface * epicenter: point on earth surface directly above hypocenter * scarp: topographic (elevation) display of a ruptured fault * natural hazards
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Fault Under the English law individual liability is based liability on the concept of blameworthiness. The oxford English dictionary defines fault as ‘responsibly or blame for an offence or misdeed’ it is not considered appropriate to subject someone to civil or criminal sanctions unless it can be proved that he or she performed on illegal at in a blameworthy manner. Blame does not normally attach in civil law if the injury occurs accidently or in criminal law or the crime occurs through in honest
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This cemetery is located in Los Gatos‚ California. I will buy a plot with that can accommodate two stackable caskets‚ so my husband and I can always be together. Los Gatos is where I chose to be buried because it is close to my family and my husband’s family. Los Gatos is a location that is easily accessible for both families to come and visit‚ without it being a strain because of distance. It is a beautiful city and very close to where I grew up. Los Gatos is the perfect location for me
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and Achilles‚ the Achaeans’ most important general and greatest warrior. According to ancient Greek values‚ as well as the ancient Greek cosmology‚ Agamemnon is at fault because he violates the citizen-king bond‚ fails to demonstrate the concept of “heart”‚ and exhibits hubris; the one truly unforgivable “sin”. These three faults are shown coinciding with one another‚ as well as separately throughout the epic. The first time that Homer brings attention to these violations is at the beginning of
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Great Hanshin / Kobe earthquake In the early of January 17th in 1995 at 5:46pm‚ while many were still sleeping peacefully‚ the destructive Great Hanshin earthquake‚ which measured 7.2 on the Richter scale‚ struck the Japanese city of Kobe. Kobe has a population of 1.5 million people and is a major port for importing and exporting goods for Japan‚ situated south of the main island‚ Honshu‚ on a narrow strip of land between the ocean and high mountain ranges‚ it lies above the junction of the Philippine
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