okay Earth Science The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a magnitude of 7.0 with an epicentre near the town of Leogano about 25 km (16 miles) west of Port-au-Prince Haiti’s capital. The earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time on Tuesday‚ 12 January 2010. By January 24‚ at least 52 aftershocks measuring 4.5 or greater had been recorded. An estimated three million people were affected by the quake the Haitian government reported that an estimated 230‚000
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Haiti is the most impoverished country in the Western Hemisphere‚ and amongst the poorest in the world. With that being said‚ when an earthquake happened just kilometres away from Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince‚ the country was hardly prepared (Fierro & Perry‚ n.d.). Haiti has overcome various natural disasters‚ including hurricanes‚ tsunamis‚ floods‚ landslides‚ and other tropical storms. Haitians expect these natural hazards to occur‚ due to past events and the location of the country making
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Kobe Bryant: Legend in the making “I don’t want to be the next Michael Jordan‚ I only want to be Kobe Bryant" (Kobe Bryant Quotes). On August 23‚ 1978 Pam and Joe Bryant gave birth to the talented Kobe Bryant. Kobe plays for the Los Angeles Lakers‚ he was drafted straight out of high school and has been playing pro ever since. Kobe has become one of the greatest players to play in the NBA‚ aside from Michael Jordan. Kobe is a five-star basketball player; he accomplished a multitude of achievements
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Saying Kobe Bryant sucks at basketball‚ is like saying Napoleon Dynamite isn’t funny. He is‚ and Kobe for sure doesn’t! In May of 2008 he got his “Most Valuable Player Award” for the first time ever in his career. (Naik‚ par. 5) He has won many awards in his career‚ and helped the Lakers win the playoffs 3 years in a row. By the ending of 2007‚ he was the youngest player to reach 20‚000 points in his career. He’s a hard working basketball player who deserves all the praise he gets. Kobe had an
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Earthquakes: Why do some places suffer more than others? Whilst earthquakes are perhaps the most frequently occurring natural hazard‚ their impact on people‚ property and communities varies enormously from one place to another. It is possible to identify a number of factors that cause some places to suffer more than others. Whilst some are large scale and are to do with tectonic location‚ others are decided at a much more local scale‚ and relate to building design and levels of preparedness. Perhaps
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An earthquake of a magnitude of 9.0 that occurred in Japan at 2:46 pm on Friday March 11‚ 2011 did a significant amount of damage in the region‚ as the following tsunami did even much more damage‚ flooding about 560 square kilometers resulting in a human death toll of about 19‚000 and the destruction of coastal ports‚ towns and buildings (Fukushima Accident‚ 2016). Eleven reactors at four different nuclear power plants in the region were operating at the time and were all shut down when the earthquake
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Earthquake activity in Pakistan is mainly concentrated in the north and western sections of the country‚ along the boundary of the Indian plate and the Iranian and Afghan micro-plates. The Chaman Fault runs along Pakistan’s western frontier with Afghanistan from Kalat‚ in the northern Makran range‚ past Quetta and then on to Kabul‚ Afghanistan. A fault also runs along the Makran coast and is believed to be of the same nature as the West Coast fault along the coast of Maharashtra‚ India. An active
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Kobe Speech Hall of Fame consists of legends of the past that will never be forgotten. As the president of the NBA‚ I would like congratulate Kobe Bryant as he’s been selected into the NBA Hall of Fame. The Black Mamba is one of the deadliest‚ fastest‚ and most feared snake in the World today. That was the description of 6’7ft 210lb Kobe Bryant on the court since he joined the league right out of high school. His nickname tells it all and no man in today’s culture has been more polarizing:
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disaster is the occurrence of a sudden or major misfortune which disrupts the basic fabric and normal functioning of society or community. In January 2010 earthquake that struck Port-au-Prince‚ Haiti caused>200‚000 deaths thousands of injuries requiring immediate surgical interventions‚ and 1.5 million internally displaced survivors. The earthquake destroyed most medical facilities in the city seriously preventing the ability to deliver immediate help. Community nurse can help assist with all types
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CNN: A special news report-This morning‚ there was an earthquake registering 7.6 on the Richter scale shaked Taiwan at 1:45am on September 21‚1999. The epicenter is a mile under the ground in Nantou near Puli. There are many buildings crushed‚ and even a twelve floor-high rise building suddenly became a two floor- high rise building (the first to the sixth floors dipped into the underground‚ and the seventh to the twelfth floors went diagonally down and damaged the road.) As of press time the Disaster
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