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    Committee of Experts to examine the seismic problem and make appropriate recommendations. The Committee proposed a zoning map of Bangladesh in the same year. According to Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC‚ 1993)‚ Bangladesh is divided into 3 earthquake zones (Figure- 6): Zone –1: the less risky zone. The Zone-1 comprising the southwestern part of Bangladesh (Jessore‚ Khulna and Barisal Districts) is seismically quiet‚ with an estimated basic seismic co-efficient of 0.04. Zone–2: medium vulnerable

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    Earthquake Survival Tips

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    your head so as to keep it lower than the back. If possible‚ keep your hands above your head while you bend. Avoid stairs Never go to the stairs as this is the first part of a building to be damaged. Even if they are not destroyed by the earthquake‚ they may well collapse with the weight of panicking people attempting to flee down them. Avoid the bottom floor The higher you are in a building the less weight will be crushing down upon you and the safer you will be. Avoid doorways

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    combination of earthquake and tsunami was a wakeup call reminding companies across the world how much they rely on nature to commerce business. On Friday 11 March 2011‚ an earthquake measuring 9.0 on Richter scale struck off Japan’s north-east coast of Tohoku which happened at 2:46pm (Alabaster et al. 2011). The massive earthquake was caused due to thrust faulting where rocks placed lower in the earth’s crust get pushed over the overlying layers (Alabaster et al. 2011). After the earthquake‚ the shadow

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    tsunami/earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Disaster 1 – Japanese Tsunami and Earthquake On Friday the 11th of March 2011‚ a magnitude 9.0 Earthquake struck coastal waters‚ along a subduction zone‚ surrounding Japanese islands. At the time of the Earthquake‚ no one expected what was about to occur‚ one of the most devastating tsunamis to have ever hit Japan. Earthquakes are caused by forces deep within the Earth when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another.

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    Kobe Earthquake

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    Kobe Earthquake An earthquake occurred on January 17th‚ 1995‚ at 5:46 am in the south-central part of Japan. This earthquake registered as 7.2 on the Richter scale and caused mass destruction. It was thus named The Great Hanshin Earthquake. It later earned the name as the Kobe Earthquake due to the amount of damage that Kobe‚ Japan suffered. Its focus was only 16 km below ground. Shock-waves splintered buildings‚ destroyed roads‚ and ruptured mains of gas‚ water‚ and electricity. Over 6‚400 people

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    Gujarat’s Vulnerability to Earthquake 10. Case Study: Bhuj Earthquake 2 11. Drawbacks of the Bhuj earthquake 12. Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority (GSDMA) 13. Data Analysis 14. Conclusion 15. Bibliography ABSTRACT India has been traditionally vulnerable to natural disasters on account of its unique geo-climatic conditions. Floods‚ droughts‚ cyclones‚ earthquakes and landslides have been recurrent phenomena. About 60% of the landmass is prone to earthquakes of various intensities;

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    Great Sichuan Earthquake. It was a once-in-a-year strong earthquake registering a magnitude of 7.8 measured in the Richter scale. The province where the earthquake took place‚ Sichuan‚ is in western China and its capital is named Chengdu. It is surrounded by the Sichuan Basin. In the Great Sichuan earthquake‚ the epicenter was in Wenchuan County‚ Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture‚ which is 80 km north-west of Chengdu; and its depth was 19 km. On May 12‚ 2008‚ the earthquake occurred at

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    to the sudden increase in earthquake activity. Oklahoma has recently had an increase in the number of earthquakes they have each year from magnitudes ranging from .05 to 3.4 and above. There were three earthquakes on February seven 2016‚ thirty-two in the past seven days‚ one hundred and seventy in the past month and three thousand three hundred and ninety six in the past month according to the Earthquake tracker. The state urges residence to have an earthquake preparedness plan due to the constant

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    Earthquake Loads & Earthquake Resistant Design of Buildings 1. 1 2. Summary 2 3. Earthquake Design - A Conceptual Review 2 4. Earthquake Resisting Performance Expectations 3 5. Key Material Parameters for Effective Earthquake Resistant Design 3 6. Earthquake Design Level Ground Motion 4 6.1. Elastic Response Spectra 4 6.2. Relative Seismicity 5 6.3. Soil amplification 6 7. Derivation of Ductile Design Response Spectra 7 8. Analysis and Earthquake Resistant Design Principles 8 8.1. The Basic Principles

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    Earth’s Newest Superhero: Ionospheric Earthquake Prediction‚ How it May Change the Lives of Those Effected Abstract Making an earthquake forecast that is successful is still one of the biggest challenges before the scientists. Losses caused by earthquakes alone are greater than the loss caused by any other natural calamity. Many attempts have been made from ancient times to predict seismic events‚ but success has not been achieved yet. This is about to change with the study

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