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    earthquake activity in the Cascades. On March 20‚ it recorded a magnitude-4.2 earthquake deep beneath Mount St. Helens‚ inaugurating a round-the-clock watch that was to save many lives. From March 25 to March 27‚ quakes of magnitude 4.0 rocked the mountain as many as three times a day‚ and smaller quakes occurred several times every hour. At 8 a.m. PST on March 27‚ the U.S. Geological Survey issued an official Hazard Watch for Mount St. Helens; around noon‚ the first eruption of steam from the summit sent

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    exports Japanese Yen In “No Man’s Land”. (2011‚ June 20). Retrieved from FOREX website: http://www.forexblog.org/category/japanese-yen Japan ’s Unemployment Rate Down to 4.1% in September Kempler‚ S. (2010‚ May 27). HURRICANE KATRINA AUGUST 23 - 30 2005 . Retrieved November 14‚ 2011‚ from NASA website: http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/hurricane/additional/science-focus/HurricaneKatrina2005.shtml Kihara‚ L Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey [Survey Results]. (2011‚ November 4).

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    slip fault. Formations are highly deformed along this fault. Murree‚ Abbottabad and Hazara formations are highly deformed between Balakot and Muzaffarabad. This dislocates the MBT and terminates the westward continues of some of the structure of NW Himalayan fold and thrust belt. 2.3.4 Panjal Thrust The Panjal thrust runs along the

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    Here GPS enables direct fault motion measurement in earthquake using one or more GPS’s three basic components‚ i.e. absolute location‚ relative movement & time transfer. The technology here uses real time GPS information to measure vital stats on a quake. The technology use is referred as‚ “Real Time Earthquake Analysis For Disaster‚(READI)”. Because of its accuracy & precision‚ the technology has played a vital role in sensing the area précised to 5mm. We here are using the GPS data automatically

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    Cited: • Panko L Tiffany. “Fruit of bad parenting”. November 2005.http://www.personalityresearch.org/papers/panko.html • Crime Rate in USA BY FBI OFFICIAL WEBSITE ARCHIEVE. September 2006.:http://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/05cius/data/table_01.html • Federal Bureau of Investigation. “Mind of a serial killer” 7th july 2008

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    year that registered at 3.0 or more on the Richter scale. In 2013‚ Oklahoma had 109 earthquakes. That number has increased to 238 as of June 2014.(Source D) One quake caused by drilling destroyed 14 homes in Oklahoma City‚ injuring two families and buckled pavement‚ which costed many for the state gov. to repair. Additional‚ persistent quakes will undoubtedly cause more injuries‚ potential deaths‚ and damage to infrastructure‚ costing not only the state government‚ but also us‚ the taxpayers millions

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    A big quake trembles‚ their eyes have burn sensation as they are washing them in the river.Now the eyes are no longer glowing.Apollo‚ appears to them‚ and they run off with an embarrassing expression.APOLLOI have lost my bet‚ humans have made the ultimate sacrifice

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    Technology is the best way to reduce the impact of an earthquake. To what extent do you agree with this view? Technology can be used in a variety of ways. It can be used to manage the hazard as well as the vulnerability and loss. Despite the fact that unlike volcanoes‚ there is no definite or set method on predicting earthquakes‚ technology in terms of seismographs and tilt meters are used to give a slight clue. One method of reducing the impact is by managing the vulnerability. One of the main

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    Bangladesh is Located in the north-eastern part of South Asia. The majestic Himalayas stand some distance to the north‚ while in the south lays the Bay of Bengal. There is West Bengal border on the west and in the east lie the hilly and forested regions of Tripura‚ Mizoram (India) and Myanmar. These picturesque geographical boundaries frame a low lying plain of about 1‚47‚570 square kilometer criss-crossed by innumerable rivers and streams. Mighty rivers are the Padma (Ganges)‚ the Brahmaputra (Jamuna)

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    Survivors The huge quake has left over 18oo children orphaned and 5000 have lost one of their parents‚ losing their primary carers these children were left venerable to abuse and exploitation. Many of the orphaned children have been transferred to major cities in Iran‚ including Kerman‚ Tehran and Shiraz. It is not only the children who are suffering from the psychological affects of the quake‚ a study carried out to asses the psychological distress of

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