EARTHQUAKES Introduction and Terminology • Vibrations in the earth’s crust that occur when strain in the crust is suddenly released by displacement along a fault line • Focus = point at which an earthquake originates inside the earth. May be many km below surface • Epicentre = the point on the earth’s surface directly above the focus. Strongest shock normally felt here. Most damage usually occurs here. • Seismology = the study of earthquakes – from Greek – seio – to shake
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Back to life after the great East Japan earthquake Residents of a city devastated by the 2011 tsunami pick up the pieces‚ showing just how crucial jobs are in times of disaster-recovery. Feature | 01 April 2013 KAMAISHI CITY‚ Japan (ILO News) – Ms Maekawa‚ who is over 60 years old‚ is busily cooking a dish to serve her customers in a bistro in Kamaishi City‚ a small coastal town in Iwate Prefecture famous for its steel production‚ fishing industry and eco-tourism. When not cooking she comes out
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image of the events in their mind. The story was written in 2005 so the context it was written in was after the Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004. Through the readers understanding and experience of this event the author is able to build images in the reader’s mind and allow them to fully understand the gravity of the situation occurring. Had the story been written in a time where a Tsunami had not occurred for many years it would be a lot harder to imagine and put into perspective the enormity of the tragedy
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off the coast of Indonesia near the city of Banda Ache. The earthquake caused the Indonesian plate to suddenly jolt upwards at least 5metres. The sudden movement of the plate under the sea caused the giant wave called a tsunami (5-40metres high). Primary Effects The tsunami travelled at speed across the Indian ocean affecting at least 12 nations‚ with Indonesia suffering the greatest damage. In all‚ close to 250‚000 people died with millions homeless. In Aceh close to the epicentre‚ 131‚000
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surrounding ocean named after him and received one of ten sections of the island and then named it Atlantis. The civilization got to be very greedy and the gods proceeded to become very angry and destroyed the civilization with a giant earthquake and a tsunami four times bigger than the largest ever recorded (The UnMuseum). Atlantis was real and was destroyed and many facts are presented to prove that Atlantis was real and was also annihilated by natural disasters. Many say it is not real because the only
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It is likely that virtually the whole population of nearby Herculaneum‚ which suffered a similar fate‚ perished in the pyroclastic flow. They had made it as far as the seafront‚ but tsunamis that had accompanied the eruption made it impossible to escape by ship. It is difficult to tell how many people were killed‚ only 2‚000 bodies have been recovered from Pompeii and surrounding towns‚ and some assume that most of the inhabitants of Pompeii escaped. Although‚ recent accounts make it clear that
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strong that in turn it caused a giant tsunami along the coast of the country. Rescuers worked very hard to find survivors among the debris and rubble‚ risking their lives to help that of others. The Japanese people are faced with many social problems that came about by this natural disaster. They are facing economical‚ health (physical and psychological)‚ and geographical issues. The survivors of the disaster are very fortunate. So far‚ the earthquake and tsunami have taken the lives of about 12‚000
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ChandlerENG111-20 Research Paper In March 2011‚ a 9.1 magnitude earthquake hit the pacific coast of Japan‚ generating up to 133ft tall tsunami waves‚ which obliterated everything up to 6 mi. inland. According to the NPA (National Police Agency) of Japan‚ 24‚ 656 people were affected by this catastrophe‚ which include the deceased‚ injured‚ and missing. The tsunami also affected three of the six nuclear reactors of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant causing leakage of radioactive material. Many workers
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Rogue Waves For centuries‚ mariners have spread stories about giant sudden waves which appeared out of nowhere without warning which were strong enough to capsize even the mightiest and largest ships. Several vessels—such as the S.S. Waratah‚ the M.S. Munchen‚ and the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald—were all rumored to have been sunk by rogue waves (Walsh par. 3). Further‚ rogue waves have been blamed for ripping the bow off of a Norwegian freighter near the tip of South Africa in 1974‚ almost capsizing
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In 1923‚ many things happened‚ “Time magazine released its first issue‚ the first baseball game was played in Yankee Stadium‚ and insulin was made a treatment for diabetes” ("What Happened in 1923 Including Pop Culture‚ Events and Technology")‚ But for everyone the greatest impactful events in 1923 where not as good as they was in the United States. On August 1 1923 a massive earthquake hit Tokyo‚ Japan. The great Kanto earthquake of 1923 impacted Japan not only in a negative way‚ but also in a positive
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