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    THE AFTERMATH OF THE TSUNAMI AND CONSEQUENTIAL POVERTY SUBJECT: LAW AND POVERTY SUBMITTED BY: NISHANT K PRASAD 2010-50 SUBMITTED TO: PROFESSOR AMITADHANDA DEAN(ACADEMICS) NALSAR UNIVERSITY OF LAW‚ HYDERABAD A large number of people to the extent of 220‚000 people were killed in the tsunami which hit South Asia in 2004. There were disastrous consequences of this natural calamity. Loss of millions

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    2011 The Hilo Bay: Tsunami Magnet of Hawaii On the afternoon of 22 May 1960 the Valdivia Earthquake struck the country of Chile with devastating repercussions for the Chilean people and people around the world. The Earthquake rated a 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale and is‚ to date‚ the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. It occurred at roughly 1911 GMT‚ 1411 local time‚ and generated a massive tsunami that struck Hawaii approximately fifteen hours later. The tsunami caused little damage

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    Cause and Effects of Tsunami A tsunami is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water‚ typically an ocean or a large lake. The effects of tsunami will bring a lot of problem to the nation and community. The effects of tsunami will bring a lot of problem to the nation and community .The general cause of tsunami is earthquakes and it will makes environmental impact and destruction. Firstly‚the main cause of tsunami is from the effect of

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    Creative Destruction and the Aftermath of the Tsunami: Recovery of Southern Sri Lankan Small Business in the Face of Inertia Dr. C. Travis A. Perera Senior Consultant‚ Entrepreneurship‚ Business Development & Operations Management Postgraduate Institute of Management‚ Sri Lanka Telephone number: 94-777 756 109 Fax number: 94-11-2689643 Email: drtravisperera@gmail.com Paper Presented At the 5th International Entrepreneurship Forum held in Cape Town‚ South Africa from September 07-09-2005

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    Asia Tsunami Introduction 26th of December 2004 saw one of the deadliest natural disasters in history; a tsunami killing more than 270‚000 people in fourteen countries across two continents (The Bolton Council of Mosques 2007-2012). This essay will aim to address the following issues: the nature of the disaster‚ geographic and human factors that contributed to the disaster‚ the preparation involved‚ the recovery process and the limitations of the data. Nature of the South Asia tsunami

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    How tsunamis occur. As one plate subducts below another (moves underneath)‚ pressure builds for many years resulting in a section of the mega-thrust giving away. As this section gives away‚ it ruptures the ocean floor‚ resulting in a massive displacement of water‚ causing a tsunami. Tsunamis are barely felt as a ripple on the ocean’s surface‚ but as the waves reach land‚ they increase in size as the water becomes shallower. Japan earthquake and tsunami At 2:46pm Japanese time‚ on March 11th

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    Japan Tsunami and Earthquake Sion Hau 7D 31/07/11 An earthquake occurred in Sendai‚ Japan on the 11th of March in 2011; this earthquake also resulted in a tsunami. The earthquake measured at magnitude 8.9-9.0 on the Richter scale‚ the scale is measured in powers of ten (e.g. magnitude 2.0 is ten times more than magnitude 1.0). Japan sits on the Ring of Fire (an area encircling Pacific Ocean that has high volcanic and earthquake

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    Cause and Effect Tsunamis

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    What exactly are tsunamis? Tsunamis are immensely strong‚ long length and long period sea waves. Tsunamis have caused much grief and sorrow for anyone who have experienced it. The term tsunami comes from the Japanese language meaning harbor and wave. The term was created by fishermen who returned to port to find the area surrounding their harbor devastated‚ although they had not been aware of any wave in the open water. Tsunamis are common throughout Japanese history‚ as 195 events in Japan have

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    earthquake.[3][4] The resulting tsunami is given various names‚ including the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami‚ Asian Tsunami‚ Indonesian Tsunami. CAUSES The earthquake was caused by subduction and triggered a series of devastating tsunamis along the coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean‚ killing over 230‚000 people in fourteen countries‚ and inundating coastal communities with waves up to 30 meters (100 feet) high.[5] It was one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. Indonesia

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    Japan Tsunami Essay

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    a 9.0 magnitude earthquake that destroyed Japan and surrounding states. The tsunami was formed by an earthquake underwater. Underwater earthquakes happen because of the collision of plates and it causes the fault line to slide‚ when a force pushes the water upwards that causes many tsunamis which gradually increases till they strike land or shallow water. This in this case happened to Japan. Before this major tsunami happened in Japan many people didn’t know that they had a magnitude of 5 or higher

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