At 4:30 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on January 17‚ 1994 Northridge‚ California was hit by a magnitude 6.7 Earthquake that shook for nearly 20 seconds. The natural disaster was a blind thrust earthquake‚ which occurs along a thrust fault‚ but shows no sign on the Earth’s surface‚ thus the term “blind”. The Earthquake was centered in Northridge‚ which is approximately 20 miles west/northwest of Los Angeles. The powerful shock was felt at distances of 400 kilometers from the epicenter. It produced
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INTRODUCTION 1 HOW EARTHQUAKES OCCUR 2 Fault types 3 Earthquake fault types 3 Different types of Faults 3 Tidal forces 5 Earthquake clusters 6 Aftershock 6 Earthquake swarm 6 Earthquake storm 6 METHODS USED IN MEASURING EARTHQUAKES 6 The Richter Scale 6 The Mercalli Scale 7 HAZARDS CONNECTED TO EARTHQUAKES 8 MEASURES TAKEN TO MINIMIZE EARTHQUAKES 9 BIBLIOGRAPHY 11 INTRODUCTION Earthquakes are caused by the movement of the earth’s tectonic plates. Earthquakes occur where the earth’s
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making it susceptible to earthquakes CONSTRUCTION OF EARTHQUAKE RESISTENT BUILDINGS IN SEISMIC ZONES OF INDIA Earthquakes occur due to movements along faults that have evolved through geological and tectonic processes. Often they occur without any prior warning and are‚ therefore‚ unpredictable. The large area of India is prone to earthquake. The construction of earthquake resistant building is the only solution for safeguarding our urban centres from the menace of earthquakes. On the basis of
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various researched authors. Are people like Chuck common? Seeing as how I am not in a managerial position‚ I cannot make an accurate assumption about how many ‘Chucks’ there are within an organization. I can only state the Chuck’s that I see. I would say that there is only one ‘Chuck’ among my group of tellers at work. She is just the one teller that uses any opportunity possible to do one of two things. The first‚ advance herself‚ or the second‚ look for situations that involve other tellers and
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Italy Earthquake Recently‚ Italy had a devastating earthquake‚ many cities were destroyed and jobs were lost. From above‚ cities looked like piles of rocks. The earthquake on August 24‚ at 3:36 AM. It struck in the Apennine Mountains and the northern coast of Italy. There have been roughly around 292 deaths and 365 injured. Cultural buildings have been destroyed and many camps have been set up to account for the homes lost. Search crews have been set out and are working hard to try to find signs
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Underwater earthquake causing Tsunami. * The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea megathrust earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53UTC on Sunday‚ 26 December 2004‚ with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra‚ Indonesia. The quake itself is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake. The resulting tsunami was given various names‚ including the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami‚ South Asian tsunami‚ Indonesian tsunami‚ and the Boxing Day tsunami. * The earthquake was caused
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WHO collaborating Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters - CRED Annual Disaster Statistical Review 2010 The numbers and trends Debby Guha-Sapir‚ Femke Vos‚ Regina Below with Sylvain Ponserre Annual Disaster Statistical Review 2010 The numbers and trends Debby Guha-Sapir Femke Vos Regina Below with Sylvain Ponserre (UNISDR) Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) Université catholique de Louvain – Brussels‚ Belgium Acknowledgements The data upon which this report
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2010 Chile earthquake From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For other earthquakes in and about Chile during 2010‚ see List of earthquakes in Chile occurring in 2010. 2010 Chile earthquake Epicenter of the 2010 Chile earthquake Date 27 February 2010[1] Origin time 03:34 CST (UTC-03:00) Magnitude 8.8 Mw Depth 35 kilometres (22 mi)[2] or 30.1 kilometres (19 mi)[1] Epicenter 35.909°S 72.733°WCoordinates: 35.909°S 72.733°W[2] or 36.290°S 73.239°W[1] Countries or regions Chile Max. intensity
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two vehicles for its own transportation. Consider this situation in its global dimension‚ creating many environmental‚ health and economical issues. But that can be reduced to the lowest possible level‚ if every single person starts using public transport or shares a lift witha neighbor. In doing so‚ traffic congestion‚ noise pollution and exhaust fumes will no longer be an obstacle to the quality of our lives. A further problem that needs to be seriously considered is the garbage dump situated
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Welcome to “mountainous country”. You may be more familiar with the terminology “Haiti”‚ which is consequent with the language from the Taino Indians. In 2000 it was recorded that 95% of the population was African background‚ and the remaining 5 percent mulattos (person with one black and one white parent) and whites. The well-off citizens consider themselves as French‚ but the majority classify their selves as Haitian. Haiti is located in the western subtropical area‚ and the second largest island in
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