that our nature had brought upon us: foods‚ earthquakes‚ cyclones and much more. One of the countries that were devastated by the wrath of nature is Haiti when a 7.0 magnitude quake on January 12‚ 2010 destroyed its cities‚ ravaged buildings‚ streets and houses‚ and took the lives of over 220‚000 people on. This causes a lot of sufferings to the survivors especially that they had lose their source of living. Six weeks later‚ an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck South American nation leaving a long
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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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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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ChileFrom 1973 - 1977‚ there was genocide in Chile. The targets were people who believed in the communist government system. The start of it all began on September 11th‚ 1973 when Chilean commander in chief‚ Augusto Pinochet Ugarte commanded the Chilean army and police force to overthrow the current president Salvador Allende. The main reason for the overthrow was because of Allende’s economic plan. With it‚ inflation was rising 1% every day. The only reason the coup was successful at overthrowing
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Introducción Musimundo fue fundado en el año 1952. El primer local fue una modesta tienda instalada en Villa Devoto por la familia Garber la cual vendía diferentes productos relacionados con la música. Tiempo después sería Natalio Garber quien se hiciera cargo de la empresa. En 1982 la marca adopta el nombre de Musimundo con la cual se posicionó como líderes del rubro discográfico en Argentina. El gran auge de Musimundo sucedió cuando Natalio trajo el CD y los reproductores para escucharlo. De
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2013 a calamity so unexpected and tragic struck the islands in Central Visayas. Recorded as the deadliest earthquake that struck the Philippines in 23 years‚ fear‚ anxiety and panic were felt all throughout the area. Houses collapsed‚ buildings got destroyed and churches had fallen. More crucially‚ lives had been taken. Currently‚ we’re still within weeks after the 7.2 magnitude earthquake‚ hit into the peaceful surfaces of Bohol and Cebu. The destruction brought about by the quake is heartbreaking—over
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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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How does Chile transition from democracy to a brutal 17 year dictatorship in one day? Some scholars argue that the end of democracy was a result of international interference from countries such as the United States and Cuba. Others insist that the abuse of authority and democratic process was the cause. Even though these are sound arguments‚ I do not believe that these claims go far back enough in Chile’s history to find the beginning of the problem. In this paper I argue that the breakdown of democracy
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faults lead to be a lot more destruction. Earthquakes are a trembling or shaking of the ground caused by a sudden release of energy stored in rocks beneath earths surface. Earthquakes appear all over the planet‚ and there are many different sizes. Some earthquakes destroy entire cities while others only shake the ground for a moment. Faults are one of the causes of earthquakes‚ which I will tell about soon as well as the hazards and benefits they give. Earthquakes can be caused in many ways‚ some even
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2011 Christchurch earthquake From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search "Christchurch earthquake" redirects here. For other uses‚ see Christchurch earthquake (disambiguation). For the 13 June 2011 aftershock‚ see June 2011 Christchurch earthquake. February 2011 Christchurch earthquake | ChristChurch Cathedral and the Cathedral Square | Quake epicentre | Date | 22 February 2011 (2011-02-22)‚ 12:51 pm NZDT | Magnitude | 6.3 ML[1] | Depth | 5 km (3.1 mi) | Epicenter
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