Haiti Earthquake “People poured out into the streets‚ crying‚ carrying bodies…” (Addley 1) Haiti is one of the poorest countries and home to more than 2 million people. Haiti was not prepared especially since Port-au-Prince‚ their capital‚ has very poorly built construction on its buildings and houses. “Haiti is a poor country with lax building standards and high population density‚ which makes buildings more likely to crumble.” (Thompson 1) Due to the earthquake and all the damage that happened
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Has globalization helped Haiti in handling the devastation of the earthquake? Haiti’s worst earthquake in two centuries hit south of the capital Port-au-Prince in 12 January 2010. Hundreds of buildings were damaged or destroyed‚ millions were relocated‚ thousands died. The BBC documental video “Surviving Haiti” showed how lives changed after the earthquake‚ how government was handling the situation and what measures were taken to help. As Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world‚ the
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EARTHQUAKE HAZARD STUDY - PANAMA Aaron Lai + Eva Fong INTRODUCTION TO THE EVENT: Panama is a small country located in Central America‚ next to Costa Rica (refer to Map 1).1 This Latin American country has a population of 3‚608‚431 people.2 Panama is also located on a minor tectonic plate called the Panama Microplate. With reference to Map 2‚ the Panama Microplate is surrounded by four other tectonic plates: the Cocos plate‚ the Caribbean plate‚ the Nazca plate‚ and the South American plate. Due
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active‚ inactive‚ and reactive fault by their chance to produce an earthquake 1.2 locate the different areas in the Philippine map which lies near active faults 1.3 demonstrate the different movement patterns of tectonic plates concerning earthquake 2. LEARNING TASK 2.1 Unit: Earthquakes and Faults 2.2 Topic: 2.2.1 Active and Inactive Faults 2.2.2 Philippine Fault System 2.3 Concepts 2.3.1 An earthquake (also known as a quake‚ tremor or temblor) is the result of a sudden
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Haiti devastated by massive earthquake "All of a sudden everything was falling apart... there was no place to hide" A massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake has struck the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The extent of the devastation is still unclear but there are fears thousands of people may have died. Haiti’s worst quake in two centuries hit south of the capital Port-au-Prince on Tuesday‚ wrecking the presidential palace‚ UN HQ and other buildings. A "large number" of UN personnel were reported missing
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2011) (Wdowinski‚ Tsukanov‚ Hong‚ & Amelung‚ 2010). Coincidentally‚ prior to the earthquake‚ Haiti experienced two tropical storms and a major hurricane in 2010; which may corroborate geologists’ assertion that increased soil erosion from these extreme weather events may have triggered the 2010 earthquake in Haiti (Ader‚ 2011) (Wdowinski‚ Tsukanov‚ Hong‚ & Amelung‚ 2010). Relative Risk & Vulnerability The 2010 earthquake disaster damaged over 30‚000 buildings including the parliament building‚ Presidential
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This region in China has a long history as a thriving city prior to the Tangshan Earthquake in 1976. Humans lived and worked in Tangshan as early as 40‚000 years ago. It was a village during the Tang dynasty. After this dynasty‚ it was part of the Ming dynasty. During the Ming dynasty‚ Tangshan developed in agriculture‚ oil exportation‚ and ceramics. In 1889‚ this region was named Tangshan Town and later‚ it became known as the City of Tangshan. It is home to many "first" innovations in China’s
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COSTAAT Was the Japan Earthquake Manmade? Project submitted to Ms. Karen Paul SCIE 201 - Contemporary Issues in Science BY Rishard Khan On March 11‚ 2011‚ a magnitude 9.0 earthquake the strongest ever recorded struck the East coast of northern Japan. It Japan triggered a massive tsunami along the Pacific Coast of northeastern Japan. As a result over 20000 people were killed and the Fukushima Daichi nuclear reactor has been severely damaged so Low-levels of radiation have been emitted
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Volcanoes and Earthquakes test Bew c. 1. Where do earthquakes occur? Earthquakes occur at breaks in the earth’s crust called the fault lines. 2. What causes Earthquakes? Tectonic plates pushing‚ pulling‚ slipping past each other increasing the stress and causes elastic rebound to happen. During elastic rebound‚ energy is released and some travel as seismic waves‚ which cause an earthquake. 3. How do earthquake waves travel and what are the various types of waves? Body waves
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Axia College Material Appendix F Week Three Lab Report: Earthquakes Answer the lab questions for this week and summarize the lab experience using this form. |Full Name | | |Date | | Carefully read pages 156-170 of Geoscience Laboratory. Complete this week’s lab by filling in your responses to the questions from Geoscience Laboratory. Select answers are
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