From Earthquakes to Tsunamis Canada’s West Coast which is home to beautiful British Columbia, has experienced a fault line issue which created more earthquakes with magnitudes greater than any other of the provinces and territories. Out of the 4000 earthquakes that happen per year in Canada, scientists at the Geological Survey of Canada stated that there are “approximately 1000 earthquakes each year in western Canada” (Lyons, 2013). The most seismic earthquakes happen on the shore of Vancouver
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Do Before an Earthquake * Make sure you have a fire extinguisher, first aid kit, a battery-powered radio, a flashlight, and extra batteries at home. * Learn first aid. * Learn how to turn off the gas, water, and electricity. * Make up a plan of where to meet your family after an earthquake. * Don't leave heavy objects on shelves (they'll fall during a quake). * Anchor heavy furniture, cupboards, and appliances to the walls or floor. * Learn the earthquake plan at your
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GLG/200 Allen Fronabarger PLATE TECTONICS AND EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS IN LOS ANGELES There are many serious hazards associated with earthquakes in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. This includes ground shaking, ground displacement, liquefaction, fires, and tsunamis (Girty, 2009, Chapter 7). During an earthquake there are varying degrees of vibration of the ground, dependent on the magnitude of the earthquake. This violent movement of the soil can compromise the structure of buildings or other structures
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Issue My name is Dermot Vibert. I work with Rio Tinto Japan. On March 11, 2011 I was in our office when we were hit by an extremely strong earthquake. Among the many issues we faced immediately after the earthquake was what would we do on the Monday morning when we had to supposedly return to the office and recommence business Cause The earthquake in the afternoon of March 11 was, although it struck 520 kilometers from Tokyo, it was an extremely strong one for us in Tokyo. The buildings shook
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given, you look at how it most directly affects Americans. January 17, 1994, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 hits Los Angeles, California causing $20 billion dollars of damage. 57 lives lost, 8,700 injured. August 29, 2005, a category 3 storm with highest sustained winds of 175mph makes landfall on southeast Louisiana causing $81.2 billion of damage. 1,836 lives lost. January 12, 2010, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 hits
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On January 30, 2017, New York Times author Amy Yee posted an article regarding the image of the Danakil Depression and its similarities to the planet Mars. The point of her writing this article is to compare how the studying of this underwater cavern is going to help NASA scientists determine if life is possible on Mars. Utilizing a lot of good sources, Yee was able to fabricate a very knowledgeable article and explains the importance of this topic and why people reading should be interested if not
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Nearly 10 typhoons hit Japan every year, having just 8 typhoons a year counts as having a few. The worst typhoon to hit Japan left five thousand missing or killed. Identically K. a character in Haruki Murakamis’ short story “The Seventh Man,” died by one. Although it was the main characters, The Seventh Mans’ idea to go outside to the beach after a small typhoon. K. went by his own choice. Although The Seventh Man was was entitled to watch K at the beach as the older figure between the two and K
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One of the most disastrous earthquakes to hit this planet was the Haiti earthquake. In the afternoon of January 12, 2010, this earthquake -with a magnitude of 7.0- hit the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic in Central America. Although the damages were mostly found in Haiti, the people in the Dominican Republic experienced similar results. While many calculations disagree with each other, at least a whopping 150,000 people lost their lives in this unfortunate event, while more than ten
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Geo challenge #2 What impact might a serious natural disaster, such as an earthquake, tsunami, or flood, have on an urban centre? Serious natural disasters can have many negative effects on urban centres. To start, the buildings are left in wreckage. Buildings that have poor structure are damaged and often collapse. Residential areas are at risk of being flooded, leaving potential ruin amongst homes and businesses. These impacts aren't it though, they're just immediate effects during the disaster
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also known as a composite cone. A stratovolcano is the deadliest of all other volcanoes and has a layered or stratified appearance. Additionally, stratovolcanoes are steep piles of ash, lava, and domes that are often rained heavily on, shaken by earthquakes, or over steepened by intruding blobs of
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