ScienceDaily released a news article that discussed the potential consequences of an earthquake on the west coast. This article references a recent report from the Seismological Society of America which has estimated that 143 million Americans living in the United States are exposed to the hazards of an earthquake (Seismological 2015). This report further estimates that the average long-term value of building losses from earthquakes is $4.5 billion per year with the majority of these losses coming from California
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Not Everything is Within our Control The afternoon knows what the morning never expected. – Swedish (Swedish, "Nature Sayings and Nature Quotes | Wise Old Sayings") It is an irrevocable fact that we are not in control of everything that happens. We would like to believe that we are and we do everything in our power to get as close to full control as possible, but the truth of the matter is that as the starting quote say’s “ The afternoon always knows what the morning never expected”. There
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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. What caused this issue to arise and why is it important? B) Causes Identify the importance of the Causes to the organisation concerned. What Caused these Issues to arise? The reasons underlying the Issues will be explicit in the Causes identified. The earthquake in the afternoon of
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agency that monitor real time earthquake in the state of Los Angeles, states it is a very high risk for frequent damaging earthquakes. These earthquakes are results from many fault systems that moving through Los Angeles that leads to earthquakes of many different types and sizes. South California has more than 10,000 earthquakes every year; many of them are very small and sometime never even cause any damage or even felt. However, Los Angeles do have large earthquake that create after shocks the
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Los Angeles is one of the largest cities in the United States and one with the highest risk of earthquakes. Los Angeles is an urban environment that has high infrastructure which increases hazards associated with earthquakes. There are many factors that lead to the current knowledge of past, current, and future earthquakes occurrences. We are better able to understand where and why earthquakes are likely to occur and to be proactive to their hazards. Los Angeles is located approximately 60 miles
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Economic Research Macro Commentary THE JAPANESE EARTHQUAKE: ECONOMIC IMPACT ON VIETNAM March 2011 Vietnam Alan T. Pham, PhD Chief Economist I. II. Background On Mar 11, 2011 an earthquake measured at 9.0 on the Richter scale struck the Sendai region in north east Japan. It was followed by a tsunami wave that hit the shore, causing widespread damage and loss of life. At last report, the number of deaths was put at 6,000. Total damages were estimated by insurance
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Where would you have liked to see that money invested within Haiti: education, medical facilities, roads, encouraging Haitian-owned businesses, or international businesses that pay a living wage? On January 2010 Port-au-Prince was leveled by an earthquake, which claimed as many as 316,000 lives and destroyed many houses, hotels and hospitals. Days after the tragedy, good will flowed: private American citizens donated $1.4 billion, and the world spent $5.2 billion on relief efforts. In addition, tens
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examples, suggest why the impacts of tectonic hazards vary from place to place Tectonic hazards are natural events occurring due to movements or deformations of the earth’s crust with the potential to cause damage to lives and properties. E.g. earthquake and volcanic activities. The impact caused by tectonic hazards on lives and properties are mainly determined by physical factors, vulnerability factors and affected region’s capacity to cope. These factors are parts of the risk equation, which is
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Although natural disasters can really only be classed a disaster if it affects humans as otherwise its impact would not necessarily be relevant so in effect all natural disasters are in effect human disasters. Seismic events, otherwise known as earthquakes, are a sudden violent shaking of the ground typically causing, as a result of the movement of tectonic plates in the earth’s crust or volcanic action. The result of seismic events is often destruction of buildings and infrastructure, which can claim
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Definition Response of different industries ( Insurance Industries, Airline Industries…etc) to natural disaster. A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage, and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake, the severity of which depends on the affected population's resilience, or ability to recover
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