effects of an earthquake such as the structure of the buildings, the population density, the education of the people but also more physical factors such as magnitude and the time of day when the earthquake hits. Poverty by itself can completely change the effects that the earthquake can have. If the money isn’t available to pay for preparation, monitoring, education about such problems and recovery, then does a country really have a chance against a natural event such as an earthquake? An example
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Earthquake Case Study – LEDC – Haiti - 12th January 2010 * Haiti is a small island located in the Caribbean, South East of the USA and East of Cuba. Its capital city is Port-au-Prince and the country had a population of 9.9million. Development Levels Development Indicator | Value | GDP Per Capita | $1200 | People in Poverty | 80% on less than $2 a day | Life Expectancy | 62 years | People per doctor | 0.25 per 1,000 people | Access to clean water | 46% have access. | The
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Brady Kaiser-Bell Mike Phillips GEL 1007 December 8, 2013 Introduction My house is located in Princeton in the Princeton North Quadrangle in section 16 in tier 16N, range 9E (Princeton North Quadrangle). Map 1 shows Princeton. The high school is close to where I live. Bureau Creek is to the west of Princeton. Most of the land is flat, the only steep slopes are to the west near Bureau Creek. The land use is mostly residential. The surficial deposits under my house consist of the Batestown Member
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crust. In some cases, the energy can be intense enough that it is felt in the form of an earthquake, while in other seismic events, the energy is so mild that it can only be identified with specialized equipment. A human disaster is an event directly and principally caused by one or more identifiable deliberate or negligent human action. Whereas a natural disaster is a natural event such as a flood, earthquake, or hurricane that causes great damage or loss of life. A disaster is often considered a
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San Francisco Chinatown after the 1906 earthquake. Before I heard about the San Francisco encountered with the big earthquake and the Chinatown in SF was rebuilt. From the Richard Gonzales works as a writer in National Public Radio news website, in his article, Rebuilding Chinatown After the 1906 Quake, he mentions that, “But no one knows how many people died in the densely packed blocks of Chinatown, with an estimated population of 14,000.Racism against the Chinese was rampant in that age. Chinese
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periods, and victims be compared? This analysis will focus on the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and 1918-19 Spanish influenza pandemic disasters in human history with reference to A Crack in the Edge of the World by Simon Winchester and The Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919 by Susan Kingsley Kent. With an estimated death toll of “3,000 people out of a population of 400,000” (Discussion slides October 13) for the earthquake and “thirty million to perhaps even one hundred million” for the influenza pandemic
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It all began when Mount Saint Helen's erupted in May 18,1980 . The volcano has had Four big eruptions over the last 500 years .Mount Saint Helen's was named by a commander named George Vancouver and officers in 1792. In 1835 scientist recognized Mount Saint Helen's as a volcanoe.In 1857 through the 1980 Mount Saint Helen's was inactive .In May 18,1980 ,8:35am Mount Saint Helen's erupted.Causing deaths of 57 people .All the damages caused by Mount Saint Helen's was worth 1.1 billion dollars.The
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everything, including you. This is what some victims of natural disasters have to go through. A natural disaster is any natural occurrences that usually cause great amounts of damage. The most common of which are volcanoes, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis. The Mauna Kea Volcano is an ancient dormant volcano that last erupted 4500 years ago. It was one of the volcanoes that aided the creation of Hawaii. Mauna Kea is a dormant shield volcano in the "post-shield" stage. Underwater volcanoes
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such a small scale that only geoscientists would be able to detect it. Furthermore, it was discovered that the size and number of felt earthquakes caused by fracking is low compared to other manmade triggers such as mining, geothermal activity or reservoir water storage. But
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are by natural hazards. This is because of many reasons such as, when a natural hazard occurs like an earthquake, the class a person lives in may influence how a person is affected by natural hazards. If a person lives in a lower economic group the more vulnerable they are to natural hazards. The lower the class, the less wealthy they are and the more susceptible to natural hazards like earthquakes and volcanoes. The poor are unable to pay for new housing if there houses get damaged. They have less
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