Five years after the earthquake in Haiti, one and a half million people remain homeless and the country is still the poorest in the western hemisphere and also known for political instability (Gotev, 2015, para. 1). With the severe starvation and health problems going on, long-term solutions need to be implemented immediately. With the tragedies going on in Haiti, Americans should help Haitians get on their feet so that they can take care of themselves in the long run. Tracy Kidder (2003) says, “Most
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PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF EARTHQUAKES Name Course Professor Date Earthquake Victims In March 11,2011 an earthquake shook Japan and its environs and the 9.0 magnitude earthquake unleashed a savage tsunami. In my findings, the earthquake was found to have rendered over 300,000 people homeless and 18,000 people also reported to have lost their lives mainly by drowning. About 6000 thousand individuals were injured and over 2400 people went missing. Psychological Impacts of Earthquakes Asian Disaster
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There are several natural disasters that I would consider to be threats to the Memphis area. One natural disaster that I would consider to be a concern to Memphis would be an earthquake. According to the United States Geological Survey, (USGS), there is an approximately six percent chance that there will be a major earthquake within 50 kilometers of Memphis in the next 50 years (Homefacts.com).
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disasters are portrayed to be just a bad day created by Mother Nature to just pass by. Overall, the natural disasters that can be catastrophic to people on earth are hurricanes, earthquakes, and tsunamis. All three natural disasters occur in many countries. Hurricanes are common in the United State of America, earthquakes are common in Mexico, and tsunamis are common in Japan. These three countries have experienced the worst damage from these natural disasters. The countries had to watch their people
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Earthquake From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the natural seismic phenomenon. For other uses, see Earthquake (disambiguation). [pic] An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor, temblor or seismic activity) is the result of a sudden release of energy in theEarth's crust that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes are measured with a seismometer; a device which also records is known as aseismograph. The moment magnitude (or the related and mostly obsolete Richter magnitude)
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Earthquakes and fault lines Scientists and geologists have a pretty good understanding of how the plates move and how this is related to earthquake activity. There are four different types of plate boundaries. First we have Divergent boundaries, where new crust is generated as the plates pull away from each other. Second we have Convergent boundaries and this is where the crust is destroyed as one plate is forced under another. Third we have the transform boundaries and this is where the crust
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Earthquake in Japan The name of the article I choose is Quake Moved Japan Coast 8 fee, Shifted Earth’s axis by Kevin Voigt, CNN, March 11th, 2011. http://articles.cnn.com/2011-03-12/world/japan.earthquake.tsunami.earth_1_tsunami-usgs-geophysicist-quake?_s=PM:WORLD This article talks about the 8.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Japan last Friday March 11th, 2011. The quake started a massive tsunami that also hit the country of Japan and sent 50 other territories into alert for the massive waves
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“Earthquakes have affected the Earth since the solid lithosphere first formed” (Marshak, 201). Mankind learned to adapt through numerous earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes since the beginning of time and this survival involved taking substantial risks. According to Marshak, “Earthquakes are a fact of life on planet Earth: almost 1 million detectable earthquakes happen every year…most cause no damage or casualties, because they are too small or they occur in unpopulated areas” (201). There are very
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Mario Salgado Earthquakes Science SC300 Unit 4 May 12, 2011 Professor Jayne Yenko Earthquakes There are not many things in life that petrify me but earthquakes are pretty high on the list. Just the uncertainty of not knowing if this could be the next big one. Realistically speaking, where can you go to be safe from an earthquake? Luckily for me, there seems to be no great danger of earthquakes in the southeast region of the US. I live in Atlanta, Ga. and according to the map fig
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06:42:12 35.24N 92.23W 10.0 4.4 NE CONWAY, AR Y 010504 Map 2005/02/10 14:04:54 35.76N 90.25W 10.0 4.1 E CARAWAY, AR Y 050210 Map 0 earthquakes today 0 earthquakes in the past 7 days 0 earthquakes in the past month 12 earthquakes in the past year in Arkansas The biggest recorded earthquake in Arkansas was in 1969. From this earthquakes there was several aftershocks. Three Main Shocks 1. December 16, 1811 - Magnitude ~7.7 2. January 23, 1812 - Magnitude ~ 7.5 3. February 7
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