The 7.0 magnitude earthquake killed over 200,000 people. Before the earthquake, Haiti was often characterized as one of the poorest countries in the world, so when the earthquake occurred, there was not enough resources for its recovery even with all the international help given(Adamson). This plunged Haiti into a panic like state. According to, “Haiti Earthquake Facts and Figures” from the Disasters Emergency Committee, the earthquake damaged 4,000 schools and over 188
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Wabash Watershed Rhonda Seals Excelsior Wabash Watershed Global warming affects all of us. This is not just a "them" thing, or a "they" thing. Everyone on the planet needs to be aware of the consequences of their actions in contributing to global warming or as most people know it, The Green House Effect. Mankind has been contributing to this since the beginning of time in one way or another. Granted, we are doing more damage now than we did 100 years ago, but nonetheless
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MGMT 28081: PM in Business VER (Vancouver Earthquake Relief - Toronto Ontario Venue) Date Submitted Instructor Name: Scott Parker Group Member Name 1: Gursimran Singh Group Member Name 2: Hetal Patel Group Member Name 3: Simran Boparai Stakeholder Analysis Stakeholder NameIndividual, Group | Gursimran Singh | Hetal Patel | Simran Boparai | Scott Parker | OrganizationThey belong to | Team Member, Project Manager | Team Member | Team Member | Parker Enterprises | Their interest
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achieved without the construction of safer and more disaster resilient education facilities. At a time when the frequency and magnitude of extreme climatic events is rising, a growing number of the world’s school-going children are increasingly exposed to earthquakes, wildfires, floods, cyclones, landslides and other natural hazards. For example: • The Sichuan earthquake (2008) killed more than 7,000 children in their schools and an estimated 7,000 classrooms were destroyed. • The cyclone Sidr
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Plate Tectonics Nicole Anderson GLG/220 Dr. A. Kem Fronabarger November 7, 2011 What is an Earthquake and where do they come from? Many people are unaware of what an actual earthquake is and how they come to be. There are several myths that have been created to help people understand how earthquakes have been produced. In Japan, legend has it the earth is shaken by the movement of a giant catfish hidden in the ground. The Chinese believe that the earth is resting on a giant ox, and in
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Education on Earthquake Preparedness By Krystle Wilson March 28, 2014 Los Angeles, CA – Earthquakes occurs frequently in Los Angeles and its surrounding areas in California. I would like to take some time today to discuss earthquake preparedness and discuss descriptions of hazards associated with earthquakes in Los Angeles. I will also discuss the origin and causes of earthquakes, relation to the shifting plates to the natural process of mountain building, relation of earthquakes to plate
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Why were so many people killed in the Haiti earthquake of 2010? On the 12th of January 2010 at 16:53 local time, a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake had struck near Port au Prince, the capital of Haiti. This earthquake was caused by a plate boundary which had not caused an earthquake for 200 years. Most of the primary impacts of the earthquake included; 3,500,000 people being affected by the quake, 220,000 were estimated to have died, over 300,000 people were injured as well as 188,383 houses
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Exploring Taiwan---Taiwan Is Alive How does it feel like to live on a floating plate, unaware of probable earthquakes and tectonic movements? I understood how it feels like because I live in Taiwan! After an introduction to the geology of Taiwan, I found Taiwan a really active and dynamic island. This reminded me of an article I read on New York Times years ago; it titled: Taiwan Moves Closer to Mainland, Pulled by Forces That Molded Its Mountains. In the article, there were a research team
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slightly more dense than that of the Caribbean Plate. The line of subduction is marked by the deep sea Puerto Rico Trench. As the South American Plate descends, it drags against the Caribbean plate above it. This results in frequent shallow focus earthquakes that get deeper as the ocean plate descends further. As the oceanic plate is subducted and exposed to greater temperatures and pressures, water trapped within the crust is released. This lowers the melting point of the mantle, causing it to melt
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stood and cried for a long time while the earth shook. We were so scared. ” I am writing this to talk about a huge natural disaster that happened in Nepal. The recent Nepal earthquake or also known as the Gorkha earthquake occurred with a magnitude of 7.9Mw. This was the worst tragedy to Nepal since the 1934 Nepal-Bihar earthquake. According to report, it killed more than 9,000 people, injured more than 23,000 and made hundreds of thousands of people homeless. As our company have a long history of close
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