...disaster, death toll, epicentre, places Key terms: Population, natural disaster, death toll, epicentre, places A map to show where the quake struck A map to show where the quake struck An image to show the destruction that the quake caused An image to show the destruction that the quake caused Dozens of householders were woken during the night after an earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale rocked parts of Devon and Cornwall, on the 25th of November 2013 police said today. People who felt the tremors described their fears as floors and walls shook. The quake occurred just before midnight and its epicenter was in the Bristol Channel 25 miles (40kms) west of Bude on the Cornish coast, a spokesman for the British Geological Survey said. "The earthquake measured 3.6 on the Richter scale and there were reports of houses vibrating and rumbling," said the spokesman. Police said there were no reports of any injuries but there were some cases of structural damage to buildings. Jason Willoughby had just gone to bed at Pensilva near Liskeard, Cornwall when the quake struck. "We thought it was a lorry going down the road at first but then the house started to shake and it passed over the top of us," he said. "We went outside to see what it was. We thought it was an aircraft or something of that nature, but there was nothing." He said the quake seemed to last around 5-10 seconds. Mr Willoughby's partner Tanya Horrocks, who is seven and a half months pregnant, said the incident...
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...Louisiana Purchase of 1803. Neither the buyers nor the sellers knew that the recent addition's basement contained a seismic time bomb nearly ready to go off At around 2:15 a.m. on December 16, 1811, a series of massive earthquake pummeled what is now southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas with ground motions so strong that trees snapped in two as they whipped back and forth. The landscape rose several meters in some areas and sank in others, changing the courses of creeks and waterways. During one of the quakes, even the mighty Mississippi was diverted; portions near the quake's presumed epicenter flowed backward for at least several hours, and possibly a day or more. People felt the temblor as far away as New York state, and seismic vibes from an aftershock that struck at dawn traveled almost as far, reaching residents in Georgia and what would soon become the state of Louisiana. Another quake of a similar size , maybe an aftershock, or maybe a separate quake along a different portion of the same fault zone - rumbled on January 23, 1812. The final major shaking in the series came about two weeks later, on February 7, when spreading seismic waves flung books from their shelves in Charleston, S.C., and rattled cups and saucers in Washington, D.C. As in an episode from some apocalyptic tract, fissures opened, lakes were drained and re-formed, and, in what seemed the ultimate act of divine intervention, the Mississippi River changed course and appeared to flow backward....
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...EARTHQUAKES IN 2013 Numerous earthquakes also rocked the world in 2013. Some of the most intense of these events include: a 7.7 magnitude temblor in Pakistan in September; a 7.1 magnitude quake in the Philippines in October; 6.4 and 7.7 magnitude events in Iran last April; and in China, a 6.6 magnitude quake in April and an M5.9 tremor in July. The largest deep earthquake ever recorded struck in May under the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. It measured an 8.3 magnitude at 378 miles below the surface. No notable damage was caused but the vibrations were felt over a wide area, including Moscow, Russia, which was 5,000 miles west of the occurrence. While some of the most potent temblors occurred over the rest of the world, the US also had its fair share of shaking. In January, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake was felt off the west coast of southeastern Alaska; in August, a 7.0 magnitude occurred in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska — several other quakes were felt around the world within the same time period as the Aleutians’ temblor; in March, a 4.7 magnitude quake rocked Arizona; and in May, a 5.7 magnitude event hit the Canyondam area. Earthquakes weren’t the only things shaking the ground in 2013. Other events detailed in the USGS report that rocked the earth include a fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, in April. It generated a 2.1 magnitude tremor that was felt in 36 different zip codes. The Chelyabinsk meteor explosion in Russia in February caused...
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...to extinction, all life on earth is controlled by the forces of the natural world. There are many examples of the violent and catastrophic effects of natural disasters, but perhaps none is more relevant to the present than earthquakes. There are “only about 15 earthquakes a year in the world — out of 1.3 million total temblors — are magnitude-7.0 or higher, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The devastating earthquake and resulting tsunami that hit parts of Japan in 2011, killing thousands of people, was magnitude-9.0” (geologyin). On the 25th of April, 2015, an earthquake of a magnitude of 7.8 by the Richter scale struck Nepal, leading to thousands of casualties and leaving the country in a state of emergency. Although the immediate effect of the earthquake was the loss of many human lives, the geology of the Himalayas was also strongly affected. Earthquakes are such powerful agents of natural disaster, they not only re-shape the biotic factors of a region, but they also re-shape the abiotic factors of its impacted area. Nepal is a small country located north of India and south of China. Its topography ranges from lowlands in the south, and hilly and mountainous regions in the north. The climate is just as varied and ranges from tropical to alpine (Bradford). Its size is relatively similar to Arkansas, about 56,827 square miles (Bradford). According to Bradford “the elevation in Nepal ranges from Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth, at 29,029 feet (8,848 meters)...
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...structures.第一部分要求学生在把握文章的基础上，掌握重点词汇的词义及时用，这更注重培养学生运用上下文猜测词义的能力。其次还对一些复杂的数字读法进行了检测。第二部分则结合文章学习定语从句。 Using Language 部分分为Reading，Writing and Speaking；Listening和Writing。Reading，Writing and Speaking 包括读一篇邀请函，写一份演讲稿和关于一套新唐山邮票的Little talk。Listening 部分讲述了一位地震幸存者的故事，并根据听力材料进行正误判断和回答问题，旨在培养学生获取细节的能力，并通过听来模仿标准的语音和语调。Writing部分要求学生报纸写一篇新闻报道，学习如何按照规范的步骤进行写作，如选择适当地标题和组织语言等。另外这一部分也培养学生写作时注意标题、主旨大意和细节。 Summing up部分帮助学生整理、巩固本单元所学到的知识，包括学到的关于地震的知识，有用的动词、名词、表达方式和新的语法项目。Learning Tip部分就听英语方面给出了一些建议，建议学生多听广播或电视里的英语节目. 二．教学目标和要求 根据《英语新课程标准》关于总目标的具体描述，结合高一学生实际和教材内容，我们将教学目标分为语言知识、语言技能、学习策略、情感态度、文化意识五个方面。 1.知识目标（Knowledge） ① 词汇（Vocabulary）：shake, rise, crack, burst, well, smelly, pond, steam, destroy, ruin, injure, survivor, brick, useless, shock, quake, rescue, electricity, disaster, organize, bury, coal, mine, shelter, fresh, percent, honor, prepare. ② 短语(Phrases and expressions)：right away, at an end, lie in ruins, be trapped under sth, to the north of sp, put up, give out, wake sb up, prepare sth for sth., think little of sth. ③ 语法(Grammar)：定语从句（The Attributive...
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...“Earthquake - Shake, Rattle, & Roll” Submitted by: Dana Peebles For Instructor: Stephen Underwood July 14, 2014 PHSC 210-A02 Liberty University Online Elements of Earth Science I. Introduction Music can be calming and even sometimes relaxing. However, the only music that might describe an earthquake, would be the song “Shake, Rattle, and Roll”. The very nature of earthquakes cause us to get anxious, and there is nothing calming about the “earth moving under your feet.” In this short report, I will be giving a general overview of how earthquakes are formed and what causes them. I will also discuss the methods that seismologist use to study these occurrences. As humans, curiosity can get the best of us. This curiosity causes us to ask questions and seek further discoveries as to why these events happen. In addition, I will also talk about the new inquiries concerning earthquakes and what leads up to these questions that may still be unanswered. II. General Overview To understand how earthquakes form, what causes them, and the components that make it up, one must know exactly what an earthquake is. Webster’s Dictionary states that an earthquake is the “shaking or trembling of the earth that is volcanic or tectonic in origin.” While this describes the movement and the cause, it doesn’t describe why. Earthquakes happen when the underground rock immediately burst against the fault. This activity causes seismic waves that travel along the earth’s crust...
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...the foundation of the structure can also cause immense damage by ripping apart the land. In some instances, where soil is highly saturated, such as coastal areas or low elevation, liquefaction is another hazard. When the ground shakes, any present liquid will rise up through the soil and make sinkhole conditions where structures can sink right into the ground. With this kind of destruction, comes the hazard of fires as well. During a violent earthquake, electrical and gas lines can be destroyed and exposed to ignition sources that can ignite and cause fires that may be inaccessible and be extremely destructive. Lastly, tsunamis are a risk to L.A. when there are quakes offshore that launch large quantities of sea water over the coastal land. Earthquakes are a result of a large release of energy from the interior of the Earth that breaks through the surface. Many of these earthquakes happen when the edges of two tectonic plates that have been pushing against one another gives way to the destructive forces from below (Tulane University, 2003). The enormous energy that had been building up at the contact point is suddenly released and moves...
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...California and near a major earthquake fault I have pondered and wondered why our plants shake and why our planet only shakes in specific elements of the United States. While exploring for the details to finish my report, I was also able to find out the solutions to my own individual queries. This report will reply these inquiries: How does our planet shift and when, what actives cause the Earth to shake, how are earthquakes calculated and what are the two kinds of body waves and earthquake generates. Reasons for Earthquakes; an earthquake is triggered if there’s an unpredicted and unexpected release of power inside the Earth’s crust, producing seismic waves. A burst in geological faults under the Earth’s surface may also trigger earthquakes. But, earthquakes may also be because of volcanic action, nuclear tests as well as landsides. A natural earthquake will occur inside the Plant’s surface where there is sufficient stored energy and hear that will trigger plates in order to relocate. So why does our planet move when these move, Our planets move since whenever the two plates or faults move they generally get tangled together when they move. The accumulated energy which moves the plates becomes saved and whenever the energy is ultimately released it triggers the planet earth in order to shake. Earthquakes are calculated with a seismometer which is also known as a seismograph. A seismometer calculates as well as notes the moves under the Planet’s surface which includes seismic...
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...| MANAGEMENT | COURSE : Diploma in Business Administration | CODE : MGTG2001\V0Rea7LECTURER : MR. Tham Poh Weng | MEMBERS : Ngui Meei Yann Chan Wei Jie Choo Yan Ling Leong Hui Ling Lin Bin Hui | | | | | Objective By analyzing TEPCO as the organization which facing a crisis recently, given us a chance to Study their strengths and weakness and how we are going to assist them in the most effective way. Table of Contents Objective 1 Introduction 3 Corporate Summary 3 Crisis Background 4 Oct Year 2004 & July 2007 4 Mar 2011 – Current 4 Impact from the Crisis 6 Analyse the Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated (TEPCO) 7 SWOT Analysis 7 Strength 7 Weakness 8 Opportunities 9 Threat 10 Criteria in Success 12 Conclusion 13 Resources: 14 Introduction Corporate Summary Figure 1.1.1 – Company logo Tokyo Electricity Power Company (TEPCO) is an electricity utility and was established in 1st May 1951. TEPCO is the fourth power company in Asia, operation 17 nuclear reactors and supplying one-third of Japan’s electricity. The first nuclear unit at Fukushima Dai-Chi (Fukushima) nuclear power plant began operational generation on 26th March 1971. During 1980s and 1990s, the widespread use of air-conditional and IT/OA appliances caused a gap between day and night electricity demands. In order to reduce surplus generation...
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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) of an earthquake is conventionally reported, with magnitude 3 or lower earthquakes being mostly imperceptible and magnitude 7 causing serious damage over large areas. Intensity of shaking is measured on the modified Mercalli scale. At the Earth's surface, earthquakes manifest themselves by shaking and sometimes displacing the ground. When a large earthquakeepicenter is located offshore, the seabed sometimes suffers sufficient displacement to cause a tsunami. The shaking in earthquakes can also trigger landslides and occasionally volcanic activity. In its most generic sense, the word earthquake is used to describe any seismic event — whether a natural phenomenon or an event caused by humans — that generates seismic waves. Earthquakes are caused mostly by rupture of geological faults, but also by volcanic activity, landslides, mine blasts, and nuclear experiments. An earthquake's point of initial rupture is called its focus orhypocenter. The term epicenter refers to the point at...
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...Table of Content Acknowledgement: 3 Executive summary: 4 Methodology 7 Sampling Design 8 Limitation of the report 9 Analysis of finding 10 Terminology 10 Findings 11 SQ 7 Caste Ethnicity * Q5 Support Fairly 3 SQ 8 Occupation * Q5 Support Fairly 6 SQ 8 Occupation * Q8 Post Earth quake 8 SQ 5 Age * Q8 Post Earth quake 10 SQ 5 Age * Q5 Support Fairly 11 SQ 6 Gender * Q1 Problem Addressed 13 Conclusion: 16 Annex 17 SQ 8 Occupation * Q1 Problem Addressed 17 SQ5Age * Q2Satisfied 18 SQ6Gender * Q2Satisfied 19 SQ7CasteEthnicity * Q2Satisfied 20 SQ8Occupation * Q2Satisfied 21 SQ5Age * Q3InfoReliefAndSupport 23 SQ6Gender * Q3InfoReliefAndSupport 24 SQ7CasteEthnicity * Q3InfoReliefAndSupport 25 SQ8Occupation * Q3InfoReliefAndSupport 26 SQ5Age * Q4NGoWork 28 SQ6Gender * Q4NGoWork 29 SQ7CasteEthnicity * Q4NGoWork 30 SQ8Occupation * Q4NGoWork 32 SQ6Gender * Q5SupportFairly 33 SQ 5 Age * Q6 Prepared For Winter 34 SQ 6 Gender * Q6 Prepared For Winter 35 SQ 7 Caste Ethnicity * Q6 Prepared For Winter 37 SQ 8 Occupation * Q6 Prepared For Winter 38 SQ 5 Age * Q7 Problem rel Children 39 SQ 6 Gender * Q7 Problem rel Children 41 SQ 7 Caste Ethnicity * Q7 Problem rel Children 42 SQ 8 Occupation * Q7 Problem rel Children 43 SQ 7 Caste Ethnicity * Q8 Post Earth quake 44 SQ 5 Age * Q9 Increase Voilence 45 SQ 6 Gender * Q9 Increase Voilence 46 SQ 7 Caste Ethnicity * Q9 Increase Violence 47 SQ 8 Occupation * Q9 Increase...
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...zone where the tsunami is generated, there is very little warning time (15-30 minutes) * In shallow water, the tsunami waves pile up as a result velocities and wavelengths decrease, but at the same time, amplitudes can increase enormously * Due to its long wavelength, it may take a long time for a tsunami wave to crest * Wave runup – depends on several factors water depth, sea floor profile, shape of the coastline * Leads to wave heights which are highly variable (hard thing to predict) * To reduce tsunami impacts, planting of trees can be very useful * Causes of tsunamis – ALL involve displacement of water * Earthquakes * Mainly vertical crustal movements * In general, the larger the quake, the larger the tsunami…but NOT a perfect correlation * Another contributing factor to large tsunamis may be submarine landslides generated by the shaking associated with the earthquake causes additional displacement of water, thus a larger and more complicated tsunami event * Volcanic Activity * Displacement of rock * Submarine caldera...
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...Assignment 3 – Cultural Even Report By Professor Josiah Harry HUM112052VA16-1128-001: World Cultures II December 12, 2012 National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC The National Museum of Natural History is located on Constitution Ave. at 10th St., NW, Washington DC. The building has an octagon-shaped of dome and very noticeable from various parts of the city. A large porch doorway with Corinthian columns takes to the pavilion which is decorated with two different styles of columns. The first is a Doric style which is on the first floor and the second is an Ionic style on the second and third floors. These styles were very common in Gothic and Romanesque Churches. In both six stories tall are added with two wings. The second, fourth, and sixth floors directly join to the central museum while the sixth floor is set back. The higher level has semi round windows and it stands above the third floor providing lot of natural light for tourists to enjoy exhibitions that expose the natural world. It was a family trip on last weekend. The museum was super busy, it seemed to have so many children who all seemed to be enjoying themselves. Accidentally I stepped on several of them but also got stepped on a few times myself. The main reason I wanted to visit the Smithsonian Museum Natural History was to see their spectacular gem and jewelry collection. The Natural History Museum boasts of having the best collections...
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...Solved Assignment 2013 Free Foundation Course in English-2 (FEG-02) Assignment Course Code: FEG-02 Assignment Code: FEG-2/TM A/2012-13 Max. Marks: 100 All Questions are compulsory 1. Read the following passage and make notes in the appropriate formal. (15) 'The perpetual cycle of change which has created the face of the Earth, with all its rugged and Fascinating variety usually happens too slowly to be noticed. But occasionally it is rapid and Violent. Volcanoes disgorge molten lava, earthquakes rip open the landscape, landslides, carry away Whole mountainsides. Then human beings become aware of the awesome forces that are shaping Their planet. These forces are fuelled by three powerful sources of energy - heat from within the Earth, heat from the Sun, and the force of gravity. Every landform in the world has been shaped by these ttu.ee energy sources. 'the continents that drift across the surface of the globe, setting off volcanoes and earthquakes and Building mountains. are driven by heat from the Earth's interior which has a temperature of about 5000"C (9000'F). Most of this heat is created by the breakdown of radioactive elements. Earth is unique among the planets of the Solar System in having liquid water on the surface and water has a major role in shaping the planet. The warmth of the Sun evaporates water from seas and lakes. The vapor rises and condenses to form clouds and then falls again as rain and snow. It is then that its landscaping powers begin, weathering...
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...Hope for Haiti? On January 12th, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck ten miles from Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, plummeting the already poorest country in the Western Hemisphere completely to the ground (Huttes 1). The Earth shook violently for 35 seconds, “walls rippled as if they were made of liquid,” and Haitians ran out onto the streets screaming, thinking the rapture had arrived (Woolley 41). Within days, millions of dollars of foreign aid flowed into Haiti, but every day remained a struggle for survival. 230,000 Haitians were killed instantly, morgues soon overflowed, and the stench of flesh contaminated the streets. The death toll grew so large that corpses were hauled to mass graves to be buried with hundreds of their fellow countrymen. Identities were lost forever, and hundreds and thousands of children were orphaned and left homeless. The scale of the disaster was massive beyond comprehension, and foreign aid reached only small fractions of the population. The outside world began to ask, “What would it take to rebuild Haiti?” More importantly, “What would it take to remove Haiti from their 200 year pattern of poverty and failure (Smith)?” Throughout its history, Haiti has constantly depended on foreign aid, especially from the United States and France. Today, over two years after the earthquake, they’re still in great need of assistance. We as Americans owe it to our resilient Caribbean brothers to lead them to a prosperous and thriving future. While helping...
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