Charles F. Richter’s contribution to geography (mainly earthquakes) is undeniably important, his development of the Richter scale, and subsequent research provide scientists even today with handbooks still used in the field for reference. His work ranged from developing the famous Richter scale to mapping earthquake prone areas in California and also taking a huge role in Californias earthquake safety. His contribution is extremely important to the Geography of Natural hazards and Seismology, which
affected areas in Europe and Southern Italy. The earthquake affected Sicily severely. Some citizens also reported felling jolts in Washington D.C. Being one of the most powerful earthquakes in history, the earthquake measured a 7.5 on the Richter scale. The most powerful earthquake ever recorded was a 9.5. The epicenter of an earthquake is the point on Earth’s surface, directly above the focus of an earthquake. Scientist use seismic waves and their speed to find where the epicenter is. The epicenter
No building structure on this planet is earthquake proof, only its resistance to earthquakes can increase. Numerous studies have been conducted on earthquake resistant constructions to minimize damage when an earthquake occurs. But what is an earthquake? According to United States Geological Survey (n.d.), Earthquake happens when two blocks of earth suddenly collide from one another resulting to ground shaking and radiated seismic energy and it is caused by volcanic activity and earth’s sudden stress
discuss two natural hazards; earthquakes, volcanoes. It will then go into detail about the risk management processes for each hazard along with some case studies. Earthquakes are a natural disaster that occur frequently. However only some are at a magnitude that cause huge
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Alaskan Tsunami of 1964 only killed 119 people. All of these natural disasters caused at least 100-400 million dollars in monetary damage at the time. The Great Alaskan Earthquake was a major earthquake with little damage considering its size and magnitude. The Great Alaskan Earthquake happened on March 27, 1964 at 5:36 pm and lasted for 4 minutes. The Earthquake happened in the Prince William Sound region in
to the friction coefficient. That is why I wanted to research the phenomenon by myself to find out if that actually happens. Friction is a force between two surfaces and is also related to air. It is a vector quantity and therefore has always a magnitude and direction. For example if there is an object that is sliding on the table, the direction of the friction force is opposite to the direction of the motion, though the
Emergency Preparedness Imagine being in a school or at a workplace, and being told there was an emergency situation occurring. You and your peers had never experienced this or been trained on what to do and that kind of situation, how would that feel? In any kind of disaster situation, whether natural or terrorist disaster, people need to be prepared medically, physically, mentally, and situationally. The authors of “102 Minutes”, Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn, had effective evidence
DISADVANTAGES OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT Governments in developing countries have to be very careful while deciding the magnitude, pattern and conditions of private foreign investment. Possible adverse implications of foreign investment are the following; Disappearance of Cottage and Small Scale Industries Some of the products produced in cottage and village industries and also under small scale industries had to disappear from the market due to the attack of the products coming from Foreign Direct Investments
everywhere. One can encounter their mortality unintentionally, even just walking down the street. Candy Chang’s art installation “Before I die” plasters the walls lining cities around the world. Described in “O, The Oprah Magazine” as: “a series of large-scale projects that combine installation art and social activism,