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What does ODPEM stand for? |
Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Managment. |
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What is a natural disaster? |
A situation in which a natural hazard seriously affects peolple, their property and livelyhoods |
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What is a natural hazard? |
An event that causes damage to property and disruptions in normal life, it may causes loss of life and puts people, their property and livelyhoods at risk. |
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What does CDEMA stand for? |
Caribbean Disaster and Emergency Managment Agency. |
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What is an earthquake? |
Sudden movements or vibrations in the earth's crust. |
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What is another name for the focus of an eathquake? |
Hypocenter |
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What is the focus of an earthquake? |
The point of orgin of an earthquake within the earth where seismic waves are generated |
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What is the epicenter of an earthquake ? |
The point on the earth's surface directly above the focus. |
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What is another name for seismic waves? |
Wave shock |
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What are seismic waves? |
Waves sent through the crust by an earthquake. |
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What is a fault? |
A crack in the earth's crust. |
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What is the focal depth of an earthquake? |
The depth at which an earthquake occurs or how far in the earth it originated. |
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From where to where is the focal depth of an earthquake measured? |
From the surface to the focus |
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What are deep focus earthquakes? |
An earthquake with a hypocenter over 300km below the surface . |
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Explain where deep focus earthquakes take place. |
They take place most frequently at convergent plate boundaries of continential and oceanic plates where the oceanic plate is subducted, hence the mostly take place at subduction zones. |
