Essay on Earthquake in Nepal

withstanding the onrush of the flames." There was a lot of smoke due to the burning of so many buildings. "Within an hour after the earthquake shock the smoke of San Francisco's burning was a lurid tower visible a hundred miles away." It was May 5, 1906. In San Francisco when buildings burned down due to the fire. The fire was caused by tectonic plate movement or a earthquake. They blew up some of the buildings in a useless attempted to prevent it from spreading to the rest of…

places and famous landmark. Such as Coba(Wikipedia), Xel-lta park(xelha), chapultepec(Wikipedia), Chapultepec Castle(Wikipedia), National Museum of Anthropology(Wikipedia), Xcaret. Mexico City deals with a lot of earthquakes. The worst natural disasters in Mexico, is the Mexico City earthquake in 1985(myheartofmexico.wordpress). Famous people from Mexico City is the old president from 2000-2006, Fox…

Studies of past subduction earthquakes are inexact things, based on finding their geologic signs: sudden changes of elevation that drown coastal forests, disturbances in ancient tree rings, buried beds of beach sand washed far inland and so on. Twenty-five years of research has determined that Big Ones affect Cascadia, or large parts of it, every few centuries. Times between events range from 200 to about 1000 years, and the average is around 500 years. The most recent Big One is rather well…

The concluding part of the Cleveland Way leaves the hustle and bustle of Scarborough behind and returns us to the more enjoyable cliff paths. The coastal scenery is stunning, and with just over 500 feet (152m) of ascent remaining we can appreciate the closing miles and reflect on some of the more memorable experiences of our journey. Resuming from the harbour, we continue along the seafront around the South Bay to the Spa Complex. In 1626 Elizabeth Farrer, the wife of one of Scarborough’s…

1: Port-Au-Prince flattened by 7.0 earthquake. flattened by a devastating earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 causing major destruction. The epicentre was 13 km from the capital of Haiti, Port-Au-Prince. The initial estimates for this disaster, placed the death toll around 210,000. Sadly, this estimate was horribly wrong with the death toll rising well above 300,000. There were many reasons for the death rising so high, but one of them was the fact the earthquake lasted 3 minutes making it one…

My grandmother was personally affected by the earthquake that occurred in the morning of September 19th in Mexico. When she got home she got to witness the aftermath with her own eyes. The walls of her home had been cracked, her glass arrangements had been destroyed, and her outside porch was basically broken in half. There are many other cases like this, and the image shows just one area out of the many that were affected. It uses colors, ethos, pathos, and logos instead of using words to…

The collapse of the Cypress Street Viaduct in 1989 was a disaster caused by an earthquake. On October 17, 1989 an earth quake occurred around the Santa Cruz bay area. The Cypress Street Viaduct was the first double-decker viaduct in California and it was made in 1955 – 1957 and it cost 100 million dollars. On October 17, 1989, the southern portion of the structure collapsed during the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, due to ground movement and structural flaws. When in use, the upper and lower tier…

deadly rupture. This Earthquake could happen at any time, so you Californians…be ready. Image by www.pixgood.com The San Andreas Fault is a major fault line along the western part of California. It is 660 miles long and is moving at a rate of 5cm (2in) annually. (Wile, Exploring Creation through Physical Science p. 149). It was formed when the Pacific and North American plate began to move in opposite directions and its stresses have built up since then. (Stewart, Inside Earthquakes p.12).…

By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster by Jonathan M. Katz we learn that all help is not helpful, but we can change that. In 2010 an earthquake hit Haiti, being one of the worse things to happen to this already poor country. This book provides us with a lot of information about the before and after of the Haiti earthquake. Help was provided to help rebuild, but some solutions worked and some didn’t. Instead of focusing on what will be noticed by the outside world, Haiti…

The last earthquake to hit Haiti occurred in 1842, killing approximately 5,000 people, while the more recent 2010 earthquake took the lives of over 200,000 people. When the 2010 earthquake hit Haiti some news outlets arrived before much medical staff. The event served as a shining opportunity for the media to respond in a groundbreaking way, but instead people became exposed to images that were “much less humane” (Celeste 4). Celeste described the media coverage of the earthquake as being filled…