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majority of the southern island and the base of the northern island of New Zealand, showing the dramatic proportion of the damage that occurred. The city of Christchurch however was the hardest hit and the surrounding area which covered 1,426 square kilometres. Approximately 100,000 buildings were damaged from the earthquake and roughly 10,000 buildings had to be knocked down. The cause of the serious damage in city was the process of liquefaction. Over thousands of years, sediment was deposited…

Transmilenio provides bus rapid transit services and regular bus services. It started its operation in the year 2000 and it was estimated that by 2016, Transmilenio would count with 388 kilometres of roads exclusive to the bus system (Departamento Nacional de Planeacion, 2000). However, by March 2014, only 109 kilometres had been built (Publicaciones Semana,…

During recent studies, scientists have discovered prevailing evidence which support the idea that a major meteorite impact may not have been the sole cause of the mass extinction involving the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. Researchers have discovered an array of huge volcanic eruptions in india 66 million years ago which released large amounts of gases into the atmosphere, which drastically altered the climate. This new theory does not in fact eliminate the theory of a massive meteorite…

Moving Theatre October 24, 2015 Joshua Chong It gets interesting when you take a play, put it outdoors and stretch it out over 3 kilometres. Even more so when each scene is written by different playwrights. Some may call it original, others may call that weird. My Lakeshore My Home (MLMH), produced by Sirius Theatrical is one of these plays. Performed in partnership with the City of Toronto and the Etobicoke-wide year long festival Cultural Hotspots, it is a…

eruption during the 20th century. Before erupting in 1991, the volcano had been dormant for around 400 years. During the years of 1990 and 1991, there were many events that led to the eruption of Mount Pinatubo. A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck 100 kilometres north east of the mountain on July 16, 1990. This event is contributed to the reawakening of the dormant volcano which triggered many small earthquakes around the volcano. The actual eruption of Mount Pinatubo didn’t occur until June…

wide, electrons and protons are ripped from the atoms in the blistering one million degrees Kelvin now sustained in the central region. The electrons and protons now bounce around the interior of the forming star at energetic rates of hundreds of kilometres per second. Despite being quite hot, it is still far too cold yet to initiate nuclear fusion. To begin to process of nuclear fusion, which officially marks…

Aruba is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern Caribbean Sea, located about 1,600 kilometres west of the main part of the Lesser Antilles and 29 kilometres north of the coast of Venezuela. Together with Bonaire and Curaçao, Aruba forms a group referred to as the ABC islands. Aruba is one of the four countries that form the Kingdom of the Netherlands, along with the Netherlands, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten; the citizens of these countries are all Dutch nationals.…

The battle of Hastings took place on Senlac Hill which was about 7 miles (eleven kilometres) northwest from Hastings, England. This was close to the present town called Battle in East Sussex. The battle of Hastings commenced on the 14th of October 1066 and took longer than most other battles. But I this case it is said to last from 9am to dusk (5-6pm). In the battle it is thought that William of Normandy had between 7000 troops and 15000 troops and Harold Godwinson had between 3000 and 5000…

Lahar is an Indonesian word with its English alternative or equivalent being Lava. That said, it suffices to say Lahar is a volcanic mudflow. That being the case, for a flow to occur, there has to be a slope or a driving force, otherwise it will be stagnant. Because a slope is involved you would expect lahars to be ubiquitous in mountainous terrain. The best case scenario to depict how a Lahar looks like is to picture a mixture of concrete and water moving down a slope at a great speed…

Amazing facts about the giraffe You probably think you are tall but until you realize that a baby giraffe may probably be taller than you, then you realize how short you are. The giraffe is the tallest terrestrial mammal in the world, a true beauty amongst the animals that roam the savannahs of Africa. The average height of a giraffe is between 4.3 metres to 5.8 metres with the adult female weighing about 800 kilograms and the male weighing 1,250 kilograms. This beautiful animal was first…