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An example of an earthquake hazard is the violent shaking and buildings falling on people and the fumes from liquefaction being harmful to humans animals.
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What is the purpose of USGS Earthquake?
The USGS Earthquake program aims to help identify, monitor, report and research earthquakes. It focuses on US-based hazards, such as earthquakes and tsunamis.
What factors make an earthquake worse?
Size of the earthquake, proximity to population areas, focal depth, area geology, country preparedness for natural disasters. They can also cause additional hazards like fires, tsunamis and landslides.
List the hazards in the mountain areas coastal regions and pleateau area?
mountain areas: terrorist attacks avalanche landslides.plateau areas:cyclones, typhoons thunder storms, earthquake cyclones
To what extent do environmental hazards stem from unpredictable nature and to what extent do they originate from human actions?
For most of human history, nature has been the most important source of environmental hazards, but in recent years human action has been overtaking nature as the greatest source of environmental hazard. With the recent disaster in Japan, we have some of each. Nature caused the earthquake, but human beings built the nuclear power plants which when damaged by the tsunami caused by the earthquake, are now a huge environmental hazard.
Where the riskiest areas in the US are for earthquakes?
The USGS publishes some excellent literature on earthquake risk.http://earthquake.usgs.gov/hazards/products/conterminous/2008/maps/If you look at the map, much of the west coast of California is at significant risk for earthquakes.However, also of note is a "hot spot" in the midwest. There is significant concern about this because of the predominance of older brick buildings and houses in cities like St. Louis that predate earthquake codes, and the soft soils that may act like jello and amplify the effects of the earthquake.
What hazards can result from an earthquake?
Mud Slides, tsunami, volcanic erruptions
What has the author Marilyn P MacCabe written?
Marilyn P. MacCabe has written: 'Earthquake hazards reduction program' -- subject(s): Earthquakes, Earthquake prediction
What is a earthquake hazard?
They cause harm to life,property and environment. In places such as construction work sites, hazards are probable causes of risks to health and safety of all workers that is why departments such as OSHA was created. There are also different kinds of hazards such as environmental hazards - businesses uses environmental management systems nowadays to ensure that they don't do that much damage to the environment whenever they have projects.
What is the purpose of USGS Earthquake?
The USGS Earthquake program aims to help identify, monitor, report and research earthquakes. It focuses on US-based hazards, such as earthquakes and tsunamis.
Are there any weather hazards to be aware of in Italy?
Earthquake shocks, but they are not, strictly speaking weather, but seismic disturbances.
What are the three earthquake hazards?
wierd circles decending out of the ocean, rumbelling floor and loud noises coming out of no where
What are several earthquake hazards?
Half of a building could fall of on you and you dieYou could fall into the crack and burn you to death.
Is an earthquake worse in a forest or city?
a city because in a city there are gas pipes and heavy buildings that could all be hazards
What has the author Robert B Olshansky written?
Robert B. Olshansky has written: 'Reducing Earthquake Hazards in the Central U.S'
Why are earthquakes Tsunami and landslides classified as natural disaster?
Tsunamis are usually caused by an earthquake in the sea, and the earthquake may be caused by a volcano. An earthquake is also a natural disaster, because we did not create earthquake, it comes naturally.
What four factors affect how much damage an earthquake?
broken glass, cut electrical cords, hazards fires, and other dangers
What are the disadvantages of living in California?
Natural hazards such as forest fire, earthquake, volcano, tsunami.Man made hazards such as automobiles, nuclear plants, aeroplanes, industrial hazards, workplace hazards.
