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…. * Hospitals should be subject to the strictest building regulations so that they can withstand the most powerful earthquakes, windstorms or other hazards. * Poor people should not be left to cope on their own following natural catastrophes. They must have access…

…a trench. The trench is formed from when one plate goes under the other. Volcanic activity and earthquakes are directly linked to plate tectonics so a pattern emerges. Earthquakes occur along boundaries where the plates are moving together and building up…

…area, so the once cooler mantle becomes hot, and the hot mantle becomes cool. They then switch, and keep switching, and pushing the plates. These plates are the cause of earthquakes, tsunamis, the creation of mountains, rift valleys, and volcanoes…

…In May of 1985, the Oklahoma Geological Survey installed a seismograph in the Meers Store to monitor the Meers Fault. The seismograph is able to feel movement in the Earth from far away. It has recorded earthquakes in the Indian Ocean, which is more…

…Africa, 3000 miles away. Little did Asia know that they were about to be hit by one of the worst Tsunami's to hit land in recorded history. A Tsunami, meaning wave in the harbor in Japanese, is a series of waves produced by one of 4 things: an earthquake…

…earthquake, trembling or shaking movement of the earth's surface. Most earthquakes are minor tremors. Larger earthquakes usually begin with slight tremors but rapidly take the form of one or more violent shocks, and end in vibrations of gradually…

…Earthquakes are frequent in Japan. A survey showed that seismic disturbances, mostly of minor nature, occurred more than three times a day. Geological research has shown that, possibly under the continuous impact of these disturbances, the western coast…

…, but is most likely applied by the transfer of heat energy or convection in the earth's mantle. Ice ages are also due to the plate tectonics. Geological forces include continental drift, volcanoes, earthquakes, mountain building, and tsunamis, which all of them…

…mountain range. Over 120years, Juan De Fuca plate had moved towards the North American Plate bit by bit and had pressured it. The pressure had been released in the year of 1980 and marked magnitude 5 on the Richter scale. By the earthquake, the magma rises…

…generated by undersea earthquakes or undersea landslides and volcanic eruptions. Most tsunamis occur along the Ring of Fire, a wave of volcanic and earthquake activity that encircles the Pacific Ocean. The Hawaiian Islands and Alaska areas are common…