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…13,000 square kilometer. The total land area of Japan is 374,744 square kilometers. Japan has four main islands. The islands include Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. All of these islands are prone to earthquakes. The highest point of Japan is Mount Fuji…

…and disasters such as those that are weather related. The regions close to either side of the equator will experience hurricanes, floods and tsunamis with those close to fault lines, earthquakes and volcanoes. In the tropics, diseases such as malaria, river blindness…

…. The emergency AZ button was activated. The purpose of the button was to lower the control rods into the core. The descending control rods jammed and there was a terrible tremor like an earthquake. Reactor 4 had exploded. The force of the explosion was so great…

…is a living planet, it is constantly undergoing change. Plate tectonics continue to change the face of the planet. The sea floor is still spreading, and we still have earthquakes and volcanoes. Convection currents created by the tremendous heat and pressure…

…series called Heroines of History. Years later, people would say that Evita had been a prostitute.         Six months after Evita met Imbert, an earthquake struck Argentina. Colonel Juan Peron, the secretary of labor in the military government…

…which were assumed destroyed in a timely earthquake in Lisbon in 1755 , the Mahogany ship has not been seen since 1880. These facts have often afforded the theory that this claim of a Portuguese discovery of Australia in 1520's is unsubstantiated…

…, accidents and acts of nature such as floods, earthquakes, and hurricanes (Wurtzel, 27). By excluding certain types of violence, the broadcasters are able to manipulate their data to support the conclusion that television violence does not incite hostile…

…is that mass of water can cause earthquakes . The nuclear energy is more controversy. And now the future of nuclear energy has reached a crisis. Some people see it as the best long-term replacement for fossil fuels. Others point to the environmental hazard…

…is on shaky ground, literally. Japan is eternally at nature's mercy, vulnerable to the sea that surrounds it, to earthquakes of the soil beneath it and a real shortage of raw materials, particularly food and fuel."3 A period of extended isolation could…

…confirmed a shock but noted that the vibrations were unlike any earthquake ever recorded."(Szasz 84) An eight year-old boy was awakened and ran for his Methodist parents, and they considered if this might be the end of the world. The most powerful…