car crushed by landslide on 31st August 2013, Taiwan

You can see this video how landslide can crush the car... be safe.... be aware, every where... This video is taken on Keelung-Badouzi, Taiwan   &nb...

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How to find out epicentre of earthquake?

You may confuse that many agencies locate different points for the epicentre of same earthquake, it may happens because of recording stations around the possible location. Here is one example of one method to find out epicentre. To figure out just where that earthquake happened, you need to look at your seismogram and you need to know what at least two other seismographs recorded for the same earthquake. You will also need a map of the world,...

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Moderately strong earthquake M6.2 rocked Mexico 21st August 2013

 A moderately strong earthquake shook Mexico's capital Wednesday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damages. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a magnitude of 6.2 and was centered on the Pacific coast, near the resort of Acapulco. There was also another after shock of M5.3 lagging of about 32 minute with main shock. Buildings swayed in the capital and some people evacuated buildings as an earthquake alarm sounded. The alarm also went off for a second, smaller quake a few minutes later. Mexico City is vulnerable...

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Series of earthquakes rocked New Zealand

Strong quakes of foreshock and aftershock for main tremor of M6.5 (initially reported M6.9 but later down to 6.5) at 2:31 PM NZ time rocked newzealand south island. Epicenter was in the north east tip of south island, which is near to the capital city wellington. On the same area about three weeks ago there was tremor of M6.5 caused several damages. Yesterday there was no any report of even serious injury, many people came down to the ground and evacuated to safe places. several people who trapped in elevators were successfully rescued. There...

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How bullets are loading on earthquake gun in developing countries??

When earthquake of level around M6.5 occur in Japan hardly claim life but if the same level will be in Indonesia, Philippines, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan etc. countries will have to loss in several thousands? Bryan Walsh wrote in TIME as earthquakes are gun and structures are bullet that load on gun and fire to people. He specially focus on south central Asia about earthquake and disaster in his last article How Shoddily Constructed Buildings Become Weapons of Mass Destruction . I totally agree with his article that...

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Earthquake alert message in Japan went wrong

August 08, 2013 at 4:56 PM, i was in my research laboratory concentrating on some programs of my research, In laboratory there are also other friends who are busy on their own task, Cell phones of one friend start to ring and vibrate on different sound, then all of us just little bit confuse about that sound but later with in seconds all of our cell phones display emergency message about the great earthquak . All of us took precautions and just...

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Mega cities and rural area : Linkage and problems

A megacity is usually defined as a metropolitan area with a total population in excess of 10 million people. Some definitions also set a minimum level for population density (at least 2,000 persons/square km). A megacity can be a single metropolitan area or two or more metropolitan areas that converge. The terms conurbation, metropolis and metroplex are also applied...

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Confirmed 1906 San Francisco Earthquake fault after century

In 1906 there was a great San Francisco M7.7 Earthquake and fire following earthquake, that cause almost 664 casualties and 225,000 homeless among 400,000 population. More than 28,000 buildings collapsed and loss of more than $400 million of monetary value. San Andreas fault earthquake cut a trench in 1906 through Portola valley. Seismologists and Geologists are on debate about the source of this earthquake due to poorly reproduced...

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Earthquake Warning System in Japan

Earthquake is an event when two main plates collide each other in their boundaries for strong shaking, small level of earthquake are even felt by mining, volcanic activities too. Moderate level of earthquake may cause due to inter plate(when in boundary of two major plates) or intra-plate (in between small plates with in major plate). Earthquake produces major waves that they called P-wave and S-wave from the source which travel through the body of earth and reach up to ground surface. In ground it changes in to surface waves and cause tremors...

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प्रकोप न्युनिकरण र बिकासका चुनौती

 - ई. केशब शर्मा (पौडेल) मनसुनको औपचारिक प्रबेश नहुँदै जेष्ठ २२ गते राती ताप्लेजुङ्गको थुकिम्बा–६ मा गएको पहिरोले एकै परिवारका सात जनाको मृत्यु तथा चार जना बेपत्ता भएको खबर आयो । त्यस पछी भोजपुर हुँदै मध्य तथा सुदुरपश्चिम लगायत देशका धेरै स्थानहरुमा भीषण वर्षा सँगै आएको बाढी पहिरोले धेरै जनधनको क्षती भएको छ । सरकारी तथ्यांक अनुसार यसै वर्षको असारसम्म मात्र बाढी पहिरोले  ६० जना भन्दा बढीले ज्यान गुमाइसकेका र करीब...

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