Essays on Earthquake

Oplan Metro Yakal Plus Oplan Metro Yakal Plus or Metro Manila Earthquake Contingency Plan shows how the government of Manila to make operation when an earthquake before and after strikes. This is formulated from the three general policies which are Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015 – 2013, RA No. 10121 of 2010, and...

Among one of the largest economy boosters that is the gas and oil business of hydraulic fracturing, stands one of the largest feuds with opposing arguments. Something that states such as Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas have “revolved around since statehood” (Sanburn). In this paper will be discussed the feud between oil and gas corporations against...

Overview of the event: Haiti is a poor city; however, it’s better known for its frequent and destructive earthquakes. Earthquakes are caused by the movement and tension between the tectonic plates. In this scenario, Haiti lays in between the Caribbean and North American tectonic plates, two major fault lines. The Haiti earthquake is one of...

The 2015 Nepal Earthquake happened at 11:56 AM on the 25th of April ,there was nearly 9,000 casualties and nearly 22,000 injuries with the main injures occurring in the capital Kathmandu. The map above displays an index of the severity of certain parts of the earthquakes like perceived shaking which is how much shaking is...

Introduction On 3 April 2007 a magnitude 8.1 earthquake hit the Solomon Islands at 07:40 local time. This caused shaking that lasted for more than 1 minute. It hit just off the main island of Gizo Province. A short time after, another eight earthquakes of a smaller magnitude triggered a tsunami. This earthquake occurred due...

Is Hydraulic Fracturing Responsible for Earthquakes? Introduction to the Controversy Hydraulic Fracturing knew as ‘fracking’, is a process that is carried out by drilling horizontally down the earth using intense high-pressure to extract Earths resources. By injecting millions of gallons of water containing sand, salt and other toxic chemicals which is then placed into shale...

Nurses serve a critical role in emergency preparedness at the local, state, and national levels through planning, community and consumer education, and direct care provided during disasters. An earthquake is a shaking of the Earth, specific region not the whole Earth, caused by the stress placed on the Earth’s crust from the shifting of the...