Essays Tagged: "epicenter"

The Kobe earthquake.

Specific Geological causes:The magnitude of the Hanshin earthquake is 7.2 on the Richter scale. The epicenter is 34.6 N 135.0E Awajishima Island, 20 miles south of Kobe and the focus of the earthquake ...

(2 pages) 63 0 4.1 May/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

The Largest Earthquake in History: Chile 1960

recorded as 9.5 M. This occurred on May 22,1960. The earthquake struck at 2:11 p.m. local time. The epicenter of the earthquake was60 meters down below the eastern Pacific Ocean floor, about 100 miles ...

(2 pages) 41 0 3.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

Change and Modernization: The Industrial Revolution (an anthropologists point of view)

of the movement can be traced to 1750 and continued through to about 1870. Although Britain was the epicenter of this change not many countries were unaffected by this. It may be argued that the reaso ...

(9 pages) 116 0 4.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

Chillean Earthquake

e designed to detect the amount of energy released by the movement of the ground during a quake.The epicenter of the earthquake was 60 meters down below the ocean floor about 100 miles off the coast o ...

(1 pages) 35 2 2.8 Dec/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

FDR Declares War - A Review of His "Infamy" Speech

empts to remain neutral, but the events of the following day will thrust The United States into the epicenter of the storm. On December 7, 1941, while Japanese diplomats were in Washington D.C. negoti ...

(3 pages) 50 0 3.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies

1976 Tangshan Earthquake

n the twentieth century occurred on July 28, 1976 near the east coast of the Republic of China. The epicenter was at the city of Tangshan, in the Hebei province, about 90 miles southeast of Beijing; t ...

(17 pages) 45 0 4.3 Mar/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

The December 26, 2004 Tsunami in Southeast Asia

known to evacuate. The earthquake was located about forty kilometers down sea level with its epicenter at 3.298oN, 95.779oE and the focal depth was about ten kilometers. "Hundreds, if not thous ... he rupture seems to have occurred in two segments beginning near the western coast of North Sumatra epicenter. It then moved northward, at a fast pace, to the Andaman Islands where a major fault alrea ...

(5 pages) 54 1 4.2 Jul/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences

Jesus: The Dawn of a New Jerusalem.

odus operandi: to birth a new ethic of behavior in a pious, ethnocentric culture. Jerusalem was the epicenter of an exclusivist society and religion, melded into its national setting (Israel) to its v ...

(3 pages) 23 2 1.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

Newspaper article: What Is It Like To Live In One Of The World's "Hot Spots" ?

ise. An earthquake that measured 8 on the Richter scale was an abrupt wake up call to everyone. The epicenter of the earthquake was nearest to Aceh, a populated city in the island of Sumatra, Indonesi ...

(4 pages) 37 0 3.0 May/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Newcastle Earthquake Case Study

n comparison to other major earthquakes in the world.LocationThe Newcastle earthquake had a shallow epicenter, about 1km - 5km below the surface which meant that the tremors from the earthquake was no ...

(2 pages) 19 0 5.0 May/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" by Harriet Ann Jacobs: A Look at Oppression

e United States today is arguably the most powerful nation in the world. It is a country that is an epicenter for commerce and trade, for cultural and artistic endeavors, and for politics on a global ...

(5 pages) 74 0 0.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Emily the Fallen Rose

ssachusetts, the state where Emily was born and raised in, before the transcendental period was the epicenter of religious practice. Founded by the puritans, the feeling of the avenging had never left ...

(4 pages) 23 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Hurricane Katrina and Global Warming

rlwind, which in the case of Katrina reached in diameter up to 215 miles with the wind speed in the epicenter being 155mi/h. The wave height in the Gulf of Mexico, in a zone where Katrina passed, reac ...

(4 pages) 31 0 0.0 Dec/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Jet Blue: Change Analysis

nology and have 100% e-tickets.The System Operations Center (SOC) is the heart of the airline - the epicenter where effective decision-making, communication, teamwork, and leadership are critical to e ...

(16 pages) 199 0 4.5 Jan/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management

Innovative Teaching Strategies in Nursing and Related Health Professions

ebate should flow in the classroom and the potential barriers and overall benefits.Debate is at the epicenter of a democratic society. The ability to persuade another person to coincide with personal ...

(4 pages) 30 0 0.0 Jul/2010

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology