Monday, April 25, 2011


Japan EQ & Tsunami: Environmental Effects

. How did earthquake change our nature? The scale includes observations on primary effects like
  • surface ruptures
  • uplift/subsidence
and on secondary effects like
  • mass movements (rockfalls and landslides)
  • ground cracks
  • liquefaction
  • waves and tsunamis
  • hydrogeological anomalies
  • tree shaking and
  • the extend of the affected area.

http://www.paleoseismicity.org/2011/03/13/japan-eq-tsunami-environmental-effects/
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7 comments:

  1. Brandi=]May 9, 2011 at 10:41 AM

    Hey Shu Ling, do you know what effects of the earthquake had on the Untied States?

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  2. LindseyMay 9, 2011 at 10:44 AM

    earthquakes cause many bad problems and the earthquake in japan was very powerful.. do you think there will be another earthquake in japan?

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  3. shawneeMay 10, 2011 at 10:22 AM

    What long term effects are their in japan now that the tsuanami and earthquake hit?

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  4. lizMay 11, 2011 at 10:51 AM

    how much money is it going to take to rebuild part ofs of the country?

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  5. shulingMay 11, 2011 at 5:32 PM

    Brandi,Japan on Friday of a great earthquake and tsunami is expected to result in a temporary economic setbacks. But economists said, to rebuild their homes, companies and the efforts of highway at least partially offset the impact of disasters and may even stimulate the Japanese economy. Japan's largest economic impact of disasters on a more limited U.S.

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  6. shulingMay 11, 2011 at 5:37 PM

    lindsey.
    I think it will have. Because Japan is a plate in the plate and the junction of the country, is a frequent earthquake country.

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  7. shulingMay 11, 2011 at 5:40 PM

    shawnee.
    Japan's 8.9 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami, will result in Japan several basic effects: 1, once again sounded the survival of the Japanese nation a sense of crisis. 2 and improve Japan's national unity and cohesion. 3, to stimulate Japan's economic prosperity. 4, Japan will further strengthen in the future the pace of foreign expansion, simple look is to buy a house to buy to buy resources, deep step is continued immigration, military expansion is unlikely. Japan's current technology does not rely on capital and small in Japan, the land on the. 5, the Japanese may adjust its foreign and military policy. Japan seeks to secure diplomatic and military strategy from the thigh hold the United States may seek to change for the good neighborly policy. However, there are likely to be transformed into aggression and expansion.

    Japan's core problem, or homeland security issues.

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