The Philippines lies along the Pacific Ring of Fire, which causes the country to havefrequent seismic and volcanic activity. Many earthquakes of smaller magnitude occur very regularly due to the meeting of major tectonic plates in the region. Why is the Philippines prone to natural disasters? The...
The largest earthquake to hit the United States was a magnitude 9.2 quake that was also on the Ring of Fire. It shook Prince William Sound, Alaska, on March 27, 1964. There are two other "earthquake belts" where most of the rest of the earthquakes on the planet happen. One is the ...
WHAT MAKES HAITI PRONE TO EARTHQUAKES? The Earth’s crust is made up of tectonic plates that move. And Haiti sits near the intersection of two of them — the North American plate and the Caribbean plate. Multiple fault lines between those plates cut through or near the island of Hispaniola...
How to predict the uncontrollable Natural disasters are here to stay. But we can minimize their destruction by predicting and preparing for events like floods. Learn how organizations are using AI and predictive analytics to make the world safer. ...
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Japan is in a seismically active region and is prone to earthquakes. Despite this, the country has developed a robust building code that requires with all buildings to be built to withstand earthquakes. This has resulted in the construction of some of the most earthquake-resistant buildings in...
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RELATED:How to Start a Business 2. There’s no market or too small of a market The best business ideas will fail if there isn’t a market for what you sell, or if the market suddenly disappears because of economic changes or natural disasters. While you can’t predict disasters, before...
Climate-related hazards, more specifically droughts, floods and storms, cause the largest share of people affected by disasters and major economic losses. While social and economic disaster-related losses are monitored and documented, this is not well established for the environmental losses. It is ...
We live in an unpredictable world and it appears to be getting worse. Put another way, our honeymoon period of the last few decades is probably ending. Our planet is changing, causing more frequent and severe natural disasters. The fundamental principles of the economy and what it means to ...