Kingsway social studies year 8 no.5
Category: Andere
Wurde aktualisiert: 7 Mär 2018
Autoren
Created byWoosung Sim
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Ereignisse
Inangahua Earthquake
Depth: 12 km
Magnitude: 7.1
Areas affected: New Zealand
Casualties: 3 deaths, 14 injured
Time: 5:24
24th May, 1968Tangshan Earthquake
Depth: 7.5 km
Magnitude: 7.8
Areas affected: China
Casualties: 242,769 - 700,000
Time: 3:42
28th July, 1976Hurricane Mitch
Formed: October 22nd, 1998
Dissipated: November 9th 1998
Total fatalities: 11,374
Areas affected: Honduras, Nicaragua,
Yucatan Peninsula, South Florida,
Jamaica
Top wind speed: 285 km/h
21st October, 1998
Damage: $6.08 millionVrancea Earthquake
Magnitude: 6.5 (National Institute
for Earth Physics)
6.9 (United States Geological Survey)
Total damage: 55,000 homes damaged
Aftershocks: 77
Foreshock Magnitude: 5.5
Depth: 131 km
Casualties: 150 deaths, 558 injuries (unofficial)
30th August, 1986Hurricane Emily
Formed: 21st August, 1993
Dissipated: September 26th, 1993
Highest winds: 185 km/h (sustained
for 1 minute)
Total Fatalities: 3
Areas affected: East Coast of US
(particularly in the Outer Banks
of North Carolina)
Damage: $35 millionMt St. Helens
Date: 18th May, 1980
Time: 8:32 am
Location: Skamania County, Washington, U.S.
Casualties: Approximately 57 deaths
Damage: $1.1 billionNepal Earthquake
Date: 30th April, 2015
Time: 11:56 am
Magnitude: 7.8
Depth: 8.2 km
Areas affected: Nepal, India, China
Bangladesh
Total damage: $10 billion
Casualties: 8,857 deaths in Nepal, total
8,964 deaths, 3.5 million homelessCyclone Sidr
Formed: 11th November, 2007
Dissipated: November 16th, 2007
Highest winds: 215 km/h (3 minutes
sustained)
Fatalities: 3,447-15,000
Damage: $1.7 billion
Areas affected: Bangladesh, West Bengal,
Northeast IndiaBhola Cyclone
Formed: 3rd November, 1970
Dissipated: 13th November, 1970
Highest wind speed: 240 km/h (1 minute
sustained)
Total fatalities: 500,000 total
Areas affected: India, East Pakistan
(Bangladesh)
Total damage: 86.4 millionBam Earthquake
Depth: 15 km
Magnitude: 6.6
Time: 1:56 am
Date: 26th December, 2003
Areas affected: Iran
Casualties: 26,271 deaths
22,628-30,000 injured, 45,000-75,600 displaced
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