why some part of kobe in the kobe earthquake were damage more than others?
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Higashinada area was damaged more than other area.\nVisit web sites bellow,you can find more information.
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When there are disasters in some parts of the world like tsunamis,earthquakes people get together to help the victims by providing funds,clothing,medicines,etc.This way natural disasters help to unite the world.
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the san andreas fault which sits right below the western part of california will eventually fall due to a massive earthquake ,.................dont start packing yet  according to some geologist we talking about 100-175000 yrs from now
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In terms of loss of human life the deadliest was on January 23rd 1556 in Shaanxi, China. It measured 8 on the richter scale. An estimated 830,000 people were killed during the quake.\n\nThe largest recorded earthquake occured in Chile in South America on May 22nd 1960. This earthquake was enormous at 9.5 of the richter scale. The epicenter of the earthquake (the point on the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake) was 60 meters down below the ocean floor about 100 miles off the coast of Chile out in the Pacific. \n\nThe nearby towns of Valdivia and Puerto Montt suffered devastating damage because of their closeness to the center of such a massive quake. The loss of human life was not as bad as it could have been because there were large foreshocks that sent people into the streets. \n\nThe damage from the quake was not limited to the nearby shores of Chile. Enormous tsunamis caused by the quake, traveled for thousands of miles across the Pacific Ocean, reaching the shores of Hawaii, the Philippines, and even Japan devastating everything in their path.\n\nThe earthquake that occured on December 26 2004  was recorded as a 9.3 on the Richter scale which was just below what had occured in Chile. This one resulted in 275,000 deaths. \n\nHope this helped you out a little.
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It's probably a coincidence.  If you were where the earthquake happened, I would say you are one of the rare people who are sensitive to the subsonic waves that often precede and earthquake.\n\nI mean look at this map: http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/index.html .  In the past week there were 285 earthquakes in California and Nevada.  Any day you had some pain you could have found an earthquake, possibly happening within minutes.\n\nBut it is possible to feel things in the bones, especially changes in the weather.  In the joints, there is something called sinovial fluid, and it has small bubbles of nitrogen.  Changes in atmospheric pressure can cause pain, especially in arthritic joints.
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All depends on the magnitude and the location of the earthquake along the fault.
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The first link provides current and historical information regarding the fault.  The second link is to the history channel's web site which contains a brief overview of the Mega Disaster's episode on a possible future fault movement.\n\nhttp://quake.ualr.edu/public/nmfz.htm\nhttp://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Episodes&content_type_id=1435&display_order=3&mini_id=1401
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It is caused by the movement of large plates on the earth's crust.  When these plates move into each other it causes a collision, which basicallly push them together - hence the reason for all the Mountains out west - 2 plates pushed together caused the ends to go up...hence mountains...but when these plates move you get the shaking, thus causing an earthquake.
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Almost 80,000 people lost their life in this worst ever earthquake in this area.\nIt happened on 8th of October 2005.\nIt was of 7.6 megnituide.\nThese days earthquake hit areas are under very very cold weather. Snow is falling their and they people dont have homes still living in camps n tants provided by Gov. and UNO. they dont have schools, hospitals, clean water.\nCauses told by some geologists were the movement of plates under that area.
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An earthquake on the sea floor of the ocean caused a landslide. It's hard to believe, but the rocks and debris in this landslide move at over 100 MPH, even under water. \n\nThis landslide displaced the water above it, causing a valley in the watter, from which the huge waves were formed, probably 30 ft high. \n\nIf you've ever done a belly flop into the water from a high-diving board, you know that water acts more like a solid at high speed. So with the tsunami wave rushing at the land at high speed, it's like a freight train crashing into the shore. \n\nTragically, it's not the wave itself that kills most people. Although the wave does the most destruction, most of the "freight train" effect is dissipated in the first block from shore, but the water keeps going inland. It is the rushing water backward into the sea that drags people and animals and anything lose with it, and they drown in a hurrican of water.
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Places that are less geologically active, and less prone to quakes, should be away from subduction zones, away from hot spots and volcanoes, and in very old stable landmasses, like in the center of continents as long as it is not a young mountain range.\nThere are a few places, but it is likely they will have some other undesirable characteristics, like foul weather, pests, or lack of ressources.  The following link shows where the most recent earthquakes occured, the second one shows which area are more affected.
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You are still near seismically (sp) active areas.  Could easily be influenced by that.  Vegatative deacy?  Near Livermore????  Lots of nasty things dumped in the ground out that way.
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Magnitude 9.5 in Chile on May 22, 1960.\n\nMore than 2,000 killed, 3,000 injured, 2,000,000 homeless, and $550 million damage in southern Chile; tsunami caused 61 deaths, $75 million damage in Hawaii; 138 deaths and $50 million damage in Japan; 32 dead and missing in the Philippines; and $500,000 damage to the west coast of the United States.
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Japan, US, Mexico, etc around the Pacific Ocean.  Subject to a lot of earthquakes and volcanoes (caused by the same thing)
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the richter scale is only as accurate as the agency that maintains it.  but for the most part they are very accurate.  the only reason i could think of as to the mountains is that the quake was close enough to a natural fault line deep in the mountain
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because of the brutal pearl harbor attack\n\n:> peace\n.
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The world is divided up into different plates, which move around ever so slowly. Sometimes they collide, and a mountain is formed as the sides of the plates hit each other and push upwards. This is how the Himalayas were formed, and they are getting higher as the plates slowly push against each other. Where two plates push past each other, an earthquake can result. This is the case along the San Andreas Fault. Hope this helps!