Quakes 'decade's worst disasters' Almost 60% of the people killed by natural disasters in the past decade lost their lives in earthquakes, a UN-backed report has revealed.Commentsview comments in forum Page 1 You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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The earthquake was caused by subduction and triggered a series of devastating tsunamis along the coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean, killing nearly 230,000 people in fourteen countries, and inundating coastal communities with waves up to 30 meters (100 feet) high. It was one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand were the hardest hit.
With a magnitude of between 9.1 and 9.3, it is the second largest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph. This earthquake had the longest duration of faulting ever observed, between 8.3 and 10 minutes. It caused the entire planet to vibrate as much as 1 cm (0.4 inches) and triggered other earthquakes as far away as Alaska.
We've got almost 10 years of this decade to go. Let's hope they are right about this being the worst quake of the decade
Please, what a bs. Yes it was warm, yes people didnt have a way too cool, yes elderly died. They do every year because it is warm. Or just old. Don't make a drama out of this, this is bs.
Technically the decade doesn�t start till 2011...Same as the end of the millennium didn't come till after 1000 years which would have been 00:00:01 on Jan 1 2001. Unless there was a year 0 in which case the joke is on me (again).
The joke's not on you, the 21st century began on Jan 1 2001. There was no year 0.
Technically the decade doesn�t start till 2011...Same as the end of the millennium didn't come till after 1000 years which would have been 00:00:01 on Jan 1 2001. Unless there was a year 0 in which case the joke is on me (again).
For computational reasons astronomers use a time scale in which AD 1 = year 1, 1 BC = year 0, 2 BC = year ?1, etc.
Therefore, 2010 AD is the end of the decade.
What you suddenly discount the year from birth, to your first year.. your now a year younger.
Please, what a bs. Yes it was warm, yes people didnt have a way too cool, yes elderly died. They do every year because it is warm. Or just old. Don't make a drama out of this, this is bs.
Most were Frenchmen. They surrendered to heat
For the earthquakes, what killed the people in 2004 Sumatra quake was the tsunami. The ocean bed shifted vertically about 40 meters !