GEO 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Typhoid Fever, Strait Of Georgia, North American Plate
9 Apr 2016
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Misleading nothing to do with ides. Chile 1960 earthquake 9. 5 richter scale- tsunami reached. Japan: 1833- krakatoa volcano explodes, submerged the island of rakata (between sumatra and java, generated shore waves up to 35 meters high, death toll 32,00 people in east indies. As crest approaches a cost it slows and build up on top of itself. Wave heights: chile 18 meters, hawaii 11 meters, japan 9 meters. Indonesia, india, sri lanka and thailand 124,000 killed. Disease followed cholera and typhoid (water contaminaion) The island of indonesia was shited 30 meters and water travelled inland. High speed trains and factories were shut down. Populaion received warning of the earthquake and warning on cellphones. The fukushima dalichi nuclear power plant had a meltdown and consequent release of radioacive material everyday since 2013. Only about 6/10 moved and the rest stayed because didn"t think it was that dangerous (58%)
