Earthquakes
An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in size from those that are so weak that they cannot be felt to those violent enough to propel objects and people into the air, and wreak destruction across entire cities. The seismicity, or seismic activity, of an area is the frequency, type, and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time. The word tremor is also used for non-earthquake seismic rumbling. …
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GFI: Green Finance Institute · 24 April 2024 English
The objective of this project was to assess the materiality of nature-related risks to the UK financial sector both in the near-term and the longer-term. At least half of global …
we do not include geological risks such as earthquakes or volcanic activity. The NRRI does not aim to …
ActionAid Association (India) · 21 April 2024 English
Definition of Construction Workers The definition of construction workers in the Building and Other Construction Workers Act, 1996 should be amended and expanded in line with supply and value chains …
housing damage caused by rains, floods, cyclones, earthquakes, and landslides, providing essential government … a wide range of natural disasters, including earthquakes, floods, cyclones, droughts, landslides, and …
PI: Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development · 19 April 2024 English
We respectfully acknowledge the space our organization is headquartered in as the traditional and ancestral territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy, comprised of the bands Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai, the Îyârhe …
increase resilience to extreme weather events and earthquakes.1 The modelling completed for that report demonstrated …
UNDP: United Nations Development Programme · 18 April 2024 English
Young people represent a sizeable and vital population in Small Island Developing States (SIDS). For them, digital technologies are more than just tools; they are gateways to new horizons. Digital …
are naturally prone to disasters caused by earthquakes and severe weather events and are being affected …
PICES: North Pacific Marine Science Organization · 17 April 2024 English
All names and claims expressed in this book of abstracts are solely those of the authors and do not represent those of the PICES Organization, nor those of their affiliated …
Pacific Ring of Fire, a geological region prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, poses a risk to the tourism …
UNFPA: United Nations Population Fund · 17 April 2024 English
It is important to note that of material in maps do not imply the expression transgender men and non-binary people also experience pregnancy, and that gender-diverse people experience of any …
Association and gynaecologists whenever two powerful earthquakes struck in of Public Health Specialists, a woman … pregnant, being displaced and since the 2023 earthquakes, as well as reports of sexual abuse, coercion …
UNAMA: United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan · 17 April 2024 English
In 2023, we continued I would like to express my gratitude to the United to grapple with the challenges of upholding our core Nations agencies, our partners from the International …
been falling for the past five years. The Herat earthquakes of adversity and multiple concurrent shocks, … Humanitarian needs, compounded by shocks like the Herat earthquakes and returns from Pakistan, highlight the need … to shocks, sustain livelihoods, protect human earthquakes in Herat increased the humanitarian needs rights … developments in Afghanistan ©UNICEF/ /Khayyam Herat Earthquakes 2023 Post-Disaster and Needs Assessment (PDNA) … (PDNA) In October 2023, four powerful earthquakes struck Herat For the 12 months following the earthquake …
RSIS: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies · 17 April 2024 English
In addition to the sectoral variation in the impacts of economic policymaking, the second reason that Ang and Heilmann’s explanations do not fully account for the apparent failure of China’s …
Chinese Politics as Fragmented Authoritarianism: Earthquakes, Energy and Environment, ed. Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard … Chinese Politics as Fragmented Authoritarianism: Earthquakes, Energy and Environment, ed. Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard …
World Bank Group · 17 April 2024 English
With nearly 420 million children reached worldwide, school meals are among the largest-scale social protection interventions. This paper traces the evolution of school meals programs globally, examines the empirical evidence …
global financial crisis in 2008, droughts, and earthquakes) have repeatedly highlighted the crucial role …
World Bank Group · 15 April 2024 English
Ratings for the Pacific Resilience Program for Pacific Islands were as follows: outcomes were moderately satisfactory, the Bank performance was moderately satisfactory, and the monitoring and evaluation quality was modest. …
1950 to 2010, reported impacts from cyclones, earthquakes and tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, and other … information on depth, magnitude, and location of earthquakes. - Improved spatial accuracy for volcanic activity … These are likely to strengthen early warning for earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic hazards in participating … for cyclone wind and inundation, tsunamis and earthquakes, riverine flooding, and volcanic eruption (in …
