Nocere – Earth Disasters

On Saturday, early in the morning, a 7.0 earthquake shook the island as residents poured into the streets.

There were windows exploding and buildings falling to the ground but at this time no deaths have been reported.

The Christchurch City where it hit has been declared a state of emergency. They have experienced very much damage and qualify for it.

This declaration permits the officials to make people leave the area and not allow them to return to unsafe conditions.

About 100 people have been treated for minor injuries. There are two people whose injuries were more serious.

Pictures were taken of fallen buildings, and streets scattered with brick and rock debris.

20 minutes after the first quake, an after shock of 5.7 magnitude was felt.

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It is thought that potentially 400 people  have perished in the 6.9 magnitude earthquake that hit China’s Qinghai state in the early morning hours on Wednesday.

There were about 10,000 people that recieved wounds from the quake.

School children were amidst the victims entombed under rubble . Many people were acting as quickly as they could using bare hands to dig people out from under the rubble.

The quake was measured by the U.S. Geological Survey as a 6.9 magnitude quake. It hit China around 7:49 am ET.

A great deal of people were in their homes and school was just getting started for the day.

There were many after shocks, one measured as much as 5.8 on the scale. All were within a few hours of the first earthquake.

The homes in the area hit, are not very well constructed. Many are made of wood and dirt walls. Many fell in along with a Buddist pagoda located in a park.

the tremors  have caused homes to fall along with many other types of buildings. Roads need to be repaired and the electrical power failure has played havoc with people being able to connect.

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A strong earthquake has killed at least 57 people that has struck remote villages in eastern Turkey. There are around 50 other people injured. The disaster or shake with a magnitude of 6 on the Richter scale struck in the early hours of morning, making down houses in a destruction in at least six small villages. There are two version of news about the victims, The Turkish government’s crisis center says around 100 people were injured, although other reports put the figure at 50. In one village witnesses say everything has been knocked down. Not a stone has been left in place. Emergency workers are still trying to rescue people from the debris. Authority officials say the initial quake has been followed by about 30 aftershocks. Earthquakes are frequent in Turkey, which sits on top of the north Anatolian line.

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Haitian officials say eight civilians are dead and two other people are missing during a heavy rain pounded the southwest and inflicted prevalent flooding. Rain collapsed round Les Cayes onto the country’s southern peninsula. The civil safety faculty says a prison flooded and more than 400 prisoners were evacuated. City delegate Josephe Mary Yves Aurbour says the dead from Saturday’s storm involve two adults and a child killed when water rushed into their house and dusted them into a rain-swollen river. It’s still numerous weeks until Haiti’s rainy season typically starts. It also has been raining, but not as steely, within branches of the capital, whereas hundreds of thousands of civilians are living outside as soon as their houses were destroyed within the earthquake.

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At least 122 people have perished in an earthquake that hit the country on the northeastern side of the city of Concepcion and on the southwestern side of Chili’s capital, Santiago. It hit at 0634 GMT.

The area has been declared a “state of catastrophe” by the president Michelle Backelet.

The quake set off many  tsumami  alerts in areas of the Pacific Ocean.

This quake is the highest magnitude to hit Chili in 50 years.

In Santago, at least 13 people died and many buildings fell down. A 2 level parking garage fell flat to the ground smashing many cars parked in it.

A fire started at a chemical plant on the outer parts of Santago causing many people to leave their homes.

In Maule, 34 people have perished. There are many deaths being reported in the areas of O’Higgins  in  Biobio, Araucania and also in Valparaiso.

The newly elected president of Chili, Sebastian Pinera, figures the total of people who have perished to be 122. The number could go up.

At this point, Parral seems to have been hit the hardest.They are the closest to the epicenter.

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Haiti remains in turmoil as survivors are still being pulled from the rubble.

People are being rescued that have been nearly a week without food or water. One trapped survivor has reported that he had eaten peanut butter and jelly from the store he was trapped in. He was really one of the lucky ones. He had food.

A student, Maxine Fallon, forced herself to remain awake hoping for rescuers who finally did arrive. Praying for help constantly. There are possibly many more under the remains of the school that Fallon was trapped inside of.

Jessica is a little girl, 6 years of age. She was successfully rescued by locals and transported to a make shift hospital.

There are still many survivors under all the debris in Haiti. Waiting for help.

The situation in Haiti is still in chaos. There isn’t enough food or water. People are stealing candles to have light in their homes.

Fights have developed but the officials are saying the area is stable.

The rescue efforts will be continuing.

There have been 24 US citizens that perished in the quake. Another 25 are still missing but there is feeling that they have too passed away.

Even though there is no actual over all count of the number of people who perished in this quake, it is being estimated at one hundred thousand to onehundred and fifity thousand just in the Port-au-Prince locality.

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All of the Port-au-Prince has possibly been destroyed in the 7.0 earthquake that spread destruction accross the island of Haiti on Tuesday.

It is feared that hundreds of thousands of people could have possibly perished from the quake.

Massive amounts of buildings and area neighborhoods have been demolished.

There are people everywhere but it is difficult to know what areas they live in.

The people are acting with kindness as they try and help each other out in the streets. They are doing their best to take care of themselves in this time of turmoil.

A US General, Douglas Fraser  has reported fears that there is a large numbers of people that perished.

There is a loss of the much needed resources of water and electrical power.

The quake has been described as a major catastrophe.

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On Tuesday, an earthquake measuring 7.0 hit the island of Haiti. Buildings fell and major damage resulted from the quake. It was devastating to the Caribbean which is already considered a poor nation.

The earth quake hit approximately 10 miles on the southwestern side of Port-au-Prince the capital of Haiti at about 5pm.

As this time, there isn’t very much news available as to the exact harm done by the earthquake.

According to the ambassador, it is a major disaster.

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