Although the damage was not as great as the Sichuan Earthquake, I felt that we could actually warn the citizens who are staying there to first evacuate. The government should also prepare enough shelter and food for those people as we have to be prepared for disasters and know how to handle them. The government did not really do anything because the damage of the earthquake was not that severe. However I think that when there is another earthquake I think the government will warn the citizens.
9:53 PM
a wonderful day;
This picture is the picture of the plates.
In my previous post, I posted about an earthquake in Africa in Tanzania. Through my thinking, I think that the Tanzania earthquake movement is because of the transform faults between the African Plate and the South American Plate.
Picture cited from:Retrieved on the 25/2/2010
9:27 PM
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The quake was largely felt around Mbeya and along Lake Tanganyika.
On Monday, 2 October 2000, 13:19 GMT 14:19 UK
Tanzania was reported to have been struck by a strong earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale. Luckily, no casualties had been reported. A quake of this magnitude had the potential to cause substantial damage in a populated area, but the area was mainly farmland and was lightly populated.A regional police commander in the town of Sumbawanga, close to Mbeya, said there were three tremors within 10 minutes. "The first one was very, very big. My bed was shaking. I got out of the house to see if there was any damage, but everything was okay," Lamech Kibacho told Reuters. However, someone who lived 200km north of Mbeya, Abubakar Mgumya, told BBC News Online that he had not heard the earthquake. However the regional commissioner of Kigoma, Mr Mgumya ,told the fisher around the lake, the police and even his weathermen but nobody seemed to know about the earthquake. Lake Tanganyika lies about 900 km (600 miles) west of the capital, Dar es Salaam did not felt the earthquake there as well.
Adapted from:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/952886.stm
Retrieved on the 25/2/2010
9:14 PM
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testing testing.. test my blog for geography post ** test test i will start posting tomorrow! tonight is finding infomation :)
9:17 PM
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