Earthquakes As A Natural Disaster

The main definition of natural disaster is “any catastrophic event that is caused by nature or the natural processes of the earth”. Natural disasters happen all around the world, it is a major event resulting from a natural process of the Earth, for example the most common are hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, tornados, and volcanic eruptions. A natural disaster can cause a lot of damage, and also loss of life. These disasters typically cause economic damage, which it´s very difficult to recover from. Some of the events will not rise to the level of a natural disaster if it occurs in an area without vulnerable population, however if it occurs in a vulnerable and populated area, it is considered a natural disaster, and it can cause serious

Earthquakes evidence themselves by shaking, trembling, and sometimes movement of the ground. They are caused by a slipper in the inner earthly faults. They can swing in capacity and in size, from the ones that are so weak that people don’t even feel, to those that can toss people around and can also destroy an entire city with its violent movement. Earthquakes by themselves unfrequently kill people. It is usually the secondary events, like buildings collapsing, tsunamis, fires, and volcanoes. Many of this type of things can be avoided by a better construction, early warning, and safety

When this body of water tries to recover its balance, it generates waves. The size of the tsunami will be determined by the magnitude of the vertical deformation of the seabed among other parameters. It is common for a tsunami that travels a greater distance to decrease the height of its waves, but it will always maintain a speed determined by the depth over which the tsunami moves. Tides and tsunamis both create waves of water, but in the case of a tsunami the inland movement of water may be much greater, making the impression of really high and strong tide. Although the impact and the destruction of a tsunami is limited to coastal areas, their destructive power can mi enormous. For example the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history, because at least 230,000 people died. The wave reached about 30 meters in height, although tsunami waves can be