Earthquake News Update Recent Earthquakes Tsunami Warning Disaster Information

***Earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor, or temblor) is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes are recorded with a seismometer, also known as a seismograph. The moment magnitude (or the related and mostly obsolete Richter magnitude) of an earthquake is conventionally reported, with magnitude 3 or lower earthquakes being mostly imperceptible and magnitude 7 causing serious damage over large areas

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Earthquake Disaster | Earthquakes Magnitude | Tremor Location

***At The Earth's Surface, earthquakes manifest themselves by shaking and sometimes displacing the ground. When a large earthquake epicenter is located offshore, the seabed sometimes suffers sufficient displacement to cause a tsunami. The shaking in earthquakes can also trigger landslides and occasionally volcanic activity.

Sendai

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this was the results of the March 2011 tsunami disaster in Tohoku Japan

#1942 Radioactive sludge woes piling up

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• Radioactive sludge woes piling up ← 400 metric tons per day

#1941 NISA to rubber-stamp report on Oi reactors' stress tests

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• Reactor 2 temperatures said trending lower
• Fukushima Hawaiian-themed resort fully reopens
• NISA to rubber-stamp report on Oi reactors' stress tests ← preparing way for first nuke plant restarts since 3/11
• Biomass plants to burn quake debris

#1940 Japan Times front page

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• Emails bare NRC's Fukushima chaos

What do we know

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We realized we were a bit ignorant too..

Rooms redesigned

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How our participants redesigned their rooms

What we know

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What would you do

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interviewee asked what she would do if in bed during and earthquake

5 What we know

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11 building our house

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12 Intro

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Introducing out participants to our prototype

Quiz

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The quiz portion of the prototype

13 What they know

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participants do a team brainstorm to see how much they know about what to do before, during and after an earthquake

Redesign your room

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Their task is now to redesign the dorm room in an earthquake safe way using what they just learned and "earthquake putty and hooks"

3 What would you do

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another interviewee showing what they would do in case of an earthquake

9 because/but/surprising

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8 User/Need

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2 Doorframe

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Participant shows what she would do in case of an earthquake- run under a door frame

Participant Water

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Changes in behavior- after realizing that he would need 3 days of water and food in the case of an earthquake, this participant decided to always keep his room stocked with water and food. "It's the part that scared me the most... [and] I can do that"

Before Room

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This participant's original desk set up.

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