Secondary 1 History-Geography Integrated Assignment Geography Component Term 1 2010 News Blog On Natural Disasters. Many of the surrounding villages suffered most damage. Though the aftershocks caused safety problems for rescue crews with cranes and backhoes who are searching for injur.

Sunday, February 28, 2010. Pictures of the Irpinia Earthquake in 1980. 689 magnitude earthquake in Irpinia, Italy. A massive earthquake rocked Irpinia, in southern Italy. 2914 people were killed, more than 10 000 were injured. and about 300 000 people were homeless. I think that the govern.

Sunday, February 28, 2010. On the 6th of April, an earthquake occured in the region of Abruzzo, in central Italy at 3. There are three kinds of crustal movement, they are when plates slide past each other, plates push against each other or the plates pull apart. In this case, the plates slide past each other that caused the earthquake.

Saturday, February 27, 2010. It was the worst earthquake in 30 years. I think that the government should put in more money to make the buildings stronger. If the buildings were stronger, the death toll would not be so high. Although more money would be needed, but the.

Saturday, February 20, 2010. An earthquake occurred in Armenia, Colombia on 25 January 1999. The magnitude of the earthquake was 6. This area has a well - known seismic risk because of the triple junction that occurs at the north-west corner of the South-American plate. It was due to a convergent plate movement. Due to this tragic disaster, the Colombian president postponed his trip to attend a World Bank meeting in Germany, but in turn flew down to Pereira.

Saturday, February 27, 2010. The quake hit 325 kilometres southwest of the capital, Santiago, off the coast of Concepcion, at a depth of 35 kilometres. 5 hours following the 90 second quake, there were reportedly 11 aftershocks, 5 of which were about 6. The government has dispatched three emergencies response teams to costal areas.

Saturday, February 27, 2010. Thousands were killed in the eruption of a volcano named Nevada del Ruiz in northern Colombia in 13 November. Four towns in the Andes region have been affected by the disaster as when ash spewed out of the volcano, a mudslide was produced. 23 000 people died and thousands were injured. Many were left homeless and the area affected was extended to a large scale. The loss of property was huge due to the mudflow. After receiving the information on .