Nepal Earthquake 2011

On 18th September 2011  earthquake of magnitude 6.9 rocked in the Nepal Sikkim border. Till date more than 70 people have been killed in Nepal , India and Tibet. Nepal is earthquake prone countries. The constant movement of  tectonic plates between Indian and Tibetan subcontinent is pushing each other thereby causing stress underneath. For this reason, earthquake happens to release the pressure. After the  deadly earthquakes of 1934 and 1988, it is more devastating. Due to the low preparedness as well as non engineered houses there is more probability of the high damage situation. Pralhad Uprety  et al (2009) has done good research on the Kathmandu  city area and in their finding shows significant loss in possible large earthquake with epicenter nearby the Kathmandu.This time it was 300 km away from the epicenter and so not significant damage. Their findings are coming in international journal and will highlight the situation.

The Japan Earthquake March 11, 2011- Part 4 (6 months anniversary)

Time is running leaving us with all the good and bad memories of past times. It is the law of nature and therefore time is said to be very mighty. It has been 6 months since the great Tohoku earthquake has hit  Japan on 3/11/ 2011 causing widespread damage and casualties.More than 20,000 people lost their lives. 

Another tragedy of the event is the nuclear plant damage due to tsunami in Fukushima Nuclear plant run by TEPCO. Because of the radiation many areas have been evacuated. Though the situation has been taken under control but it is said that more than 100,000 people have not been able to  return their homes either due to the prohibitory orders and voluntary evacuation.It must have been very hard times for the affected population. In  spite of this resilience shown by them is praiseworthy.

On the very same day of the event it is the 10th anniversary of 9/11 event in New York, USA where the twins towers were hit by the suicide  aeroplane hijackers killing more than 3,000 innocent people. Designed by  architect Minoru Yamasaki, twins towers were two 110 storey with 10,000,000 square feet (930,000 m²) buildings.