HERE ARE SOME VIDEOS ON EARTHQUAKES IN KENYA :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86UEJY6SCN4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw1fpNuKwaY

GOVERNMENT AND NGO EFFORT TOWARDS EARTHQUAKES IN KENYA 

SINCE KENYA IS NOT VERY ECONOMICALLY DEVELOPED , THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOT DONE MUCH OTHER THAN GIVING TRAINING CAMPS TO THE PUBLIC WHICH HELP THEM LEARN HOW TO PROTECT THEMSELVES IN THESE KIND OF SITUATIONS 

EARTHQUAKES IN KENYA 

ON 17 APRIL ,1991 KENYA WAS HIT BY A MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE THAT HAD A MAGNITUDE OF 9.8 ON THE RICHTER SCALE . IT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST DISASTERS IN THE WORLD . MANY BUILDINGS COLLAPSED AND OVER 50,00 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THIS DISASTER .

GOVERNMENT AND NGO EFFORT TOWARDS THE EARTHQUAKES IN THE UK

AFTER FACING MAJOR EARTHQUAKES IN 2008,THE UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT HAS COME UP WITH MORE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS TO TACKLE EARTHQUAKES AND OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS 

.NGO'S ARE GIVING TRAINING TO PEOPLE FOR SAFETY IN SUCH SITUATIONS , AND ARE GIVING FREE TREATMENT TO THE VICTIMS .

Here are some videos on earthquakes in  UK:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUWKLHBcCMA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=dQ3VUBEHWLg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeaL48OY3Do

CASE STUDIES I HAVE TAKEN UP

I HAVE TAKEN UP THE CASE STUDIES OF UK AND KENYA . 

EARTHQUAKES IN UK 

THE UK IS NOT GENERALLY ASSOCIATED WITH EARTHQUAKES , HOWEVER , BETWEEN 20-30 EARTHQUAKES ARE FELT BY PEOPLE EACH YEAR AND A FEW HUNDRED ONES ARE MEASURED USING SENSITIVE INSTRUMENTS . THE LARGEST EARTHQUAKE THAT OCCURRED IN THE UK WAS THE DOGGER BANK EARTHQUAKE (1931), WITH A MAGNITUDE OF 6.1 ON THE RICHTER SCALE . FORTUNATELY , IT WAS 60 MILES OFFSHORE , BUT WAS STILL POWERFUL ENOUGH TO CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS ON THE EAST COAST OF ENGLAND . THE MOST DAMAGING UK EARTHQUAKE OF THE UK WAS THE COLCHESTER EARTHQUAKE (1884) WITH A MAGNITUDE OF 9.1 ON THE RICHTER SCALE , SOME 1200 BUILDINGS NEEDED REPAIRS , CHIMNEYS COLLAPSED AND WALLS WERE CRACKED .

WHAT IS AN LEDC ?

LEDC STANDS FOR LESS ECONOMICALLY DEVELOPED COUNTRY THAT IS NOT WELL DEVELOPED IN WAYS TO TACKLE NATURAL DISASTERS BY USING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY . SOME LEDC COUNTRIES ARE :

• INDIA
• SPAIN
• THAILAND
• SIERRA LEONE
• PAKISTAN

WHAT IS AN MEDC ?

MEDC STANDS FOR MORE ECONOMICALLY DEVELOPED COUNTRY THAT IS  WELL DEVELOPED IN WAYS TO TACKLE NATURAL DISASTERS BY USING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY . SOME MEDC COUNTRIES ARE :

• JAPAN
• USA
• UK
• SINGAPORE
• HONGKONG