Natural Disaster Earthquake Information. Pesticides chemical and oil spills hazardous waste. Examples are floods hurricanes tornadoes volcanic eruptions earthquakes tsunamis storms and other geologic processes a natural disaster can cause loss of life or damage property and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake the severity of which depends on the affected population s.
What is an earthquake. Call the national response center 1 800 424 8802 24 hours a day every day. Please note the linked information is written for hurricane recovery but much of it will still apply to earthquake recovery activities.
Examples are floods hurricanes tornadoes volcanic eruptions earthquakes tsunamis storms and other geologic processes a natural disaster can cause loss of life or damage property and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake the severity of which depends on the affected population s.
We can t stop natural disasters from happening but engineers and scientists try to minimize their impact. Global for hotspots data. Earthquakes volcanoes tsunamis hurricanes and tornadoes are all examples of natural disasters. Earthquake any sudden shaking of the ground caused by the passage of seismic waves through earth s rocks.
