Thursday, October 29, 2009

The Effects of an Earthquake

By Keisuke Nakagawa

The impact of an earthquake is very serious for our life. Whenever earthquakes occur, we suffer from the damage. The damage affects economy, social organization, and nature. In this essay, I’m going to talk about the effects.

First, an earthquake gives us economic effects. Of course, the earthquake can break buildings. Therefore, offices and factories would be destroyed. If so, economic activities of the firm must be stopped. Such problems will be one more. The problems will come at the time of coming of an earthquake. It will affect not only each company but also the national economy. The efficiency of the national economy will get worse. An earthquake can destroy the economic activities.

The second effect is for social organization. The cruelest trouble is death of people. Every time a strong earthquake comes, many people are killed. Not to mention, that brings intense sorrow for survivors. Reduction of victims is a challenge for the nations. The worst situation is the outbreak in the biggest city. The victims will be more. And the headquarters of the nation will get damaged too. The collapse of the core will bring stronger chaos for the disaster area, because rescue and aid won’t work properly.

The third is effects for nature. An earthquake makes bad problems for the environment. The soil will be cracked. It causes landslides and liquefaction. The landslides are seen in forests and mountains. Sometimes, fallen trees and sand block the road and the railways. On the other hand, liquefaction is seen at coasts. Because of that, the land subsidence also occurs.

These impacts are very horrible for us. It is difficult to escape from the effects. However, we have to strive to reduce the damage. To keep our peaceful life, we need to find the way.

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