Earthquake Story
Alaska – A very strong of the earthquake shook three Aleutian Islands fishing villages, Nikolski, Dutch Harbor and Unalaska, in three minutes. Alaska Tsunami Warning Center reported it measured 6.6 on Richter scale in Epicenter in the North Pacific about 40 miles east of the village of Nikolski and 850 miles southwest of Anchorage on Sunday night at 7:01 p.m. PST. Carts said that the quake was felt strongly in the towns of Unalaska, Dutch Harbor and Nikolski. These three fishing villages are located on western islands in the Aleutian chain. 20 aftershocks; one measured 5.0 on the scale. None was powerful enough to cause a tsunami, officials said. Earthquake of 6.6 magnitude can cause severe damage if it hits populated areas Aleutians are sparsely settled.
According to George Carts, there is no reports of damage or injuries. Richter scale measures ground motion and is recorded on seismographs; each increase of one number means a tenfold increase in magnitude; example, 7.5 is 10 times greater than 6.5. Official categories: 3.5 can cause slight damage; 4, moderate damage; 5, considerable damage; 6, severe damage; 7, major earthquake, can cause widespread heavy damage; 8, great quake.
Malaysia Green forum 2010
According to Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Razak, Malaysia is one of the most biologically diverse countries in the world, 60% of the national land area of 16 million hectares of tropical forest area, including precious. The asset protection is the key to sustainable development, he is more than 73% of the total forest area in this country, proud of the fact that currently protected by the National Park. He wants to Malaysia, University Putra Malaysia, Perbadanan Putrajaya and pay special attention to identification of the landscape in this forum Yang Amat mention Berbahagia Tun Jeanne Abdullah, Chairman landscape Malaysia co-sponsored in the country to promote the issues of the environment and landscape unit congratulations.
He has adopted a serious concern, the Environmental Quality Act, enacted on our environment, "as early as in 1974, one of the earliest countries in the world, the concept of sustainable development is an integral part of the Third Malaysia Plan, he admitted, bringing together 14 establishment, from four different ministries, the Ministry of natural Resources and Environment, paving the way for more comprehensive and consistent approach in solving environmental problems.
Government to continue to take the green technology growing necessity and urgency of understanding to achieve sustainable development. National Green Technology Policy was launched last year, 106 days after the establishment of the said Ministry. Called a "technical department of the National Green Technology Center also came to Malaysia Energy Centre through reorganization.
Finally, he was pleased to see that there are the unified leaders and experts from different backgrounds MGF2010 more comprehensive deal with environmental issues on a platform, he is convinced that this is our intergenerational responsibility to ensure that our legacy to our children Malaysia is the original, because we have inherited from our ancestors
