Some of the events that may be hazardous to the environment may not be directly causing the harm to the environment, but may result to a more serious environmental problem.

Plague of locusts which has descended on East Africa which resulted from a heavy rainfall near the Arabian Peninsula shows that a hydrometeorological hazard like heavy rainfall can cause a more serious problem or can be ____.

Technological hazards originate from which of the following?

This refers to the waves of energy caused by the sudden breaking of rock within the earth or an explosion.

Pushing of plates against each other until they slip happens in which stage of the occurrence of earthquake?

Any given earthquake produced by slip along a fault can produce a number of hazards which includes:

Ground shaking will vary over an area due to which of the following factor?

There are many different ways to measure different aspects of an earthquake. Which scale is used to measure the earthquake’s size or magnitude?

This refers to an offset of the ground surface when fault rupture extends to the Earth’s surface.

Liquefaction most often occurs when which of the following conditions are met?

Which of the following statements explain/s the formation of an earthquake-induced subsidence? Select ALL that apply.

True or False.

I. Landslides are important secondary earthquake hazards.

II. Gravity which acts on steep slope is the primary reason for all landslides.

True or False.

I. Tsunami is the same as tidal wave.

II. Tsunami is also known as storm surge.

The damages caused directly by tsunamis include___. (Select all that apply.)

These tools are developed to illuminate areas that are affected or vulnerable to a particular hazard.

Government agency that is principally mandated to mitigate disasters that may arise from volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunami and other related geotectonic phenomena