Dear Editor-in-Chief On January 28, the city of Khoy (the northwest of Iran) was struck by a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 on the Richter scale at 21:44:44 and a depth of 7 km, X: 45.01 and Y: 38.05 (1). This earthquake occurred 117 kilometers from Urmia, the capital of the West Azerbaijan Province. Over 370,000 people were affected by this earthquake, which resulted in three death...

AIM The purpose of this qualitative study is to provide an understanding of how Chinese nurses acted in response to the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. BACKGROUND The literature has reported that Chinese nurses played a key role in the Wenchuan earthquake. Although these nurses' intentions were well meaning, and they made enormous efforts to save lives, they considered that disaster relief practice...

BACKGROUND At 14:48 on 12 May 2008 an earthquake of magnitude 8.0 struck the Wenchuan area of Sichuan province, China. A decision to offer/receive UK medical assistance was agreed at a Sino/British political level and a medical team was despatched to the earthquake area. METHODS This study describes the team's experience during the immediate aftermath of the earthquake and the following 18 mo...

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Columbia University Palisades, NY, USA AT&T Labs – Research Bedminster, NJ, and New York, NY, USA Abstract We use wireless voice-­‐call and text-­‐message volumes to quantify spatiotemporal communication patterns in the New York Metro area before, during, and after the Virginia earthquake and Hurricane Irene in 2011. The earthquake produces an instantaneous a...

It has been recorded so far that the earthquake in Indonesia damaged many publicfacilities and claimed victims. Most cases of casualties were not caused directly by but as a result falling debris from buildings unable to respond earthquake. To avoid similar incidents future, all buildingsin need be inspected ensured they are safe threat an earthquake, school no exception. The absence specific a...