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Great, welcome to the tradition of Abledon On Air, the one and only program that focuses on the needs, concerns and achievements of all people with the Belalese, and we're talking about the recent Japanese earthquake that happened in the beginning of January. Before we do that, let's thank our partners, the Association for the Blind Vermont, the Division for the Blind Vermont, and many, many, many others. Now let's get to the topic at hand, which comes to us from Japan, and Reuters, by the way, is a news organization. You can go to www.routers.com, forward slash world Japanese magnitude. They had a powerful earthquake, which, a powerful earthquake rocked Japan, nearly 100,000 residents ordered to evacuate. So there was a major tsunami warning that was reduced to an advisory, scores of houses were destroyed, tens of thousands of homes were outpowered overnight during that time. One man was reported dead after the building collapsed. A powerful earthquake struck central Japan on Monday the first, killing at least one person, destroying buildings and knocking out powers to tens of thousands of homes. And prompting residents, I'm wondering if Vermont ever had an earthquake. We can find that out at some other point. Prompting residents in coastal areas fleeing to higher ground. The quake was a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 that triggered waves about one meter long in Japan's west coast and neighboring South Korea. The Japan Weather Agency, the JMA, which is the Mediterranean Agency, initially issued a major tsunami warning since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that struck northeast Japan, killing 20,000 people. For Ishikawa Prefecture, it was cut down to an advisory. It was a strong quake in the region within four decades according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Houses were destroyed, a fire broke out, and personnel was dispatched to help with the rescue operations and the government spokesman, Yoshima Ahayushai, told reporters. Now I got it. So I apologize if I messed up someone's name. And the elderly man was pronounced dead after a building fell down in Shikaton, Oshawa, and a broadcaster reported siding local police. So now local media footage from the catastrophic event showed a building collapse and a plume of dust in the city of Suzhou and a large crack in the road. Where panic onlookers clutch their children. You know, parents clutch their children. Now in terms of, I'm looking up an earthquake graph, so you guys can see what it looks like. So let's go to here. If you can see this graph, the number of earthquakes that happened in Japan. So this comes from a number, a website, www.status.com. Annual number of earthquakes that occurred in Japan from 2010 to 2024. As you can see from the graph, the bigger the number, by the way, the graph is showing on the screen. So the bigger the number, for those with special needs that have a problem with numbers or a problem with math, so the bigger the number, the more earthquakes. The smaller the number, the less earthquakes. So in 2010, Japan had one earthquake. 2011, as you can see by the graph, they had 34 earthquakes or tremors. 2012, 10 earthquakes. 2013, 7 earthquakes. 2014, 6 earthquakes. 2015, 7 earthquakes. 2016, 22 earthquakes. 2017, 6 earthquakes. 2018, this is for people who have problems understanding numbers. 2018, 5 earthquakes. 2019, 5 earthquakes. 2020, 4 earthquakes. 2021, 7 earthquakes. 2022, 8 earthquakes. It's a little big but small. 2023, 6 earthquakes. And 2022, so far. The number of... So in 2023, Japan experienced 6 earthquakes and the Japan Weather Service, JMA magnitude 5 or more. Now, there's a difference between an earthquake and a national disaster, but an earthquake can be part of a national disaster. Now, going down here, so let's go to the graph for natural disasters so we can tell you the difference. Climate and weather. Okay, so as you can see, the graph... Oh, I can't access that. I've got to go back. It won't let me access. So there's a difference between a natural disaster and an earthquake. Well, an earthquake can be considered... That's with the fault line. The fault line is where the ground separates. So let's go into that and I can define what a fault line is an earthquake so you can understand it. So a fault line for earthquakes is where a fracture or a zone or fracture between the blocks of rock or a fault allows the blocks to move relative to each other. This movement can... may occur rapidly in the form of an earthquake or may occur slowly in the form of a creep. So let me... So the bigger the crack, as you can see here, is where... So the bigger the crack, the bigger the earthquake. The smaller the crack, the smaller the earthquake. Basically, that's what the fault is. So according to USGS.gov, what is the fault and what is the different types? So for more information on earthquakes and faults, you can go to www.usgs.gov. A fault is a fracture or a zone of fractures between two blocks of rock. Faults allow the blocks to move relative to each other. This movement may occur in the form of an earthquake again and may occur slowly in the form of a creep. Faults may range between the length of a few millimeters to a few thousand kilometers. Most faults produce repeated displacements or geologic time. During an earthquake, the rock on one side of the fault suddenly slips with the respect to others. The fault surface can be horizontal or vertical in some arbitrary angle in between. Earth scientists use the angle of a fault depending on the surface, known as a dip. It dips down in the direction or slip along the fault and classy faults. Faults which move in the direction of a dip or a dip plane are dip or slip faults and describe either as a normal or reversed thrust depending on their motion. Faults which are horizontally and known as strike or slip faults are classified on either right or lateral left. Faults which show dip and slip and strike slip motion are known as oblique slip faults. This is a little bit difficult to understand, but those that want to find out more about earthquakes and faults, you can go to www.usgs.gov or flash what is a fault and how does it deal with earthquakes. Now, if you are in California, let me go down here. We don't need that. If you are in California, let's say, then California gets a lot of earthquakes. So I can go to this picture here and show it. So here on this part of the website you can see the different types of faults and different types of earthquakes here if you are interested in that. So basically I'm also going to give you guys advice on what to do in case an earthquake. Really quick, go down here. Sorry. If you're in the middle of an earthquake, the tips on what to do in case of an earthquake. This is important because you never know when one can happen. I know Vermont probably hasn't had an earthquake in years if Vermont has ever had one. Before an earthquake, this is coming from a website called defiedesaster.org. www.defiedesaster.org for earthquakes. Before an earthquake, identify hazards and secure movable items, furniture, so on and so forth. You can go to www.ready.gov and make a plan. Create a disaster plan. To learn more about creating an emergency plan, you can go to www.ready.gov and make a plan. Organize disaster supplies. Minimize financial hardship by organizing insurance documents. During an earthquake, drop, cover and hold on. If possible, improve safety for others. After an earthquake, check for gas and water leaks, broken electrical wiring or sewage lines. Stay away from drowned power lines and warn others to stay away. Avoid gas. Do not attempt. Please, if you are disabled or special needs, do not attempt to relight the gas pilot unless your gas line has been inspected. Call the gas company for assistance. Co-operate with public safety officials and follow instructions that they are trained to ensure safety. Avoid driving if possible. Be prepared for aftershocks. Stay calm and help notify others if you evacuate and where you can be found. For business operations after earthquake, please visit your local, it says Los Angeles here, but please visit your local business office wherever you are in Vermont. Please ignore the Los Angeles County situation here. This is just a really important website called defydisaster.org and you can, but there's information here on floods, power outages, wildfires. Matter of fact, let me look at here. If in Vermont, you suffer a power outage, get green mountain power, whoops. So if you're in Vermont and you suffer a power outage, yeah, let's go to that. There's a big map here, green mountain power, which is www.greenmountainpower.com. Now recently we had storms and all of that stuff here in Vermont. Storms, down trees, so on and so forth. So there's a big map here of Vermont as you guys can see on the map here on your screen. So, New Hampshire is next to us. Vermont is here in the middle. So on and so forth. And New York is to this side. So, as you can see in the map. So according, it was updated, 12.22 p.m. today. So, so far, 37 customers are without power. There are eight active incidents and eight towns affected. So if you have a down tree, down power line, please don't touch, during disasters, don't touch a down power line, don't touch anything of a live wire, anything of that nature. We don't want anyone electrocuted. So in this episode we talked about Japan and earthquakes and what to do, but it's also really dealing with disasters. So we must not touch a down power line. We don't want anyone watching Ableton on air to be in the hospital. And if you encounter a down power line during a disaster, please call 911 immediately when you're dealing with that. And, you know, if you suffer electric shock, please go to call 911 or Vermont 211 should also be giving you some information, but 911, oh, and do not call 911 unless it's an emergency, but during these times there are a lot of emergencies. Please take care of yourself. Watch out during disasters. If you have any disaster that you need help with, go to also, it's not here up on screen, but go to www.redcross.org that is www.redcross.org. And if you have problems with power in Vermont, you can go to greenmountainpower.com. That's greenmountainpower.com and they will make sure that you have power during these times of disasters in Vermont. I'm Lawrence Seiler. We must pray for those in Japan who have dealt with this earthquake and other disasters. I'm Lawrence Seiler. My wife is not here today due to being in rehab. We must pray for her and pray how good she's doing. I'm Lawrence Seiler. See you next time. Major sponsors for Ableton on Air include Washington County Mental Health where hope and support come together. Media sponsors for Ableton on Air include Park Chester Times, Muslim Community Report, www, this is the Bronx.info, Associated Press Media Editors, New York Power Online Newspaper, U.S. Press Corps, Domestic and International, Anchor FM and Spotify. 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