Virtual Tour

Here are two links of a map, where earthquakes happened! :)

LEDC (Ethiopia)
https://maps.google.co.in/maps/ms?msid=203396799302440987706.0004d6d792648d3de002d&msa=0&ll=7.679286,36.838446&spn=0.006454,0.009903

MEDC(South Korea)
https://maps.google.co.in/maps/ms?msid=203396799302440987706.0004d6d75d0ec23be2140&msa=0

Comparison

LEDC:  Ethiopia	MEDC: South Korea
still recovering, no buildings in that place where the earthquake happened.	recovered, many buildings built in that place where the earthquake happened
no enough help from government. And no preparation for other earthquakes.	after this earthquake government started preparing for the next earthquake.

needed help from the beginning and still need help.	needed help in the beginning but after that no help needed from other country.
NGO helped a lot	NGO helped a lot
They can't help other country because they are busy taking care themselves. (but they helped Japan)	They can help other countries.

Video

It is not compulsory to watch!

Someone interested, please watch ;)

This video is quite long so you need to have interest to watch this video. 

Pictures of South Korea

Earthquake pictures

NGO helping Korea in many ways.

these pictures above are, people helping finding families.

More about MEDC: South Korea

The earthquake happened for 3min and 9seconds.( 6:19 ~ 6:21 )
And this earthquake was one of the biggest earthquake happened in South Korea till now.
This Earthquake damaged 60~90m  of castle wall which was one of the cultural properties.
The amount of damage were around 2~3 hundred million.
money used for restoration were around 4 hundred million

Starting the Case studies : MEDC , South Korea

So...Let's begin with 2nd country for Case-studies...
 MEDC, South Korea!


I have chosen the earthquake...


happened at: 6:19 pm
happened on: October 7th
happened in: 1978
magnitude is: 5.0
focal depth is: 10km
people died: None
people injured: 2
houses destroyed: around 118 
houses damaged: around 1000

Knowing South Korea

Let's start with the 2nd country for the case-studies.....
My MEDC country is South Korea. Let's learn some basic things about Korea!
South Korea is also called as Republic of Korea. It is located in sovereign state located in the sourthern part of Korea Peninsula. It covers a total area of 99,392 square kilometers and has a population of 50 million. The capital and largest city is Seoul, with a population of 9.8 million.

Government help and NGO help

There wasn't much help from government.


NGOs helped Ethiopia to recover fast, took care of injured people and etc.
There are more than 150 international and religion-based agencies operating in Ethiopia.
There are Japanese and Ethiopian NGOs working in Ethiopia. They help people in different ways, depends on what people need and what situation they are in right now.

http://www.ethemb.se/Community%20Docs/List%20of%20NGOs%20registered%20and%20operate%20in%20Ethiopia.pdf  -- NGOs in Ethiopia

Pictures of Ethiopia

Earthquake pictures 

NGO helping Ethiopia in many ways.  

         

More about LEDC: Ethiopia

Though there weren't any people died and house destroyed, but there were many people injured and many houses damaged. Many people were in fear. They looked for their family members and checked if they were fine and no injuries. People were in fear that for sometime they were blank and couldn't do anything.
http://earthquakes.sciencedaily.com/l/5949/Ethiopia-Jima-Hosa-ina-Shenk-ola-Wenjela  -- about Ethiopia Earthquake i have chosen.

Starting Case studies : LEDC , Ethiopia

So...Let's first begin case-studies of LEDC country, Ethiopia.


I have chosen the earthquake....

happened at: 12:14
happened on: December 16
happened in: 2010
magnitude is: 5.1
Focal depth is: 10km
people died: None
people injured: Many (~101 to 1000 injuries)
destroyed houses: None
damaged houses: Many (~101 to 1000 damages )

Knowing Ethiopia...

Let's get into the topic step by step....
First of all Let's know about basic information about Ethiopia!
Ethiopia is a country located in Horn of Africa. Ethiopia is most popular landlocked country in the world and the second most populated nation on the African continent, with over 91,000,000 inhabitants. It is one of the LEDC country.
 

Introduction of Blog...

This blog is about LEDC and MEDC countries research. LEDC stands for  Less Economically Developed Country and MEDC stands for More Economically Developed Country. I will be putting up the post about LEDC and MEDC countries which I chose. I chose Ethiopia for LEDC and South Korea for MEDC. I will post earthquake information about these 2 countries.I have taken the earthquake happened in 2010 for both of the country. I will be comparing both of country's earthquake and see the difference. I hope you understand what I explain, I will try to explain in detail.
Thank you..!