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EARTHQUAKE

by Mr. Vincent WONG

An earthquake is the ground shaking caused by the sudden energy release in the Earth's crust or upper mantle. This happens when rocks under stress reach their elastic limit and break. Earthquake can be incredibly destructive to properties and human lives. In the 20th century, earthquake disasters killed approximately 1.87 million people and incurred 3 trillion USD in financial lost. The talk will try to explain the cause of earthquakes; characteristic of seismic waves; earthquake classifications; measurement of its magnitude and intensity; prediction and forecasting, including various historical earthquake anomaly; earthquake damage protection and mitigation; as well as a short seismological profile of the key earthquake prone countries of China, Japan, Indonesia, Myanmar, Turky, USA and Chile, covering their major earthquake disasters such as Tangshan, Wenchuan, Kobe, Benda Aceh, Mandalay and San Francisco.

About the Speaker
Mr. Vincent WONG

• Graduated from HKU in physical Geography 1971
• MD Jardine Transport Services Group 1971-2000
• MD Kerry Logistics Group 2000-2009
• Fellow Chartered Institute of Transport and Logistics
• Fellow Chartered Institute of Shipbrokers
• Lecturing Logistics as Adjunct Associate Professor at CUHK and Professor of Practice at PolyU.
• Visited over 100 countries including Antarctica, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Madagascar, Namibia, Botswana, Ethiopia, Iceland, Mexico, Galapagos, Mauritius, Easter Island, Chile, Ecuador, Canary Island, Azores Island plus many places in China such as Inner Mongolia and Qinghai. Acted as organiser and tour leader in many trips.
• Give talks regularly to members of the HK Geological Society and HK Mineralogy Society.

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