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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">University of Waterloo public talk to explore Japan's earthquake, tsunami disaster</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;min-height: 14px"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The effects and impact of the recent Japanese earthquake and tsunami disaster will be explored by a panel of experts in a public talk at the University
of Waterloo next Monday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;min-height: 14px"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On March 11, an earthquake measuring 9.0 Mw on the moment magnitude scale (the newer of two common seismic scales) rocked Japan in T?hoku, the northeastern area
of the country. The earthquake triggered tsunami waves up to 10 metres high that struck Japan minutes after the quake, with smaller waves reaching many other countries after several hours.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;min-height: 14px"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The lecture, entitled The Great 2011 T?hoku Earthquake and Tsunami, will focus on different aspects of the disaster and will be presented by faculty members
from across campus:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;min-height: 14px"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">• Ken Coates, dean of arts - Earthquakes and tsunamis in Japanese history and culture<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;min-height: 14px"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">• Alan Morgan, earth and environmental sciences professor - Why is Japan so prone to earthquakes and tsunamis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;min-height: 14px"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">• Steve Evans, earth and environmental sciences professor - Overview of the 2011 disaster<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;min-height: 14px"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">• Carin Holroyd, political science professor - Economic and political impact<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;min-height: 14px"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">• Richard Kelly, geography and environmental management professor - Satellite observations of the disaster<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;min-height: 14px"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">• Jatin Nathwani, civil and environmental engineering professor - Nuclear safety issues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;min-height: 14px"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">"It is wonderful to see that the University of Waterloo is engaging in discussions about the crisis," said Mamiko Nagouchi, a Waterloo international student
who is from Japan. "This lecture will help educate the public on details surrounding one of the worst disasters in recent Japanese history."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;min-height: 14px"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">To register for this event, email <a href="mailto:scienceevents@uwaterloo.ca">scienceevents@uwaterloo.ca</a> or call 519-888-4567 ext. 31083.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;min-height: 14px"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The lecture is hosted by the faculties of arts, environment and science and will be held on M<b>onday, March 28 at 7 p.m.</b> in the Centre for Environmental
and Information Technology, room 1015 <b>[EIT-1015].</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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