The reaction of people as the disaster happens and in the immediate aftermath
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The initial impact of a natural event on people and poverty caused directly by it. For example, the buildings collapsing following an earthquake
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Recording physical changes, such as earthquake tremors around a volcano, to help forecast when and where a natural hazard might strike
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An opening in the Earth's crust from which lava, ash and gases erupt
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Tectonic plate margin where rising magma adds new material to plates that are diverging/moving apart
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The margin or boundary between two tectonic plates
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Later reactions that occur in the weeks, months and years after the event
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A rigid segment of the Earth's crust which can 'float' across the heavier, semi-molten rock below. Continental plates are less dense but thicker than oceanic plates
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Techtonic plate margin where two plates slide past each other
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A natural event (e.g. earthquake, volcanic eruption, tropical storm etc.) that threatens people or has the potential to cause damage, destruction and death
