A natural hazard[1] is a threat of a naturally Nature, in the broadest sense, is equivalent to the natural world, physical world, or material world.[citation needed] "Nature" refers to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. It ranges in scale from the subatomic to the cosmic.[citation needed] occurring event that will have a negative effect on people or the environment. Many natural hazards are interrelated, e.g. earthquakes An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes are recorded with a seismometer, also known as a seismograph. The moment magnitude (or the related and mostly obsolete Richter magnitude) of an earthquake is conventionally reported, with magnitude 3 or lower earthquakes being can cause tsunamis A tsunami (English pronunciation: /(t)suːˈnɑːmi/) is a series of water waves (called a tsunami wave train) caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water, such as an ocean. The original Japanese term literally translates as "harbor wave." Tsunamis are a frequent occurrence in Japan; approximately 195 events have been and drought A drought is an extended period of months or years when a region notes a deficiency in its water supply. Generally, this occurs when a region receives consistently below average precipitation. It can have a substantial impact on the ecosystem and agriculture of the affected region. Although droughts can persist for several years, even a short, can lead directly to famine A famine is a widespread scarcity of food that may apply to any faunal species. This phenomenon is usually accompanied by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality. A concrete example of the division between a natural hazard and a natural disaster is that the 1906 San Francisco earthquake The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was a major earthquake that struck San Francisco, California, and the coast of Northern California at 5:12 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 1906. The most widely accepted estimate for the magnitude of the earthquake is a moment magnitude of 7.8; however, other values have been proposed, from 7.7 to as high as 8.25 was a disaster, whereas earthquakes are a hazard. A natural hazard becomes a natural disaster A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard that affects the environment, and leads to financial, environmental and/or human losses. The resulting loss depends on the capacity of the population to support or resist the disaster, and their resilience. This understanding is concentrated in the formulation: "disasters occur when hazards when it affects people, officially causing more than 10 deaths, injuring more than 100 people, and/or causing US$16,000,000 of damage.[citation needed]
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