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• Earthquake in Awassa #Ethiopia

  Jan 25, 2016 Admin 0 Comments

  A magnitude-4.6 earthquake struck the lakeside city of Awassa, the capital of southern region, on Sunday evening.
  The earthquake that shook Awassa town Sunday evening was felt in the nearby towns such as Shashemene, Alaba Kulitu and Yirgalem, according to various reports.
  The earthquake knocked items off shelves and walls in Awassa, jolting the nerves of residents in this earthquake-prone region. Awassa, 275km south of Addis Ababa and 25km south of Shashemene, is situated on the main Ethiopian Rift Valley, which is a hotbed of tremors and active volcanoes.
  As of writing, no official reports of significant damages to infrastructures or any reports of casualties and injuries have surfaced. However, local residents told Ethiopia Observer that ambulance sirens were heard throughout the town, especially transporting injured students from the Awassa University main campus. A lecturer at the University told Ethiopia Observer that a number of students were hurt following a stampede while trying to escape the dormitories and libraries occasioned by earthquake.There were reports of scattered power outages in Awassa and surrounding towns last night.
  Experts say the Ethiopian Rift Valley contains evidence of recent and ongoing geological activity in the form of young volcanoes, fresh fault scarps, steaming vents, pulsing hot

  springs and occasional earthquakes.

   

  PAST EARTH QUAKES IN ETHIOPIA

   

  

   

  4 years ago 4.4 magnitude, 10 km depth
  K’olīto, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, Ethiopia

  5 years ago 5.0 magnitude, 10 km depth
  Wendo, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, Ethiopia

  5 years ago 5.1 magnitude, 10 km depth
  K’olīto, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, Ethiopia

  10 years ago 4.5 magnitude, 10 km depth
  Ziway, Oromiya, Ethiopia

  11 years ago 4.7 magnitude, 10 km depth
  Ārba Minch’, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, Ethiopia

  17 years ago 4.7 magnitude, 10 km depth
  Ārba Minch’, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, Ethiopia

  21 years ago 5.0 magnitude, 13 km depth
  Hawassa, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, Ethiopia

  23 years ago 5.3 magnitude, 12 km depth
  Wenjī, Oromiya, Ethiopia

  25 years ago 4.4 magnitude, 10 km depth
  K’olīto, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, Ethiopia

  27 years ago 5.0 magnitude, 18 km depth
  Bodītī, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, Ethiopia

  

   

  28 years ago 5.6 magnitude, 10 km depth
  Jinka, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, Ethiopia

  28 years ago 6.2 magnitude, 12 km depth
  Jinka, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, Ethiopia

  28 years ago 5.3 magnitude, 10 km depth
  Ārba Minch’, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, Ethiopia

  30 years ago 4.9 magnitude, 33 km depth
  Butajīra, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, Ethiopia

  32 years ago 5.1 magnitude, 10 km depth
  Hawassa, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, Ethiopia

   

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• በአለማችን ታሪክ በጣም ሃብታሙ ሰው ማነው?

  Jan 17, 2016 Admin 0 Comments

  በ አለማችን ታሪክ  በጣም ሃብታሙ ሰው ማነው
  ይህንን ጥያቄ መቶ በመቶ የምትሰሳቱ ስለሚሆን ማንበቡ አይከፋም። ሁላችሁም በአለም ታሪክ ተወዳዳሪ የሌለው ሃብታም የሚጋኘው  አሜሪካ ወይም አርብ አገር ወይም ጃፓን ካለበዚያም  ቻይና ነው ብላችሁ  ነገrሩን  እንደምትደመድሙ እርግጠኞች ነን። አንዳንዶች የነጭን ሀያልነት አሜን ብለው የተቀበሉት መልሱ ነጭ ነው ብልው ለራሳቸው ደምድመው ይህንን ፅሁፍ ጨርሶ ለማንበብ ፋታም አይሰጡትም። ግን በሀብት ታሪክ  የአለማችን ሃብታሙ ሰው የነ ቢል ጌት፣ አላሙዲ፣  ዋርን ባፈት፣ ሳም ዋልተን ሌላም ሌላም እናንተ የምታቁት ሀብታም ተደምሮ አጠገቡም አይደርስ። ታዲያ ይህ ሰው ማነው？ አገሩስ የት ነው？ ለመልሱ ከዚህ ጨቆን ያድርጉ
  ስሙ ንጉስ ማንሳ ሙሳ  ቀዳማዊ ሲሆን የ ማሊ ኪንግደም ንጉስ ነው።  ንጉሱ  በገሩ በተገኘው ቢዝቁት በማያልቅ የውርቅ ክምችት ምክያት ሀብቶ  አራት መቶ ቢሊዮን ይደርሳል።

  1 Mansa Musa

  Mansa Musa, the king of Timbuktu, is often referred to as the wealthiest person in history. According to Ferrum College history professor Richard Smith, Musa’s west African kingdom was likely the largest producer of gold in the world—at a time which gold was in especially high demand.

  Just how rich was Musa? There’s really no way to put an accurate number on his wealth. Records are scarce, if non-existent, and contemporary sources describe the king’s riches in terms that are impossible for the time.

  Some tales of his famous pilgrimage to Mecca—during which Musa’s spending was so lavish that it caused a currency crisis in Egypt—mention dozens of camels each carrying hundreds of pounds of gold. (Smith says one year of Malian gold production probably generated about a ton.) Others said Musa’s army consisted of 200,000 men, including 40,000 archers—troop numbers even modern superpowers would have a difficult time bringing to the field.

  But to get caught up in the king’s exact wealth is to miss the point. As Rudolph Ware, an associate professor of history at the University of Michigan, explains, Musa’s riches were so immense that people struggled to describe them.

  

   

   

   

   

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