The Impact of Natural Disasters on the World’s Ecological System

This article examines the impact of catastrophic factors on the ecology of the Earth. Natural cataclysms of geophysical, geological, hydrological, atmospheric and other origin, can have a devastating effect on human life, its economic activity, as well as on the entire ecological system. Disturbances of the landscape environment, affect the ecological conditions. They lead to destruction of flora and fauna, redistribution of water reserves, human and animal habitats. In connection with this problem, work has been done to study all types of earthquakes and their impact on the world’s ecology. Comparative characteristics of magnitudes according to G.F.Richter scale, focal depths and number of earthquakes occurring in the world during the year are given. Observations show that the damage caused to man and the world ecology in the aftermath of disasters depends on the amount of energy released during fluctuations of the earth’s surface