Geo Lab 3 (Pre-Lab Assignment) E1: 2010 Haiti Magnitude - 7.0 Depth - 13km Tectonic Plates Involved - North American & Caribbean Plates Plate Boundary Type - Transformed Building Codes in place? - No building codes available Estimated Financial Cost - 7.8 billion Fatalities (If any) - 100k - 316k E2: 2011 Tohuko Magnitude - 9.0 Depth - 30km Tectonic Plates Involved - Pacific and North American Plates Plate Boundary Type - Convergent Building Codes in place? - Stringet- they
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Earthquakes happen rarely and when they do, they cause a lot of damage to both the geology of the area and the geography. They are the most powerful natural forces that can happen at any time. Geologists and scientists define earthquakes as vibrations of the earth's surface that occurs as a result of a release of energy in the earth's crust. The plates of the earth are constantly moving and small earthquakes can occur more often but they are not felt. When these plates slide past one another or collide
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Japan Earthquake 2011 Facts about the earthquake * A massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck Japan, Friday afternoon, on 11 March 2011 at 0546 GMT * The quake was centered 130 kilometers to the east of Sendai. * A tsunami was sent crashing into the country’s north-eastern coast. * It was originally reported at a magnitude of 7.9, but later was upgraded to 8.9 and then to a 9
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other tectonically active structures on the Pacific Rim in the shape of a horse shoe. The majority of our planet’s active volcanoes and earthquakes can be found here. Per the article, What Is The Ring of Fire?, “About 81% of the world’s largest earthquake have occurred along the Ring of Fire. The largest earthquake ever recorded on Earth was a 9.5 magnitude earthquake that struck Chile on May 22, 1960.” As you can see in the Fig.1, the string of volcanoes runs up the western coastline of South, Central
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new territory thanks to the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. Neither the buyers nor the sellers knew that the recent addition's basement contained a seismic time bomb nearly ready to go off At around 2:15 a.m. on December 16, 1811, a series of massive earthquake pummeled what is now southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas with ground motions so strong that trees snapped in two as they whipped back and forth. The landscape rose several meters in some areas and sank in others, changing the courses
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The Economic Disaster of a 7.8+ Earthquake on The San Francisco Bay Area Christina Sotelo Geology 6 – Jefferis- Nilsen November 21, 2012 Over the many decades the economic standing of the United States, specifically California, had fluctuated due to many unforeseen factors. One huge factor that cannot be anticipated, and often causes drastic effects on the economy, are geologic disasters. The state of California is notorious for having earthquakes that shake up the state quite often and leave
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Prevention methods may help reduce the impacts but depending on the scale and characteristics of the disaster, they can prove ineffective. Japan’s 2011 earthquake is an example where an MEDC prepared for the occurrence of a disaster, their history and knowledge of earthquakes lead to the reduction in damage caused by the high 9.0 magnitude. For example, building regulations were in place ensuring the design of all buildings, especially high raise flats or offices, could with stand the violent
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Assignment: Earthquakes Sci/245 Assignment: Earthquakes Plate margins are involved in the Earth as a major provider to many of Earth’s geological formations. These plates are approximately 100 kilometers thick, which is very thin compared to the largeness of a 6000-kilometer radius of the Earth. Most major plates include both continental crust and oceanic crust. An earthquake is the shaking of the Earth’s crust due to a sudden release of energy. They are caused by stress that builds
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The New Madrid earthquakes of 1811–12, were three large earthquakes that happened near New Madrid, Missouri, from December 1811 to February 1812. There were thousands of aftershocks, about 1,874 of them were so large that they could be felt 190 miles away as far as Louisville, Kentucky. It is unknown how many lives were lost during the quakes. Scholars say that the number most likely wasn’t very large. The area that was affected by the quakes had a small population. The main one of the shocks produced
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Natural Disaster (Earthquake) Nature provides a lot of good things to mankind. Without nature, this world is simply means nothing. However, there is also a creepy side of nature which will cause frightful effects. Earthquake is one of the examples that will cause losses of life, shortage of foods and waters, and property such as houses, buildings or farms will be destroyed. Earthquakes can define as naturally trigger quaking of the earth and its crust caused by the steam swells
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