Sichuan Earthquake 2008 Before: 12 May 2008 an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9 struck 90km north west of Chengdu, south eastern China: · Sichuan was a predominately rural area but there was a death toll of 70,000 by June 2008 · The earthquake was one of the deadliest and the area was not prepared for the event on the size of the magnitude despite the area has had a long history of tectonic activity · There were between 64 and 104 major aftershocks, ranging in magnitude from 4.0 to 6.1
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Earthquakes If one could have stood out in space for a fantastically long time and looked back at the Earth, one would have seen the continents themselves in motion, drifting apart on their crustal plates, held afloat by the fire beneath. That is a poetically turned phrase from Lewis Thomas, which beautifully sums up the mechanics behind plate tectonics, and ultimately behind earthquakes. The following is a brief sketch on earthquakes, their cause and effect, how they are measured, and an area where
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look at how it most directly affects Americans. January 17, 1994, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 hits Los Angeles, California causing $20 billion dollars of damage. 57 lives lost, 8,700 injured. August 29, 2005, a category 3 storm with highest sustained winds of 175mph makes landfall on southeast Louisiana causing $81.2 billion of damage. 1,836 lives lost. January 12, 2010, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 hits
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to occur to least likely respectively include, earthquakes, submarine landslides, submarine volcanic eruptions, and large meteorites crashing in the ocean (Magnus). In order to better comprehend the causes that make a tsunami, it is important to have a better knowledge about earthquakes. Earthquakes are formed alongside certain faults, which are fractures in the Earth’s crust. As these fractured plates collide with each other, they cause an earthquake. In some cases, the energy along these faults
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one plate gets caught on the rough edge of another. Pressure builds and the plates can break, which causes an Earthquake to begin.Earthquakes happen in Japan. 3) Scientist measure Earthquakes by using a magnitude scale. A magnitude scale measures the amount of energy that comes from an earthquake. Earthquakes with a low magnitude release little energy and do little damage. Earthquakes can’t be predicted to any degree, it’s been tested several times, and it just never worked. 5) A volcano is
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resulting tectonic hazards and any landforms that are produced. Remember that different plate boundaries vary considerably - some produce very violent earthquakes and explosive volcanic activity whereas others produce gentle eruptions and earthquakes. I would also note down some named examples of each type of boundary and perhaps case studies of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions that were caused by a specific boundary. For question 2, it seems to me that they might be looking for some human factors
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San Francisco 1906 Earthquake In San Francisco California a major Earthquake had occurred on 1906 which result to fires that had cause an estimated of 3,000 deaths and $524 millions of property loss. The damaging cost in the city of San Francisco were $20 million and outside the city was $4million.The Earthquake vibration lasted for about 1 minute. The quake ruptured a total of 290 miles of the earth's surface along the San Andreas Fault, from northwest of San Juan Bautista
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Geo challenge #2 What impact might a serious natural disaster, such as an earthquake, tsunami, or flood, have on an urban centre? Serious natural disasters can have many negative effects on urban centres. To start, the buildings are left in wreckage. Buildings that have poor structure are damaged and often collapse. Residential areas are at risk of being flooded, leaving potential ruin amongst homes and businesses. These impacts aren't it though, they're just immediate effects during the disaster
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“Earthquake - Shake, Rattle, & Roll” Submitted by: Dana Peebles For Instructor: Stephen Underwood July 14, 2014 PHSC 210-A02 Liberty University Online Elements of Earth Science I. Introduction Music can be calming and even sometimes relaxing. However, the only music that might describe an earthquake, would be the song “Shake, Rattle, and Roll”. The very nature of earthquakes cause us to get anxious, and there is nothing calming about the “earth moving under your feet.” In this short
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Real Time Earthquakes Luis Perez Kaplan University July 31, 2012 The patterns that I observed I’ve noticed that the majority of earthquakes occur along the shorelines of California all the way to the coast of Washington. There are some small amounts of seismic activity in the central part of the United States and also on the eastern shore of the United States. Most of their earthquakes range up 6 to 8 on the scale. These earthquakes occur along the Pacific coast and continue southward along
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