2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

Prevention measures are aimed at minimizing the impact of a tsunami in terms of loss of life, primarily by reducing the density of occupancy in tsunami inundation zones, especially for tsunami run-up areas. As shown in Table 3, prevention measures mainly refer to land use management such as open land development regulations, planning and zoning, and open space preservation. For example, open space preservation refers to the maintenance or to the conversion of specific at-risk areas to parks or…

Jonathan Apgar Intro to Systems John Small 21 November 2017 Cypress Viaduct Failure Inquiry At 5:08 pm the Point Loma earthquake begins. Within seconds the cypress viaduct begins to vibrate. This is due to the bay clay on which it is built which intensifies the vibrations. The upper deck is insufficiently secured to the lower deck and the areas near the shear keys begin to degrade. As concrete begins to fall away the resonant frequencies cause these weak points (columns with shear keys) to fail…

Change is contradictory. Change can be as predictable as the tides rising and falling against the beach. It can also be as unpredictable as an earthquake that splits the ground and swallow homes whole. Many may try to resist the turn of the tide or the rumble of the earth, but there exists no way to avoid the inevitable. In a South Africa divided by apartheid, the old minded tribe struggles to strike a delicate balance with the new white rule with neither side willing to give into the other’s…

Clifford Roberts Buck: “Betcha she’s ugly enough to awaken one’s divine potential.” As they were driving a massive landslide went into the Pacific Ocean that relies heavily on an iconic coastal highway and tourism to survive. The slide buried a portion of Highway 1 under a 40-foot layer of rock and dirt and changed the coastline below to include what now looks like a rounded skirt hem. More than 1 million tons of rock and dirt tumbled down a saturated slope in the area. The slide covered up…

The Devils Hole Pupfish: The Devils Hole provides pupfish with conditions of continuous temperature(92F-33C) and salinity, unlike the changing environments of many other pupfish. They've been seen as deep as 66 feet, they find food and spawn exclusively on a shallow rock shelf near the surface, they eat the algae and diatoms found there. They are considered an annual species, with their historic population changing between 100-200 in the winter and 300-500 in the late summer. Their population…

On March 11, 2011 at 2:46 pm, an Earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 struck causing tremendous damage to the northern section of Japan. This earthquake that happened in the ocean triggered a series of giant tsunami waves to also strike the northern section. Japan's northern coast lays on the Pacific Ocean, which is greatly known for its tsunamis and its earthquakes. The plant at Fukushima first opened in 1971 and consists of six separate boiling water reactors. It was one of the fifteen…

An earthquake is caused by tectonic plates that moves few centimeters per year. The tectonic plates can be oceanic or continental they move mainly because of the gravity but also because the mantle a mixture of rock and melted rock so it move but not as fast as it would move in a liquid. The Sea plates are heavier than the Land plates which is the case of Japan. The tsunami is an earthquake under water but because of the pressure the water will move really fast and it the wave will increasingly…

Remembering as if it happened yesterday I remember, waking up with my broken left ankle throbbing in pain. Limping out the door toward my SUV, I thought I should be on leave and enjoying the fresh snow in the mountains, but instead I am working today with a broken ankle. The base began its military deployment exercise today, and I did not want to report for duty. The day was gorgeous outside; the sun shining brightly and was a breathtaking day; nonetheless, there was an eerie feeling in the…

c. 1. A whopping 8.3 earthquake lasting several minuets occurred in Chile on Wednesday. Only once a year are quakes of this size seen out of one and a half million quakes a year. Because Chile has a history of earthquakes this has made specialists keep an eye on seismic activity, enabling them to equip buildings to better uphold in the tremors. Although this massive earthquake damage toll could have been much more overwhelming, for its size it was not. Nonetheless, maintenance and cleanup…

miles of protected area nationally, 132.8 square miles is home to one of the most fascinating dunes in the world. Being made a national monument in 1932 by President Herbert Hoover, The Great Sand Dunes in Colorado was recognized as a national park in 2004. It was made a national monument in 1932 by President Herbert Hoover. It is home to many species of animals and plants, such as the American pikas and Entaphalleas. Through the breaking apart and movement of large surface plates, the Great…