2008 Sichuan earthquake

The Philippines is a country located in western Pacific Ocean and with nearly one hundred million population. My country was invaded and conquered by different countries, including Spain, the United States and Japan. The impact of the invasion of these countries can still be seen nowadays. The Spanish reached my country in the 16th century and it became a colonial island of the Spain. Under the Spanish rule, the church held the strongest power in the country and the governor need to obey the…

For example, on January 12, 2010, Haiti was struck by an earthquake of a magnitude of 7.0 about 10 miles southwest of Port au Prince causing over two million people becoming homeless within a very short period of time. As a consequence, the millions of homeless victims became vulnerable to a host of dangerous circumstances…

Lesson 1: Earthquakes and Volcanoes Layers of the Earth Earth is made up of three layers: crust, mantle and core. The outer layer is the crust, the middle layer is the mantle and the inner layer is the core. Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into large plates that move slowly. Figure 1 shows the layers of the Earth. Figure 1: Layers of the Earth Plate tectonics The Earth's surface is formed of large pieces of rock called plates that are also called tectonic plates. These plates…

Life in Pompeii, Uncovered Bang! In the year 79 AD, the huge volcano, Mount Vesuvius erupted covering everything around for miles in 20 feet of stones and ash. Pompeii was one of the devastated cities. A cloud of poisonous gas from the volcano killed thousands of people. No one has lived in the city for almost 2,000 years. Even though Pompeii seemed destroyed, it had actually been perfectly preserved. In this essay, I will explain the aftermath, daily objects, and the similarities of Pompeii…

he/she must figure a way to solve the issue by that date. In the article, “THE REALLY BIG ONE”, Kathryn Schulz, discusses an earthquake that is impending and that will bring extreme devastation to the Pacific Northwest and how nobody is equipped for it. However, no one knows for absolute certain when it will occur. Therefore, people have a lack of concern for the earthquake,…

You did the smart thing and bought insurance to make sure your business is covered in case of a loss. Something happens. Someone broke in and stole some merchandise. A pipe bursts and floods the storage room. A fire erupts in the boiler room, causing minor damage. You have the option of making an insurance claim. When is Filing a Claim a Good Idea The business insurance you pay for is there to protect you against covered losses. If you have insurance, you should use it when it makes…

n 1970, engineers from Fraoli-Blum-Yesselman Associates began a project to design the proposed Hartford Civic Center Arena. The engineers came up with a unique roof frame design they called a space roof. The 300 by 360 ft. roof frame consisted of top and bottom square grids with joints 30 feet on center, connected by diagonal bars that caused staggered nodes on the top and bottom grid bars, resembling pyramid trusses when they were finished. This non-standard design was intended to save on costs…

Analysis (2-3 paragraphs)- Black Saturday (Victoria 2009) One of the worst and most recent natural disasters ever recorded in Australia was Black Saturday which happened in Victoria on the 7th of February 2009. Temperatures reached a high of 48.8 °C and wind speeds were up to 110 kilometres. - Cause The cause of this fire is due to many different things, but for all fires to start in the first place it needs materials that can burn like dried out leaves fuel), a source of ignition (heat)…

The Alaskan way Viaduct will collapse if an earthquake happens, but that earthquake will take many steps. These steps will got through the layers of the earth. The layers are stacked on top of eachother, like the liquids in the “Density Column lab”. The layers are inner core, outer core, mesosphere, asthenosphere, and lithosphere(upper rigid mantle, continental crust, and oceanic crust). The earth's compositional layers are inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust. The inner core radiates…

enough to receive significant shaking from large earthquakes. Despite being far away from current plate boundaries, the New Madrid Fault is a dangerous zone because of the active faults that are actually buried 100 to 200 feet deep in soft river deposited soils of alluvium, making these faults harder to study because of their location underground. Most faults are found on the surface making them easier to analyze for any activity. Microseismic earthquakes (magnitude less than 1.0 to about 2.0),…