Essay on Earthquake in Nepal

Over the years, earthquakes have acted as one of the most lethal calamity in the world among other disasters. They have claimed millions of lives and numerous properties in the world since documentation of the earthquakes begun. Naturally, some areas have never experienced any earthquakes while other areas are said to be precisely in the hot zone where the probability of occurrence remains high. In the recent past, about 500,000 earthquakes are reported to happen every year. Of this, a human…

a huge earthquake that will have a massive destruction in the Pacific Northwest. Experts did not state when will it hit and how long it will last. However, according to Oregon State professor the magnitude will be between 8.0 and 9.2. Whether or not the earthquake is going to hit sooner or later and how powerful it is going to be. Being prepared could save a lot of lives and could avoid inevitable damages. But the big question is: are Northwesterners prepared when the disastrous earthquake hit…

triggered a nuclear accident was brought about by a magnitude 9.0 undersea earthquake off the northeast coast of Japan, a region known as Tōhoku, that tookplace at 2:46 pm on March 11 2011, lasting nearly six minutes. It is the most powerful quake recorded in Japan and one of the four most powerful in the world since 1900 when record keeping began. It created forces five hundred times stronger than the 2010 magnitude 7 earthquake that devastated Haiti. The Tōhoku quake initiated a massive…

SOILS AND EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE Create a Google Doc titled “Soil Types and the Danger of Earthquakes”. At the top of the page include your full name, period, and date. Place the assignment title underneath. Then use the links provided to answer the accompanying prompts using not less than five sentences each. Use 12 or 14 pt. Arial font and organize your answers into four distinct sections corresponding to each prompt. Add graphics if you wish, just keep them reasonable in size. Your…

One In the magazine “ The Next Big One”, by Joel Achenbach gives details about an earthquake that had happened in the past and it was really bad. The name of the fault of the type of earthquake movement was The Hayward Fault. A long and lethal crack in the earth, slices along the base of the Berkeley Hills and directly through the University of California. Now… Joel Achenbach quotes that “ We understood earthquakes better than we did a century ago, when San Francisco was flattened. Now we…

Overview A 9.0 magnitude earthquake began on March 11th, 2011 at 2:46 PM and lasted 3 minutes (World Nuclear Association, 2016). The earthquake was centered 130 km off the shore of Sendai Myagi on the east coast of Honshu Island. Consequentially, the island to move four meters to the east and surrounding coastlines were subsided by up to one meter. The earthquake also created a tsunami reaching as high as 40 meters. At the time of the earthquake, there were 11 nuclear reactors operating in the…

I propose that my group builds an earthquake-safe structure in Chile. If you look at the history of earthquakes in Chile you may notice that there are several 7.0+ magnitude quakes. This is including one with a magnitude of 9.5 on May 22, 1960, this earthquake holds the record for the worst magnitude earthquake in the history of the world. With this type history, an earthquake safe structure would be a welcome thing in Chile. As Chileans build homes and buildings they often use shoddy materials,…

Earthquakes can be destructive, by destroying houses, killing citizens, and tearing families farther apart. In the Philippines, the 7.2 magnitude earthquake did just this. There were 3,512,281 people affected by this massive earthquake. The disaster happened in 2013, leaving 36,645 houses damaged in the rubble. Most People respond to a natural disaster by gathering materials, spreading the word, and receiving government aid. People respond to a natural disaster by Gathering Resources. After the…

The bridges was build of different types like Beam Girder, Steel Arches, Cantilever-truss, Suspension. Then they have safety features to make the bridge more stable to withstand the earthquake which was Bearings, Ductile Materials, Shock Absorbers, shear links. Then we put an earthquake level from Hayward 5.0-8.0 and from San Andreas 5.0-9.0 then it shows the damage of the bridge that was build it will be destroyed at level 9.0 which is rare and is the most powerfulest quake. Vocab…

China Jan 23 1556 This earthquake occurred in the Shaanxi province (formerly Shensi), China, about 50 miles east-northeast of Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi. This earthquake has took 830,000 lives and ground fissures landslides and city walls were destroyed. This quake also affected Liuyang 500 miles away from shensi. 2. 1964 Alaska Earthquake. A magnitude of 9.2 earthquake shook alaska and created many damage in communities. Anchorage has many damaged because of no earthquake proof…