Essay on Earthquake in Nepal

Secondly, conditions of the structures should be taken into consider. These conditions are from the load and the usage of the structures. For rion antirion bridge, structure load, ship impact, earthquake event and tectonic are taken into account. These different conditions will be summarized to the load that act on the foundation. Thirdly, according to the environment conditions and load, several possible solutions should be investigated and the…

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…

Earthquake Brace & Bolt Program in California The moment an earthquake hits, older homes, in particular, have a higher risk encountering more damage. Whenever the ground trembles their foundations wobble, causing the upper half of the property to slip and collapse. To lessen the structural damage caused by earthquakes, it’s a good idea to have the home retrofitted through the Earthquake Brace & Bolt Program. What’s the Earthquake Brace & Bolt Program? The Earthquake Brace & Bolt Program, or the…

In the early morning of April 18, 1906 at catastrophic event took ahold of one of the largest cities in the United States. An earthquake shook the sleepy city of San Francisco to its inner core. The first of two lasted about 40 seconds, the second started about 10 seconds after the first one stopped (Barrymore). The second quake was the big one lasting 25 seconds, the estimation is 7.8 to 8.3 magnitude (Barrymore). This was the result of the tectonic plates in the San Andreas fault line moving…

magnitude earthquake. Once the earthquake began a series of chain reactions occurred that had drastic impacts across the ocean. Land was displaced, homes submerged under water, and tidal waves as high as 100m were created. With no warning systems for earthquakes or tsunamis of any kind in the area, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka and more will feel these lasting effects. This will go down in history as one of the worst acts of mother nature in the last 100 years. The Sumatra earthquake occurred…

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…

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…

Francisco Earthquake. As he tells the report about the earthquake, he uses descriptive words to explain the damages to the city. For example the smoke was able to be seen from hundred miles away. London also describes how all of the people within the city were dealing with the tragedy, I quote, “not one person who was in slightest degree panic stricken”. He also gives an estimate of how much everything cost that was destroyed from the great tragedy. We’ll begin with the description of the…

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…

We've always known the horrific damage earthquakes can cause. The 1906 earthquake in San Francisco is famously known for destroying much of the city and causing the death of many people. Similarly and more recently the 2010 Haiti Earthquake was a reminder of the awe-inspiring damage natural disasters like earthquakes can do. The 2010 Haiti Earthquake is also an excellent reminder of what kind of harm earthquakes can do if the community effect is ill prepared. This may be a very important…