Essay on Earthquake

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…

Chile earthquake happened on February 27th, 2010 at 3:34 in the morning. It was a tremendous earthquake of magnitude 8.8, which lasted about 90 seconds. The epicenter was located southeast of the nearest city in the region of the Maule. It affected the Chilean Coast, and it was mainly hit on the offshore regions of Maule. It was mainly hit on the borderlines of Nazca and South American tectonic plates. (CNN) Since 1960 earthquake, this earthquake was reported as one of the second biggest and…

One of Americas own countries, Haiti was hit with a historical earthquake that crippled it so severely that their President immediately contacted the United Nations for assistance. This most devastating environmental event occurred on January 12, 2010. Based on the Richter scale it was a 7.0 measured earthquake that wrecked havoc on this low income country. While this was not the largest earthquake ever recorded which was a 9.5 (Interior), it has had a lifetime consequence on this country. There…

Mexico City: The Birth of a Civil Society Being one of the worst earthquake to ever hit Mexico, the 1985 Earthquake of Mexico City struck in the heart of the country and brought consequences that would later prove to shape the citizens sentiment towards the government and its officials. It sent the country into a frenzy and their inability to properly manage rescue operations proved to be fatal for the thousands of people who relied on the government to save their life and the lives of loved…

Earthquakes have now been reported in states that rarely, if ever, get earthquakes ever since fracking has been doing water injections. Water injections consist of putting the wastewater from fracking into an empty water well and leaving it there. There have been studies after studies showing that earthquakes, and unusually large ones, were suddenly occurring in low to minimal seismic activity states. In an article by Newsweek Global called “The Earth Moved, And It’s Our Fault” says, “But in…

resulting earthquake occurs. Energy released from these geologic phenomenon are measured in a machine called a Richter Scale. The Richter Scale measures seismic waves through the ground after the initial shock in the epicenter of the Earthquake and puts it into a category of size which is magnitude. The highest magnitude quake ever recorded was of 9.1-9.3 magnitude in 2004 in Aceh Indonesia and completely devastated the region along a fault there is a lot of reasons why an earthquake might…

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…

with an earthquake, in Jan. 12 earthquake that killed more than 250,000 people, the morgue was inundated with thousands of corpses. Some day later I was frustrated and came to live in a psychotic manifestations of depression. I had suffered tremendous shock. I thought about my family and friend, I wandered the street and had lost my mind. Some days later others were drinking much more alcohol than before. I think I may be close to going crazy." Ultimately, depression as I know the earthquake…

Earth. In particular, earthquakes resulting from the meteor would do much damage to cities and infrastructure. Our meteor is 2 kilometers in diameter, and has a mass of 9.07x1012 kilograms. Should a meteor of this size collide with Earth, the impact would cause earthquakes that have the potential to seriously affect people and animals. To measure the effect the meteor will have on the Earth, I will calculate its magnitude. In order to calculate the magnitude of the earthquake, I will first…

Unlike the East coast, the natural disaster that is most common in the West coast is earthquakes. As common as earthquakes are, there are only so much we know about the elements involved; such as fault lines. The topics discussed are what and where earthquakes occur, its history, and earthquake preparation in California. Earthquakes are known worldwide as a shaking of the ground. However, this just how people see the phenomenon where destruction follows. According to Christopher Scholz and his…