Earthquake

Usually all earthquakes happen the same, but the way an earthquake actually occurs is such a spectacular process that everyone should get to know. They are created by many active fault zones within the Earth (Fronabarger). Most earthquakes are made along faults, tectonic plate boundary zones, or even along mid-oceanic ridges (Pidwirny). Small earthquakes can be caused by volcanic activity, landslides, mine blasts, and nuclear experiments (Science Daily). Sun and moon cause tremors by creating…

going on? An earthquake is officially happening and it is beginning to demolish everything above Earth 's surface. The earliest ever recorded evidence of an earthquake occurred in the Shandong province of China in 1831 B.C. ("Earthquake Facts"). It is said that Aristotle stated that soft ground shakes more than hard rock in an earthquake in 350 B.C. ("Earthquake Facts"). The interior of Antarctica has ice quakes, but occur within the ice sheet, instead of the land beneath the ice ("Earthquake…

An earthquake is the phenomenon that a huge energy suddenly released and appeared in the Earth’s crust when two moved plates slip past one another. The earthquakes usually happen in the convergent boundaries, divergent boundaries and transform boundaries. In the three kinds of boundaries, the convergent boundary often produces the largest magnitude earthquakes. Because when the two plates collide strongly in the convergent boundary, the extreme pressure and the great friction will appear. So the…

up and has to be expelled in the form of an earthquake. The regions for seismic activity in Canada are: the Cordillera region, British Columbia, the Arctic and to a smaller extend, and central Quebec. More than 4,000 earthquakes occur in Canada every year. The western regions are the most seismically active region in Canada. More than 100 earthquakes with a magnitude of 5 or more have occured in Canada over the past 70 years. In 1949 a massive earthquake with the magnitude of 8.1 occurred in…

Park. Then, at around 5:03pm not long before the scheduled first pitch, an earthquake hit the stadium as well as the surrounding area. According to the History Channel, the stadium withstood the quake but the surrounding area didn’t fair quite as well. Sixty-seven people lost their lives while thousands of others suffered…

discusses previous earthquakes that have occurred in the Kashmir Valley, and predicts an upcoming mega quake that will someday occur in this region. By using past records of an earthquake in this area dating back to circa 1555, seismologists and historians have worked together and determined that a major earthquake occurred during this time. Based on their current knowledge of geological processes and descriptions of past events, geologists and historians alike believe that an earthquake within…

typhoon, tsunami and especially earthquake. For the last decade, we had to face with many super earthquake with magnitude from 7.0 to 9.0 Richter which caused devastating damage, some even send a country backward 10 years in development like Haiti earthquake in 2010 according to the UNICEF. With the power of earthquake, no country is invincible, even such a high developed and very experienced with earthquake like Japan. On March 11th 2011, the Tohoku earthquake occurred on the east coast of…

In the first article, “Earthquake Kills Scores in Mexico,” we find some background on how Mexico city was destroyed by an 8.1 magnitude earthquake. The tragedy made the first page of the New York Times on September 20, a day after the disaster happened. According to the article, more than 40 buildings collapsed throughout the city. Many people were trapped under the rubble of the fallen buildings. Mexico was first built on top of a lake. This makes for a slightly different urban structure than…

approximately twenty plates on the earth’s crust. When they occur they cause earthquakes, which in turn, create fault lines. According to the map from www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-earthquake.htm majority of earthquakes take place on the west coast of North, Central, and South America. As well as India, the Philippines, New Zealand, an eastern parts of Africa. The Richter scale is a device that measures the magnitude of an earthquake, one being the least destructive and ten being the worst.…

On January 12, 2010, Haiti was impacted by a strong earthquake of a magnitude of 7.0. This earthquake was the strongest this nation had faced in 200 years, leaving more than 200,000 people dead, and over 895,000 people homeless. Haiti was already considered as one of the poorest countries, and with the impact of the earthquake, most of the limited amount of riches the country had, were loss. After this tragedy happened, a lot of people started making donations to aid the people of Haiti. One of…