Earthquake

out which produces an earthquake. Once this earthquake has hit Japan a tsunami follows. Sometimes an earthquake can even make an active volcano build up more pressure and explode.Plate boundaries is also where volcanoes and earthquakes are formed. Earthquakes are vibrations in the ground that result from different faults, including a normal, strike-slip, and reverse fault. Volcanoes are weak spots in the Earth's crust, where magma rises to the…

“Every situation has a positive and negative, it’s down to which side you see.” This quote directly corresponds with the accident in Fukushima. On March 11th, 2011, an earthquake struck this area in Japan; this earthquake had a magnitude of 9, which triggered a disastrous tsunami that reached wave heights of over 120 feet. The power of this natural disaster was unbeknownst to Japanese citizens and government, although some of the effects that it caused could have been much less if proper…

The Haitian Earthquake of 2010 was a tremendous tragedy, and it makes one wonder, why must the Earth be so Cruel? One might argue that its a law of life, and that theres nothing we can do about it. Pitts argues however, that people are just as cruel as the earth, the only differance being our disasters are man made. Sometimes the earth is cruel, this is just a fact of life we will have to accept and keep moving on like we always do. The reaction from the people of Haiti is something that…

Santa Cruz earthquake happened on October 17, 1989, in San Francisco Bay Area and magnitude was 6.9. 67 people were killed, and over 5 billion damages followed the earthquake. (History.com Staff, 2009) Community and people think this earthquake occurred in San Francisco area. However, there were other affected cities such as Los Gatos, Watsonville, and Santa Cruz, etc. In consequence of location, scientists, geologists called this earthquake differently such as Loma Prieta earthquake, San…

city was in flames, killing people by the second.” The San Francisco Earthquake was catastrophic because of its massive destruction, huge amount of death, and raging fires. One of the most destructive earthquakes occurred April 18, 1906 in the popular city, San Francisco. The earthquake caused great damage to the city and had heavy costs. The earthquake could be seen and felt in many neighboring cities and towns. The earthquake caused great damage to the city and had heavy costs. Buildings made…

calamities in the world since the old ages, earthquakes stand out as one of the most severe disasters. Earthquakes are calamities that cause a massive loss of life and property any time they occur. They are caused by diverse circumstances, and they have numerous effects on the people living in the area that they occur. This paper tries to engage the circumstances surrounding earthquakes and the effects it has on the people. Measures that can…

the Great San Francisco Earthquake that happened on April 18th, 1906. Early in the morning there was a 296 miles long rupture along the San Andreas Fault and extensive fires followed after. This earthquake remains as one of the most important studies of a single earth quake because of what scientists were able to study and learn from it. This earthquake affected earth, caused severe damage, a large death toll, as well as created an economic impact. Studying this earthquake we are able to…

The Haiti earthquake has been a disaster, because everything got destroyed and a lot of people died. This earthquake happened in 2010 on January 12. It said that three million people were affected by the earthquake in 2010. The earthquake has been so bad that 300,000 people were injured. An lot of people didn’t have homes for awhile. All of the buildings were destroyed, the whole earthquake was just devastating.What's sad it didn’t have any place to get educated or any food to eat. People were…

An earthquake is the occurrence of ground shaking. Every year almost 1 million earthquakes occur. It is triggered by plate movement. The plates punctuate each step to form mountains, the drift of continents, and the opening closing of ocean basins. Most earthquakes do not cause damage as they are small or occur in unpopulated areas. (Marshark, 2015). There are four different types of earthquake and each with special characteristics. Tectonic earthquakes generate some of the largest seismic…

Every year, the Earth is rocked by thousands of earthquakes that causes damage ranging from non-existent to severe. These severe earthquakes can cause major damage to the cities ' buildings and infrastructure around the world, but more importantly many innocent people are injured and killed in these disasters. On average, 13 300 people are killed and over 4 million people are affected each year as a result of earthquakes. Also, earthquakes costs the world economy US$12,106,198,000 per year on…