Great Hanshin earthquake

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…

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…

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…

has been the location of some of the largest earthquakes ever recorded. Few earthquakes in the southern hemisphere, or even in the entire world, compare to The Great Chilean Earthquake in May of 1960. In Figure 1.1, Richard Aster places the most powerful earthquakes from the last one-hundred years in a pie chart. The Great Chilean Earthquake accounts for nearly 20% of the total global seismic moment release. At a moment magnitude of 9.5, the earthquake caused astronomical amounts of damage to…

and practice getting there. Also choose a spot out of town in case you can’t get home. Practice getting there from anywhere you frequently are” (“Call”). You should be aware of some warning signs for a volcano. Some warning signs may include earthquakes near the volcano, or if the mountain starts smoking. There are some things that you should do before, during, and immediately after the volcano…

it is a reverse fault. A reverse fault is when a hanging wall slides up a footwall. This is a type of convergent boundary where two plates compress together. The New Madrid Seismic zone is known historically for a series of earthquakes in 1811 and 1812. The first earthquake occurred in Northeast Arkansas with a magnitude of 7.5. This was on December…

Beck Oskin about Nepal’s recent earthquake but it tends to focus on the movement of the land upward. It also talks about Mt. Everest, explaining why the damage in the city was so severe. Europe's Sentinel-1A is a radar satellite that recently (this past Wednesday) had released some new data. According to that data, the article states that a region of Nepal 75 miles (120 kilometers) long by 30 miles (50 km) wide was lifted upward by as much as 3 feet during the earthquake. It had been stated…

On August 26, 1883, a catastrophic natural disaster happened that affected the lives of people near and far. The volcano, Krakatoa, erupted leaving a great deal of devastation in its wake. Krakatoa is a volcanic island located in the Sunda Strait along the Indonesian Island Arc. The island along with two others were remains of an earlier eruption from two hundred years before. Krakatoa Island had three large hill-like or mountain shaped volcanic cones named Rakata, Danan, and Perboewatan. Before…

conspiring against this humble little nation." says Pitts. Haiti is political instability from all the earthquakes. Haiti is always dealing with the fact that, its all part of life. They mourn but they get back up and start to rebuild there homes because that is what they have to do. We need to realize that we can help them get back on their feet that they are not alone in this time of trouble. Humanity is a great theme expressed in “Sometimes the Earth is Cruel” by Leandro Pitts. To begin,…

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…