Great Hanshin earthquake

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…

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…

Northridge Earthquake The emergency I chose is 1994 Northridge earthquake. Northridge earthquake measured 6.7 on the Richter scale and caused widespread damage to buildings, roadways and utilities. Sixty people were killed, more than 7,000 injured, 20,000 homeless and more than 40,000 buildings damaged in Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange and San Bernardino Counties (USGS, 2013). There were collapsed bridges which lead to closure of freeways causing a chaos among travelers. Fires erupted because of…

It was around eleven p.m. when a disastrous earthquake hit everywhere in the United States. It devoured several cities including Newport Beach. That Earthquake was the start of the end of the of the strongest country in the face of Earth and maybe of the existence of humankind. Families and friends were separated maybe for some time or for the rest of their entire life. Billy was only a 16-year old boy whose family was killed by their own house. Billy was in shock. He knew he had to be smart and…

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.…

The Ferguson Rock Slide is classified as a major rock slide event that took place over the course of six months from May to November 2006. The slide blocked California State Highway 140, a major traffic route for vehicles entering and exiting Yosemite National Park in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Central California. This route is primarily used by private and commercial vehicles for tourism, employees of the Yosemite National Park, and local residents of the area. Macro and Micro…

cable cars, but is at risk for a major earthquake. San Francisco is built on the north american plate with it moving against a transform boundary, with the Pacific plate. A transform boundary is when two plates slide against each other, causing many earthquakes since San Francisco is on the west coast of the north american plate. One earthquake that you might’ve heard of is the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, which was caused by the transform boundary. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.8, which…

Can Animals Predict Earthquakes? In the year 373 BCE, the Roman Historian Aelian record that the city of Helike’s animals were behaving strangely. He wrote that the city’s rats, snakes, centipedes, and weasels had all fled after several days of increased activity. Five days later, the city was devastated by an earthquake that destroyed the entire area. In Edo, modern-day Tokyo, Japan, catfish were reported to have “acted weird” before earthquakes in both 1855 and 1923. In February…

Japan Earthquake and Tsunami March 11, 2011 A 9.0 Richter scale earthquake occurred off of the coast of Japan causing a massive tsunami that would hit the eastern coast in the Fukashima District. According to Kapucu, N., & Özerdem, A. (2013) “The damage from the earthquake alone is believed to be limited due to the country’s strong building designs and strict building codes that are followed during construction. However, the thirty five foot wall of sea water that crashed onto the shore…

any background can view the information allowing for a wider understanding and acknowledgement of global topics. The BBC wrote many different articles revolving around the Haiti earthquake in 2010. This meant that thanks to the fact that the BBC News webpage was easily accessible, more awareness was raised about the earthquake allowing for more aid to be…