Pacific Ring of Fire

Mount ST. Helens The eruption of Mount ST. Helens changed people’s lives because it destroyed everything in its path. The volcano erupted at 8:32 a.m. on May 18, 1980. The eruption caused snow on the mountain to melt and the snow flooded the roads and bridges. The eruption sprayed a thick layer of volcanic ash over a huge area. If you do not know what Mount ST. Helens is, well it is a volcano that erupted in the year 1980. Mount ST. Helens is located in the Cascade mountain ninety-five miles…

The Mount Tambora volcanic eruption commenced on April 10 1815, on Sumbawa one of the many Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia. Mount Tambora is one of the many volcanoes in the ring of fire and the only volcano in recorded history to reach a volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 7. On the day of the eruption the explosion was heard from approximately 2000 kilometres away among the Sumatran islands. Mount Tambora is described as a Stratovolcano a large volcan layered within with ash and magma form…

“The last judgment is here, cried Candide” (Norton, p.425) this is what he said when the earthquake of Lisbon hit. What we can see from this statement is how easily influenced Candide is, all it took was an earthquake and already it is the end of the world. Now granted this is an earthquake that has devastating potential, but we don’t see any other character making a statement like this. Also, Candide's major error is that he never seems to develop his own thoughts and feelings about life…

of the two plates slides underneath the other plate melting into the mantle, this builds up stress between the two plates and is released as an earthquake, the two plates that performed this subduction were the Pacific Plate and the Eurasian Plate. The plate that subducted was the Pacific Plate. Location the location of the tsunami originated off the north-east coast…

Maule Earthquake One of the largest Earthquakes in the world occurred on February 27, 2010. This Earthquake, known as the Maule Earthquake, took place on the offshore of Bio-Bio Chile with a magnitude of 8.8 (“Aftershocks of Chilean Earthquake”). Even with all the damage and destruction caused by the earthquake, the offshore of Bio-Bio, Chile was in for more destruction by the tsunami that shortly followed Maule Earthquake. As a result, Chile was impacted by the earthquake politically,…

Topic Suggestion #1: Natural Disasters and How to get Ready for It Analysis: Self: I often worry about natural disasters because I live right on the San Andrea’s Fault. Also, when I see the world news, I always hear that many people died because of natural disasters. I experienced many earthquakes, but my family was not ready for earth quakes. We do have emergency foods and lights, however, most objects in my house will fall once a major earth quake starts. When I was in middle school, around…

This earthquake makes me think that the next large earthquake may happen in the California. Because the California is located in the American plate and Pacific plate. It is a convergent boundary and this area belong to the Circum-Pacific seismic belt area. What’s more, the San Andrea fault is located in the western of America. It would be a high intensity earthquake if California had the earthquake. Because California is the crowded city which…

On Thursday, September 7th, 2017, an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.1 struck off the coast of Mexico. (Jones,2017). The 8.1 quake was said to be the strongest earthquake to hit the country in a century. (Jones,2017). The aftermath of this earthquake was devastating and heartbreaking. Homes were lost, mass evacuations were made, and 61 lives were lost. Millions were left without power with only 800,000 being restored (Jones,2017). The answer as to why so many earthquakes occur in Mexico is…

Mount Etna an active stratovolcano that towers 3,440 meters over the city of Catania on the Mediterranean Island of Sicily,Italy. It has been erupting for half a million years and the date of the last eruption was December 3, 2015. Mt. Etna was created on a boundary between the African and Eurasian plate. It was formed because the African plate subducted under the Eurasian plate. It has explosive types of eruptions from its 3 summit crater and the lava is pahoehoe. Mt. Etna has the longest…

www.pixgood.com The San Andreas Fault is a major fault line along the western part of California. It is 660 miles long and is moving at a rate of 5cm (2in) annually. (Wile, Exploring Creation through Physical Science p. 149). It was formed when the Pacific and North American plate began to move in opposite directions and its stresses have built up since then. (Stewart, Inside Earthquakes p.12). “Scientists predict there is a 65% chance that it will produce a major quake before 2040.”(Stewart,…