Seismology

Earth science is the branch of science dealing with the physical constitution of the earth and its atmosphere. It only makes sense that studying the earth’s seismic waves and energy waves caused by rock is relating to Earth Science. Seismology is something that has to deal with the physical constitution of the earth, i.e. earthquakes. Overall, seismology is something that has a huge impact on the Earth and I hoping I am able to learn more about it this…

The idea that animals can predict and warn us of oncoming seismic disasters has been prevalent throughout history, from as far back as ancient Greece to the modern era (Ault 2016). This list of cases appears to be anecdotal, relying on subjective impressions and hindsight biased samples, but civilizations across the globe have relied on animals to warn them of oncoming danger for centuries. While, as the saying goes, the plural of anecdote is not data, anecdotal information can help one…

not avoid the fact that seismic analysis has become much more significant. Earthquake will result in severe consequences such as large financial losses and companies bankrupt, people unemployed and even fatalities. Although earthquakes are not usual natural catastrophes, it is necessary to rationally analyze seismic risk on different kinds of fields like geology, earthquake monitoring and civil engineering. A recent title of combining these modern methods is Performance-based Earthquake…

ES AT1 2017 Case Study: Christchurch Earthquake Part A: Analysis of Event Analysis of the tectonic movement or process involved The Christchurch earthquake in 2011 was a result of a transform boundary. Transform boundaries are when two separate plates slide past each other in their movement. During this process of movement, lithosphere is neither created nor destroyed. Many of these transform boundaries are found on the seafloor. This slide of plates can often lead to major earthquakes. In…

Part 1 - Overview of the San Andreas Fault System Where exactly is the San Andreas Fault System (SAFS)? The SAFS is located in California, mainly towards the West coast. B) What is the dominant type of fault within the system? The dominant fault within the SAFS is a right lateral strike slip fault. C) Where exactly is the SAFS in California? The SAFS begins in Cape Mendocino (Northern California) and ends in Salton Sea (Southern California). D) Dimensions of the fault? How long? How wide? How…

When looking at aspects of geography and geographical study, there are a range of different texts and methods that can be used as learning tools or sources of information. These range of texts and methods can include: webpages, journals, articles, newspapers or many other types of resource. Three of the key sources of information that I will be discussing is the use of governmentally run websites, academic journals and news reporting webpages or articles. Varying uses can be found for the…

In physics there's many things to learn such as various types of G-forces and even energies. The amount of things that I have learned throughout my days in class was the use of energy. The two types of energy is Potential Energy and Kinetic Energy this was used to to tell that velocity PE (Potential Energy) and the motion of KE (Kinetic Energy) of roller coasters which was one of the things that was taught this year PE was the highest point of the roller coaster. And KE is to tell the motion if…

Earthquake Alarm Can you locate an earthquake? How about read its frequency? Alert others of it? You may not be able to do things like that, but there is a machine that can. Learn about this invention as you read about the ancient seismograph. With today’s advanced technology, you wouldn’t be surprised that there would be a machine that can do things such as locate earthquakes before getting struck. But can you believe this invention was created during ancient times? The invention…

It is important to acknowledge that without the critical state, interesting phenomena cannot occur. The non-critical state is at equilibrium, where Gibb’s free energy is equal to zero, and there are no avalanches. Therefore, the critical state is not at equilibrium, this is only an illusion society sees as a result of the nature of self-organized critical systems. During the intermittent periods between avalanches, society cannot detect any changes, so it is assumed that nothing is happening,…

On January 17th 1994, at 4:31am, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, killing more than 60, injuring more than 9,000, and causing widespread damage (Taylor, 2014). With the vast amount of damage, loss of life, and injuries it is easy to understand how the local and state responders would have quickly been overwhelmed in their response measures. This is the exact sort of emergency that the Stafford Act was developed for. According to (Hunter, 2009),…