Seismology

Source 1: Imagine being awakened early in the morning by the ground shaking so hard that you're thrown out of bed and across the room--if you're even lucky enough to be alive. On April 18, 1906, at 5:12 a.m., an earthquake hit San Francisco, destroying much of the city. San Francisco was a growing city with many closely spaced wooden homes and unsupported brick buildings. The moment the earthquake started, buildings collapsed, water mains broke, and a huge fire broke out that spread rapidly…

Diala Tadros MRS. Grafton GEO101-002 Journal #1 This week’s major headline was the earthquake that tore Italy down to the ground, reading about it in a couple different news articles gave an entire different perspective. First, according to BBC News the main topic was the huge earthquake that affected the middle area of Italy, the quake’s power was 6.2 magnitude it covered all international and local news, it killed up to 120 people, and injured up to 360 people. Also, this earthquake…

Things to Do in San Juan Capistrano Great Stone Church The ruins, more commonly known as the Great Stone Church, is one of the most interesting sections of SJC Mission. The church was laid out as a cross shape with a bell tower that can be seen as far away as 10 miles and whose bells could be heard even further. This historical church lasted only six year as it was destroyed by a 7.0-magnitude in 1812. The earthquake also took the lives of fifty plus people who were buried in the old church…

There has been evidence that scientists have found along the Alaska Peninsula that might be similar to the earthquake that happened in Japan of 2011 that caused severe damage. There were plate alignments found underwater that resembled the earthquake and tsunami that happened in Japan. Researchers found that close to the plates surfaces were conditions that could trigger an earthquake and build a destructive tsunami. Researchers are able to look into how Alaska might be prone to the damage that…

For my “specialty,” I had seismology. Seismology is the branch of geology that studies earthquake behaviors. In this case, I had to deal with earthquakes and the movement of Earth’s tectonic plates. My plan was to look at where the map had different elevation patterns, so I can differentiate them into groups. I found 3 different categories, and identified them as Type 1, Type 2, and Type 3. My first category is a blue (X) to represent the boundaries outside the Pacific, South American, and…

Technology and Chevron use of the technology? Seismic Imaging is a tool/technique to find the availability of crude oils and natural gas underground. It is also known as reflection Seismology as it is a process of inspection geophysics to evaluate the properties of Earth’s subsurface by using the principles of seismology from the reflected seismic waves. Sound waves are recorded by Seismologists using an ultrasensitive device called geophone as they echo under the earth surface. The Seismic…

During my teaching assistantship of 128 hours at Polytech University for two years, I have assisted Prof. Denis Jongmans and Prof. Stephane Garambois in teaching third and fourth year civil engineering students in studying the Earth structure using the properties of the soil: we had outdoor acquisition experiments at landslide sites, using active and passive seismic measurements, as well as electrical measurements to study the resistivity of the soil. In class, we used different softwares…

struck oil, and the world has never been the same since. The oil industry is an important part of the world. First, the workers must get the oil. This is the hardest part of the oil industry. There are many ways to find oil, but the most common is seismology-causing shock waves to locate the oil. Once the oil is found, drills are used to get to it. If the oil is underwater, oil rigs-large structures with facilities to drill wells-are built to retrieve it. Next, the oil has to be transported.…

The term ‘plate tectonics’ is describes of the structure of the earth as made of plate-like shaped components. Alfred Wagener in 1912 was responsible for the introduction of the continental drift theory, Kious, W. J., & Tilling (1996). The theory was based on stunning observations that the African continent makes a perfect fit with the South American. It had also been observed that the similar animal and plant fossils had been found in the adjacent African and South American coasts. Given the…

As human, we used to think ourselves as a superior species with the power to control and manipulate nature as we wish, but in fact we are very vulnerable to natural disasters like volcano, 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…