The Earthquake in Chile

Extended along the western coast of South America sits Chile, a country placed between the world’s deepest ocean, the Pacific, and the longest mountain chain, the Andes. This geographic predicament has left Chile vulnerable to devastating earthquakes due to the tectonic instability of the region. In addition to an unstable natural environment, societal and political instability have also plagued Chile’s past including the incident of a violent coup overthrowing the Marxist government in 1973.…

Earth. In particular, earthquakes resulting from the meteor would do much damage to cities and infrastructure. Our meteor is 2 kilometers in diameter, and has a mass of 9.07x1012 kilograms. Should a meteor of this size collide with Earth, the impact would cause earthquakes that have the potential to seriously affect people and animals. To measure the effect the meteor will have on the Earth, I will calculate its magnitude. In order to calculate the magnitude of the earthquake, I will first…

Earthquakes and volcanoes are generally caused by one thing; plate tectonics. All three will be discussed in detail. This paper will describe how they affect each other. This is a very interesting topic because it is so hard to predict. Plate tectonics are interesting in the way they work. This is the constant moving and shifting of the earth’s crust which is divided into segments called plates. They are about the same size as a continent and vary in size as the continents do. Each plate…

from geophysics to glaciology. Geology has guided my research interests as well. As a college freshman, I was accepted into a research group with Dr. Kevin Furlong to research earthquakes along the Himalayan Fault, along with major earthquakes around the world, such as the Vanuatu (M 7.1 on 10/21/2015), and the Chile earthquake (M7.8 on 9/16/2015). Within the year, my research interest changed to glaciology, based on a glaciology lecture in my geophysics course. Accordingly, I began researching…

Isabel Peron was born on February 4, 1931, in La Rioja, Argentina. Isabel’s real name was Maria Estela Martinez Cartas. Isabel changed her name after her confirmation in the Catholic Church. Isabel was born in the low to middle class. Her father was a banker and he died when Isabel was a young girl causing her family to have financial issues. Isabel learned had training in French, the piano and dance. However, after the fifth grade Isabel dropped out of school and became a dancer. That’s when…

Get Happy at Happy House Hostel, Santiago, Chile Accommodation for a traveler is crucial, especially after a long day filled with excursions, and the better the accommodation, the happier the traveler. Many believe that the best accommodation cost the most, but sometimes luxury can be affordable. Happy House Hostel in Santiago de Chile is one of the perfect examples of affordable luxury. Since it was established in 2015, Happy House Hostel has been doing their best to make a traveler’s time in…

From growing crops to destroying cities, Latin America’s geography and landforms have a large impact on the people who live there. Some examples are mountains, deserts, rainforests, and plate boundaries. Some of these contribute to science. Others merely impact where people chose to live. Either way, geography affects the people. Mountain ranges such as the Andes and Sierra Madre have vertical climate zones. Each of the five climate zones provide different resources, giving Latin America…

Because the rescue of the 2008 rescue of the Chilean miners in Copiapo was multifaceted, it received attention from around the world; over 2,000 media personnel and 76 satellite antennae attended the final rescue. The event, one of the most-covered in history, served as a drama for world-viewers with danger and an “uplifting” conclusion. The media coverage of the Chilean miners also resulted in two contrasting reactions by two similar countries: Chileans viewed the event with more solidarity…

The Devils Hole Pupfish: The Devils Hole provides pupfish with conditions of continuous temperature(92F-33C) and salinity, unlike the changing environments of many other pupfish. They've been seen as deep as 66 feet, they find food and spawn exclusively on a shallow rock shelf near the surface, they eat the algae and diatoms found there. They are considered an annual species, with their historic population changing between 100-200 in the winter and 300-500 in the late summer. Their population…

Preventive Measures in the 2011 Japanese Earthquake Disaster Summary The 2011 Japanese earthquake followed by the triggered tsunami and nuclear disaster caused severe damage to the country. The three major events cost billions of dollars of damage and the earthquake, rated 9 on the moment magnitude scale, is the largest to ever hit Japan and the fourth largest in the world; more than 10,000 of its people lost their lives. For such an earthquake and tsunami prone country, it was a devastating…