Section 2: Studying Earthquakes Recording Earthquakes Seismology- The study of earthquakes and seismic waves Seismograph- An instrument that records vibrations in the ground Consists of three different devices that sense and record motion Vertical Motion of the ground Horizontal Motion- East and West Horizontal Motion- North and South Records motion by tracing wave shaped lines on paper Or translates it into electronic signals. Seismogram- The tracing of earthquake motion by a seismograph
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government spend more money on predicting an earthquake than on preparing a town for the next? This case study will be arguing the reasons as to whether the government should or shouldn’t spend money on predicting an earthquake than on preparing a town to be ready for the next. There are many different points of views on this argument and I will be justifying these in further detail‚ as well as giving my own opinion towards earthquake prediction. An earthquake is a natural disaster when two tectonic
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My life did a complete 180 switch after I survived the devastating earthquake of 2010 in Haiti. It was never easy before as the economy was really poor and life was dull but compared to what I had to live with after I started to realise it was a privileged life. It was a beautiful day ‚ I was looking crispy and getting ready to go school and the day went by so fast ‚ we had a lot of homeworks and things to study for tomorrow . My sister was with me before the incident and helping me with my homeworks
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Most Destructive Known Earthquakes on Record in the World Location | Deaths | January 23‚ 1556 China‚ Shansi | 830‚000 | October 11‚ 1737 India‚ Calcutta | 300‚000 | August 9‚ 1138 Syria‚ Aleppo | 230‚000 | May 22‚ 1927 China‚ near Xining | 200‚000 | December 22‚ 856+ Iran‚ Damghan | 200‚000 | December 16‚ 1920 China‚ Gansu | 200‚000 | March 23‚ 893+ Iran‚ Ardabil | 150‚000 | September 1‚ 1923 Japan‚ Kwanto | 143‚000 | December 28‚ 1908 Italy‚ Messina | 70‚000 | September‚ 1290
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The strongest earthquake hit Mexico in a century. Thousands of people lost their homes after the earthquake hit Mexico.The earthquake struck on the 32nd anniversary of the earthquake in 1985 that killed around 10‚000 people. The earthquake occurred two weeks after a magnitude of a 8.1 tremor in the south of the country that killed more than 90 people. It also cause building and houses in Mexico City to sway for more than a min while it was happening. Nieto said that “This earthquake has been the biggest
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Disasters such as earthquakes‚ tsunamis and flash floods are getting more and more common. With different areas vulnerable to different natural disasters‚ these disasters are hated and undesirable everywhere. In spite of the economic crisis and impact they might cause‚ they can bring out the best in the people‚ including victims and helpers‚ be it individual or in groups. A Haitian boy stood out from the 2010 Haiti earthquake which made him more innovative and matured. He was different from the
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preparedness plan contains seven steps on how to be prepared when an earthquake occurs. Introduction I currently
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com/news/nation/articles/2005/02/27/san_francisco_revises_death_toll_for_1906_earthquake/ http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/1906/18april/casualties.php http://mceer.buffalo.edu/1906_Earthquake/social_turmoil/city-reeling.asp http://www.nps.gov/prsf/historyculture/1906-earthquake-relief-efforts-living-accommodations.htm http://1906earthquake.com/damage-effects/ http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/06.html http://www.sfmuseum.org/perished/who17.html It was a rather cold morning while I was preparing
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How do Earthquakes Occur and What Was The 1906 San Francisco Earthquakes Damage? Who knew an earthquake which can last for no longer than a minute but can cause so much harm? On April the 18th‚ 1906 an earthquake struck the coast of Northern California‚ San Francisco at 5:12 a.m lasting for a minute. But who would think that it was the second most destructive earthquake in the world. So how did this Occur? Earthquakes develop in the crust of the earth. The inner parts contains a lot of energy. Some
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Volcanoes and Earthquakes test Bew c. 1. Where do earthquakes occur? Earthquakes occur at breaks in the earth’s crust called the fault lines. 2. What causes Earthquakes? Tectonic plates pushing‚ pulling‚ slipping past each other increasing the stress and causes elastic rebound to happen. During elastic rebound‚ energy is released and some travel as seismic waves‚ which cause an earthquake. 3. How do earthquake waves travel and what are the various types of waves? Body waves
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