What is Earthquake An earthquake is caused by a sudden slip on a fault. The tectonic plates are always slowly moving‚ but they get stuck at their edges due to friction. When the stress on the edge overcomes the friction‚ there is an earthquake that releases energy in waves that travel through the earth’s crust and cause the shaking that we feel.( readanddigest.com/what-is-an-earthquake) The April 2015 Nepal earthquake (also known as the Gorkha earthquake)[6][9] killed more than 8‚800 people and injured
Premium Earthquake Kathmandu Nepal
This region in China has a long history as a thriving city prior to the Tangshan Earthquake in 1976. Humans lived and worked in Tangshan as early as 40‚000 years ago. It was a village during the Tang dynasty. After this dynasty‚ it was part of the Ming dynasty. During the Ming dynasty‚ Tangshan developed in agriculture‚ oil exportation‚ and ceramics. In 1889‚ this region was named Tangshan Town and later‚ it became known as the City of Tangshan. It is home to many "first" innovations in China’s
Premium Earthquake
Haiti Earthquake “People poured out into the streets‚ crying‚ carrying bodies…” (Addley 1) Haiti is one of the poorest countries and home to more than 2 million people. Haiti was not prepared especially since Port-au-Prince‚ their capital‚ has very poorly built construction on its buildings and houses. “Haiti is a poor country with lax building standards and high population density‚ which makes buildings more likely to crumble.” (Thompson 1) Due to the earthquake and all the damage that happened
Premium Earthquake Poverty Hurricane Katrina
Has globalization helped Haiti in handling the devastation of the earthquake? Haiti’s worst earthquake in two centuries hit south of the capital Port-au-Prince in 12 January 2010. Hundreds of buildings were damaged or destroyed‚ millions were relocated‚ thousands died. The BBC documental video “Surviving Haiti” showed how lives changed after the earthquake‚ how government was handling the situation and what measures were taken to help. As Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world‚ the
Premium Earthquake Economics Haiti
COSTAAT Was the Japan Earthquake Manmade? Project submitted to Ms. Karen Paul SCIE 201 - Contemporary Issues in Science BY Rishard Khan On March 11‚ 2011‚ a magnitude 9.0 earthquake the strongest ever recorded struck the East coast of northern Japan. It Japan triggered a massive tsunami along the Pacific Coast of northeastern Japan. As a result over 20000 people were killed and the Fukushima Daichi nuclear reactor has been severely damaged so Low-levels of radiation have been emitted
Premium Earthquake Earth
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
Premium Volcano Lava Plate tectonics
INDEX 1)Abstract 2)Introduction 3)Causes of earthquakes 4)Basic terminology: a)Hypocentre‚ b)Epicentre c)Focal depth 5)Earthquake size a)Magnitude b)Intensity 6) Earthquake hazard a)Primary effects b)Secondary effects 7)Earthquake loads on buildings 8)How Buildings Respond to Earthquakes 9)Common Modes of Failure a)Structural
Premium Earthquake Earthquake engineering
Haiti‚ known for its histories of earthquakes has long been known to be at risk for a major quake. On January 12 2010‚ that major quake occurred. Haiti was struck with the most devastating quake they have ever seen in two hundred years‚ a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake. More than two hundred thousand people were killed by the quake‚ hundreds of thousands were injured and millions left homeless because of this major earthquake. Thousands of people also died from Cholera‚ an infection in
Premium Earthquake Earth Haiti
2011) (Wdowinski‚ Tsukanov‚ Hong‚ & Amelung‚ 2010). Coincidentally‚ prior to the earthquake‚ Haiti experienced two tropical storms and a major hurricane in 2010; which may corroborate geologists’ assertion that increased soil erosion from these extreme weather events may have triggered the 2010 earthquake in Haiti (Ader‚ 2011) (Wdowinski‚ Tsukanov‚ Hong‚ & Amelung‚ 2010). Relative Risk & Vulnerability The 2010 earthquake disaster damaged over 30‚000 buildings including the parliament building‚ Presidential
Premium Emergency management Earthquake Tropical cyclone
EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING IN AUSTRALIA BEFORE MECKERING AND AFTER NEWCASTLE by Charles Bubb BE‚ DIC (Eng. Seis.)‚ FIEAust‚ CPEng SUMMARY Earthquake Engineering in Australia‚ as elsewhere‚ has been formulated in the aftermath of damaging earthquakes. The first Australian Code AS2121-1979 was written and published after the 1968 Meckering WA earthquake. The second AS1170.4 1993 was published after the 1989 Newcastle NSW earthquake. Good quality Building Codes are a necessary basis for sound earthquake
Premium Earthquake engineering Earthquake Insurance