the earth‚ and are a result of an earthquake‚ explosion‚ or a volcano that imparts low-frequency acoustic energy. There are two types of seismic waves‚ Body waves and surface waves. Body waves travel through the interior of the earth. Surface waves travel along the earth’s surface and through water. Seismic wave fields are measured by a seismograph‚ geophone‚ hydrophone or accelerometer. These are used to measure earthquakes. When measuring these earthquakes these seismic waves are broken down
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The Movement of Plate Tectonics Brandon Womac Plate tectonics have played a major role in the history of the Earth. All seven continents are where they are today due to the movement of plate tectonics. These seven continents were one big supercontinent called “Pangea” about 200 million years ago before breaking apart. The three different types of plate boundaries are convergent‚ divergent‚ and transform. These plate boundaries form due to the earth’s outer shell called the lithosphere having multiple
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WeiWei used art to “protest” against the Chinese government. Ai Weiwei was a creative man who thought of ideas how to represent the names of all the children who were killed in a deadly earthquake. A commentator in the movie claimed that Ai WeiWei was doing a job that the government should be doing. A deadly earthquake collapsed many buildings including homes and schools. Thousands of children were killed and were left unrecognized. Ai WeiWei wasn’t going to let this go. He assembled a project‚ full
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Everyone was ready for breakfast except me. I was always late on the dining table and often made mom angry. But that day mom didnt get angry. Wondering why ? Bhuj and neighbouring places had just witnessed a powerful earthquake that rocked the whole of gujarat. The word earthquake always evoked something-but that something was never akin to terror. On the other hand‚ it was something right out of a Bollywood potboiler. But......but not this time. I thought the earth had cracked open and was about
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First of all‚ Chile have many major active fault zones that are the root causes of earthquakes and other natural diaster. The Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault is major geological fault that runs a length of roughly 1000 km in a north-south direction and exhibits current seismicity. It is located in the Chilean Northern Patagonian Andes. It is a dextral intra-arc transform fault. When considered a fault zone‚ the Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault Zone (LOFZ) might include other neighboring faults such as Reigolil-Pirihueico
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Imagine you’re one of the people that decide to ignore the officials warnings of an eruption on Mount St. Helens. It’s May 18‚ 1980‚ 8:32 a.m. and you hear a rumble and feel the earth move. Behind you‚ you hear a thunderous noise. When you turn around‚ you see a humongous landslide headed your way. Mount St. Helens in Washington State has erupted‚ immediately a cloud of gas‚ rock‚ and hot ash shot up in the air and race down the mountainside at an unimaginable speed. The eruption created a mass of
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passing and just know that their love will not be torn. After these first two stanzas‚ the poem begins to have more metaphors. “Moving of th’ earth brings harms and fears‚” (Line 9). This line is comparing an earthquake to his love‚ who has been harmed by his death. People fear earthquakes and are harmed by them just as the woman is harmed by her loss of her husband. The tone of this part of the poem is obviously death and it creates a fearful mood for the reader. The poem continues on to say fear
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discusses how distressing it is to be Haitian. In nearly the past twenty two years‚ Haiti has suffered from multiple natural catastrophes. Haiti struggles with hurricanes‚ tropical storms‚ political instability‚ and most recently‚ a consequential earthquake. In his article‚ Pitts discusses how humans are able to return to stability after these occurrences‚ which is not the case for Haiti. Leonard Pitts recognizes that it always seems to be “Haiti’s turn.” The main predicament Pitts recognizes is that
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more than 800 miles from the northern end of the Gulf of California through western California‚ passing seaward into the Pacific Ocean in the vicinity of San Francisco. Tectonic movement along the fault has been associated with occasional large earthquakes originating near the surface along its path‚ including a disastrous quake in San Francisco in 1906‚ a less serious event there in 1989‚ and a strong and destructive quake centered in the Los Angeles suburb of Northridge in 1994 that occurred along
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Back to life after the great East Japan earthquake Residents of a city devastated by the 2011 tsunami pick up the pieces‚ showing just how crucial jobs are in times of disaster-recovery. Feature | 01 April 2013 KAMAISHI CITY‚ Japan (ILO News) – Ms Maekawa‚ who is over 60 years old‚ is busily cooking a dish to serve her customers in a bistro in Kamaishi City‚ a small coastal town in Iwate Prefecture famous for its steel production‚ fishing industry and eco-tourism. When not cooking she comes out
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