Prediction Why didn’t scientists know about the faults that caused the two earthquakes? Prior to September 4th‚ there were no surface signs of the Greendale Fault or the fault that generated the Lyttelton aftershock and there was no evidence for seismicity on these faults (i.e. ‘foreshocks’). Seismic surveys have located some ‘hidden’ faults across parts of the Canterbury Plains‚ but these particular regions had not been surveyed for this purpose. An oil-gas seismic survey had been carried out
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Lab #3 January 30‚ 2012 1. Title: Laboratory Techniques and Measurements 2. Purpose: The purpose of this lab is to learn laboratory techniques and to how to measure precisely. During this lab I will learn how to measure length‚ temperatures‚ volume‚ density‚ and mass using laboratory equipment. I will be using laboratory equipment to prepare dilutions and calculate them while using an algebraic formula. 3. Procedure: In order to perform this lab I needed the following materials:
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory Harvard Business School Case 9-110-031 1.1 Should Gentry Lee recommend launch or delay for the Mars Biological Explorer (MBE) mission? Gentry Lee should recommend the launch for the MBE mission. As stated in the case study‚ Gentry Lee is introduced to the project with a significant amount of experience working with NASA and interplanetary exploration missions (Kaplan and Mikes‚ 2010). Multiple review boards took place to discuss in detail the consequences and likelihood
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combination of earthquake and tsunami was a wakeup call reminding companies across the world how much they rely on nature to commerce business. On Friday 11 March 2011‚ an earthquake measuring 9.0 on Richter scale struck off Japan’s north-east coast of Tohoku which happened at 2:46pm (Alabaster et al. 2011). The massive earthquake was caused due to thrust faulting where rocks placed lower in the earth’s crust get pushed over the overlying layers (Alabaster et al. 2011). After the earthquake‚ the shadow
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The largest earthquake ever occurred in the 20th century was the Valdivia Earthquake. As cited in the sources‚ the magnitude of this powerful earthquake was approximately 9.5 and totally destroyed communities near the epicenter. Because this great number of magnitude has a power to eradicate everything around it. Other earthquakes might be the larger but it’s the first one since accurate estimates of magnitude became possible. This was a megathrust earthquake which means that an earthquake occurred
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THE RISK OF EARTHQUAKES FROM HYDRAULIC FRACTURING IN THE UK – KEY STAKEHOLDERS PERCERPTION 1.0 Background On the 1st April 2011‚ a magnitude 2.3M earthquake was recorded near the town of Blackpool‚ UK and this was followed on the 27th May 2011 by a second seismic occurrence of measuring 1.5 on Richter scale. These two events occurred close to Preese Hall drilling site‚ where Caudrilla Resources was extracting gas from a shale deposit using a new method called Hydraulic Fracturing‚ often referred
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the Cascade Mountains‚ began to tremble with earthquake activity lasting until the afternoon of the 26th of March. This was the first of many warnings to geographers and local authorities of the impending dangerous eruption coming from the normally silent Mount Saint Helens. The richter magnitude range was 2.6-4.2. There were 142 recorded earthquakes over 2.4 in the 24 hours between March 26 and 27th. The volcano began to spew ash at 1236. (Girty‚ P. 2) The ash column reached 829 meters above
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Laboratory Techniques & Measurements Observations from Procedures Data Table 1 – Length measurements Object|Length (cm)|Length (mm)| Band-Aid Canister|10.3 cm|103 mm| Fragrance Oil Bottle |7.3 cm|73 mm| Pill Bottle|7.1 cm|71 mm| Data Table 2 – Temperature measurements Hot water from tap(ºC )|Boiling water(ºC)|Boiling water – 5 minutes(ºC)| 52 ºC|99 ºC|100 ºC| Cold water from tap(ºC)|Ice water (ºC)|Ice water – 5 minutes (ºC)| 23 ºC|10 ºC|10 ºC| Data Table 3 – Volume measurements
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The worst earthquake Haiti has experienced in two centuries has hit south of the capital Port-au-Prince on Tuesday (12/01/2010)‚ destroying homes‚ hospitals‚ schools and effecting up to three million people. The earthquake hit at 4:53 PM (Pacific Time)‚ 25 km southwest of Port-au-Prince. The initial shock registered at a magnitude of 7.0 and was followed by two aftershocks of magnitudes of 5.9 and 5.5. More aftershocks are expected to follow in the coming days. The focus occurred at a depth of
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and 144‚300 were damaged by the quake and tsunami. The damaged buildings included 29‚500 structures in Miyagi Prefecture‚ 12‚500 in Iwate Prefecture and 2‚400 in Fukushima Prefecture. Three hundred hospitals with 20 beds or more in Tōhoku were damaged by the disaster‚ with 11 being completely destroyed. The earthquake and tsunami created an estimated 24-25 million tons of rubble and debris in Japan. An estimated 230‚000 automobiles and trucks were damaged or destroyed in the disaster. As of the end
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