Module 5 - Earthquakes - IST Akprind Yogyakarta
... Four types of seismic waves are generated when faulting triggers an earthquake. All the seismic waves are generated at the same time, but travel at different speeds and in different ways. Body waves penetrate the earth and travel through it, while surface waves travel along the surface of the ground ...
... Four types of seismic waves are generated when faulting triggers an earthquake. All the seismic waves are generated at the same time, but travel at different speeds and in different ways. Body waves penetrate the earth and travel through it, while surface waves travel along the surface of the ground ...
Chile_Haiti_eqks - Geo
... magnitude (9.0) of the earthquake, inadequate tsunami warning ,and poor building construction even though people were cognizant of earthquake dangers. Loss of life and damage to property was extensive in the Port-Au-Prince, Haiti earthquake even though the magnitude (7.0) was less because it had bee ...
... magnitude (9.0) of the earthquake, inadequate tsunami warning ,and poor building construction even though people were cognizant of earthquake dangers. Loss of life and damage to property was extensive in the Port-Au-Prince, Haiti earthquake even though the magnitude (7.0) was less because it had bee ...
MS Power Point
... • Intensity – a measure of the degree of earthquake shaking at a given locale based on the amount of damage • Magnitude – estimates the amount of energy released at the source of the earthquake ...
... • Intensity – a measure of the degree of earthquake shaking at a given locale based on the amount of damage • Magnitude – estimates the amount of energy released at the source of the earthquake ...
Preface
... The 2011 Mw 9.0 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake, the greatest earthquake in the modern history of Japan and the fourth largest earthquake of the world in the era of instrumental seismology, occurred along the plate interface east of northeastern Japan. Slip area of this great earthquake e ...
... The 2011 Mw 9.0 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake, the greatest earthquake in the modern history of Japan and the fourth largest earthquake of the world in the era of instrumental seismology, occurred along the plate interface east of northeastern Japan. Slip area of this great earthquake e ...
Pre-Calculus
... 8. The Richter scale is one way of converting seismographic readings into numbers that provide an easy reference for measuring the magnitude M of an earthquake. All earthquakes are compared to a zero-level earthquake whose seismographic reading measures 0.001 millimeter at a distance of 100 kilomete ...
... 8. The Richter scale is one way of converting seismographic readings into numbers that provide an easy reference for measuring the magnitude M of an earthquake. All earthquakes are compared to a zero-level earthquake whose seismographic reading measures 0.001 millimeter at a distance of 100 kilomete ...
effect of earthquake loading on multi
... What happens to the buildings? If the ground moves rapidly back and forth, then the foundations of the building are forced to follow these movements. The upper part of the building however «would prefer» to remain where it is because of its mass of inertia. This causes strong vibrations of the st ...
... What happens to the buildings? If the ground moves rapidly back and forth, then the foundations of the building are forced to follow these movements. The upper part of the building however «would prefer» to remain where it is because of its mass of inertia. This causes strong vibrations of the st ...
Pushing Up the Sky By: Joseph Bruchac
... • Hills or mountains built up by lava and ash around an opening in Earth’s crust ...
... • Hills or mountains built up by lava and ash around an opening in Earth’s crust ...
Image courtesy of US Geological Survey
... seismic waves emitted by this earthquake can still be measured. • The plot above shows the horizontal (East-West) component of the seismic waves measured at seismic stations across the UK. The colour of the line corresponds to the station at which it was recorded, shown on the map on the left hand s ...
... seismic waves emitted by this earthquake can still be measured. • The plot above shows the horizontal (East-West) component of the seismic waves measured at seismic stations across the UK. The colour of the line corresponds to the station at which it was recorded, shown on the map on the left hand s ...
Waves_Seismograms
... – Travel just below or along the ground’s surface – Slower than body waves; rolling and side-to-side movement – Especially damaging to buildings ...
... – Travel just below or along the ground’s surface – Slower than body waves; rolling and side-to-side movement – Especially damaging to buildings ...
- ATC Online Store - Applied Technology Council
... estimates as well as advise on other aspects of the project. Their work was augmented by 58 additional earthquake specialists who were engaged to participate in the questionnaire processes used to develop the consensus damage/loss estimates. Detailed technical work on the project was conducted by AT ...
... estimates as well as advise on other aspects of the project. Their work was augmented by 58 additional earthquake specialists who were engaged to participate in the questionnaire processes used to develop the consensus damage/loss estimates. Detailed technical work on the project was conducted by AT ...
Lab 6 Lecture
... Well-built structures slightly damaged, poorly-built structures suffer major damage ...
... Well-built structures slightly damaged, poorly-built structures suffer major damage ...
Earthquakes
... • The conversion of potential to kinetic energy results in seismic waves • Travel through the ground 20 times faster than the speed of sound • Seismic waves reach the ground at the ...
... • The conversion of potential to kinetic energy results in seismic waves • Travel through the ground 20 times faster than the speed of sound • Seismic waves reach the ground at the ...
Earthquake Terms
... point on the surface of Earth directly above the the epicentre. A fault is a weak point within a tectonic plate where pressure from beneath the surface can break through and causing shaking in an earthquake. ...
... point on the surface of Earth directly above the the epicentre. A fault is a weak point within a tectonic plate where pressure from beneath the surface can break through and causing shaking in an earthquake. ...
Earthquakes - phillipsearthscience
... • Friction prevents plates from sliding (where plates meet…fault) strain builds up strain overcomes friction plates move suddenly releasing ENERGY!!! • Focus: point of 1st movement • Epicenter: point on Earth’s surface directly above focus. ...
... • Friction prevents plates from sliding (where plates meet…fault) strain builds up strain overcomes friction plates move suddenly releasing ENERGY!!! • Focus: point of 1st movement • Epicenter: point on Earth’s surface directly above focus. ...
Exercise 1
... 7) Explain the situations that cause the formation of arcs, mountains and magnetic anomalies during earthquakes, mentioning the types of movements involved. 8) In which direction and at what velocity is the Indian plate is moving currently? 9) Explain the theory of continental drift and the evidence ...
... 7) Explain the situations that cause the formation of arcs, mountains and magnetic anomalies during earthquakes, mentioning the types of movements involved. 8) In which direction and at what velocity is the Indian plate is moving currently? 9) Explain the theory of continental drift and the evidence ...
Reference answers 2.(a) (i) Richter Scale (1 mark) (ii) Plate X
... (b) Earthquake takes place under the ocean / the sea bed quakes / vertical displacement / gigantic waves are generated (2 marks) (c) More developed region Æ Earthquake-proof design is adopted in most buildings – isolation device, the use of strong building materials Æ More knowledgeable about earthq ...
... (b) Earthquake takes place under the ocean / the sea bed quakes / vertical displacement / gigantic waves are generated (2 marks) (c) More developed region Æ Earthquake-proof design is adopted in most buildings – isolation device, the use of strong building materials Æ More knowledgeable about earthq ...
Earthquake casualty estimation
Recent advances are improving the speed and accuracy of loss estimates immediately after earthquakes (within less than an hour) so that injured people may be rescued more efficiently. After major and large earthquakes, rescue agencies and civil defense managers rapidly need quantitative estimates of the extent of the potential disaster, at a time when information from the affected area may not yet have reached the outside world. For the injured below the rubble every minute counts.To rapidly provide estimates of the extent of an earthquake disaster is much less of a problem in industrialized than in developing countries. This article focuses on how one can estimate earthquake losses in developing countries in real time.