Walter V
... Help injured or trapped persons within the limits of your abilities. Listen to a battery operated radio or television for emergency information. Check on the elderly and disabled, or children who may need special help. Stay out of damaged buildings! Use the telephone only for emergency calls. ...
... Help injured or trapped persons within the limits of your abilities. Listen to a battery operated radio or television for emergency information. Check on the elderly and disabled, or children who may need special help. Stay out of damaged buildings! Use the telephone only for emergency calls. ...
Earthquake Resistant Buildings
... countries to educate and familiarize people on what to do in the event of an earthquake . •Governments of earthquake-prone countries also use posters and signs to warn people about areas that are prone to the effects of earthquakes e.g. coastal areas where tsunamis can occur . ...
... countries to educate and familiarize people on what to do in the event of an earthquake . •Governments of earthquake-prone countries also use posters and signs to warn people about areas that are prone to the effects of earthquakes e.g. coastal areas where tsunamis can occur . ...
Rare Video: Japan Tsunami
... On March 11, 2011, an earthquake and tsunami off the coast of Japan left more than 28,000 dead or missing. This video captures a first-hand perspective of the tsunami as it washes over the landscape, turning the infrastructure to rubble. ...
... On March 11, 2011, an earthquake and tsunami off the coast of Japan left more than 28,000 dead or missing. This video captures a first-hand perspective of the tsunami as it washes over the landscape, turning the infrastructure to rubble. ...
Unit 1 topic 1 revision
... 220,000 died, 300,000 injured =, 5000 died, roads collapsed, fires caused by broken 300,000 houses ruined gas pipes, port damaged, 300,000 homeless, Cholera broke out due to poor water supply afterwards. Very poor country - government Area is monitored with seismometers, tiltmeters, lasers struggles ...
... 220,000 died, 300,000 injured =, 5000 died, roads collapsed, fires caused by broken 300,000 houses ruined gas pipes, port damaged, 300,000 homeless, Cholera broke out due to poor water supply afterwards. Very poor country - government Area is monitored with seismometers, tiltmeters, lasers struggles ...
Dynamic Crust Part 1
... Most earthquakes occur when stress on earth’s crust becomes too great and the crust shifts and breaks releasing energy in waves. The focus is the place underground where the break first occurs. The epicenter is the location at Earth’s surface just above the focus. Vibrations begin at the epicent ...
... Most earthquakes occur when stress on earth’s crust becomes too great and the crust shifts and breaks releasing energy in waves. The focus is the place underground where the break first occurs. The epicenter is the location at Earth’s surface just above the focus. Vibrations begin at the epicent ...
Earthquakes as evidence of plate tectonics
... Earthquakes as evidence of plate tectonics Introduction: Strong supporting evidence for plate tectonics can be found in the patterns formed by mapping earthquake activity across the globe. In this exercise you will be asked to plot the occurrence of earthquakes during a 5 year period (1991-1996), th ...
... Earthquakes as evidence of plate tectonics Introduction: Strong supporting evidence for plate tectonics can be found in the patterns formed by mapping earthquake activity across the globe. In this exercise you will be asked to plot the occurrence of earthquakes during a 5 year period (1991-1996), th ...
1992 Cape Mendocino earthquakes
The 1992 Cape Mendocino earthquakes (or 1992 Petrolia earthquakes) occurred along the Lost Coast of Northern California on April 25 and 26. The three largest events were the M7.2 thrust mainshock that struck near the unincorporated community of Petrolia midday on April 25 and two primary strike-slip aftershocks measuring 6.5 and 6.6 that followed early the next morning. The sequence encompassed both interplate and intraplate activity that was associated with the Mendocino Triple Junction, a complex system of three major faults (including the Cascadia subduction zone, San Andreas Fault, and Mendocino Fracture Zone) that converge near Cape Mendocino. The total number of aftershocks that followed the events exceeded 2,000.The three shocks damaged and destroyed homes and businesses in Humboldt County and injured 356 people, but the single largest loss was due to a post-earthquake fire that consumed a business center in Scotia. Accelerometers that had been in place in the Cape Mendocino area since the late 1970s recorded the event and the readings were moderate to strong, with the exception of the instruments closest to the epicenter, which went off scale a few seconds into the recording. No surface ruptures were present in the epicentral area, but landslides closed roads and railroad tracks for at least a week while cleanup took place. Also discovered was about 1 m (3 ft 3 in) of coastal uplift near Cape Mendocino and Punta Gorda.As the largest earthquake in California since the 1989 Loma Prieta event several years earlier, the mainshock caused a non-destructive tsunami that quickly reached the coast, and eventually Alaska and Hawaii several hours later. The tsunami was significant not because of its run-up, but because of the speed with which it reached the coast and for how long the waves persisted. Other strong earthquakes have affected the same area, with some that were clearly associated with the (interplate) Mendocino Fracture Zone, and others (like the two shocks on April 26) were intraplate earthquakes that ruptured within the Gorda Plate, but events that are unequivocally associated with the Cascadia subduction zone are very infrequent.