construction in earthquake-prone zones. Consider factors such as housing costs, taxes for safer public facilities, different standards for different types of buildings (e.g., homes, apartments, stores and shopping centers, nuclear power plants, etc.). Building in earthquake-prone zones can be costly as the codes for creating buildings that can withstand earthquakes changes almost yearly, and several factors outside of an earthquake can cause the building to fail and cost human lives. Most earthquake related
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Brown September 2015 Abstract On January 17, 1994 a major earthquake struck the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles. Synergistic Systems Inc. a computer based medical billing company headed by Jean Campbell was damaged by the earthquake and challenged to its core Kouzes &Posner (2002). Due to Jean’s servant leadership, the company survived the earthquake as an ongoing concern and continues to thrive as a trusted firm that employs 200 people and handles over
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What is an earthquake? An earthquake is what happens when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another. The surface where they slip is called the fault or fault plane. The location below the earth’s surface where the earthquake starts is called the hypocenter, and the location directly above it on the surface of the earth is called the epicenter. Sometimes an earthquake has foreshocks. These are smaller earthquakes that happen in the same place as the larger earthquake that follows
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Describe the view that the impact of earthquakes depend primarily on human factores Earthquakes are caused by the movement of tectonic plates and fault lines covering the earths surface. They occur at all three plate boundries (distructive, constructive andconservative) although most earthquakes occuralong the edge of the oceanic plates and fault lines such as the San Andreas fault line situated in California USA. There is always a variation of factors that can influence how the seismic event
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Final Exam Review material: Physical Geology (GEOL 1114) 1. Explain the Uniformitarianism. The birth of Modern Geology, the physical, chemical and biological laws that operate today have also operated in the geologic past 2. What are the spheres of the Earth system? Atmosphere, Geosphere, Biosphere, and Hydrosphere 3. What are the mechanical and compositional layers of the Earth’s interior? Compositional: Crust, Mantle, Core. Mechanical: Lithosphere & Athsenosphere 4. Know the prominent
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Are the social impacts of an earthquake more important than the economic impacts? This case study will explore evidence in favour and against and then come to a overall conclusion based on the evidence to answer the question of should we spend more money on social impacts of an earthquake or the economic impacts of an earthquake. An earthquake is the sometimes violent shaking of the ground caused by movements of Earth's tectonic plates. Most earthquakes occur along fault lines, which is
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September 24 2013 Earthquake U.S Geological Survey A magnitude 7.7 earthquake hit Awaran, Pakistan due to a strike-slip occurring between the plates. The plates collided between the transition zone between the northward subduction of the Arabic plate beneath the Eurasia plate. The epicenter of the event occurred 69km north of the Awaran, Pakistan border. The earthquake killed at least 825 people and injured hundred of others. The Balochistan government estimated that the earthquake had destroyed
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where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean. In a 40,000 km (25,000 mi) horseshoe shape, it is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs, and volcanic belts and/or plate movements. It has 452 volcanoes and is home to over 75% of the world's active and dormant volcanoes. It is sometimes called the circum-Pacific belt or the circum-Pacific seismic belt. About 90% of the world's earthquakes and 81% of the world's
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Earthquake The strongest earthquake in 25 years in Northern California's Bay Area struck early Sunday, injuring dozens of people, damaging historic buildings in downtown Napa and turning fireplaces into rubble. The 6.0-magnitude quake struck just six miles southwest of Napa, California's famed wine country. Nearly 160 were treated for minor injuries at the emergency room at Queen of the Valley Hospital, though hospital CEO Walt Mickens could not confirm that all of those patients were injured
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MATERIAL FOR GRADE – 7 SCIENCE THE OCCURRENCE OF EARTHQUAKE: IT’S OUR FAULT! BY: WILFREDO D. BARTOLO, JR. TEACHER III GUIDE CARD During an earthquake, blame it on the fault! Earthquake is one of the most frightening calamities that human beings can ever experience. You grew up believing that beneath the earth are steady, solid and hard rocks, but why it can suddenly shake? You do not know what to believe anymore? Earthquake is unstoppable! Just remember, if God is with us who
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