Nevada’s largest earthquake today occurred in Hawthorne and had a magnitude of 2.4. The largest this year was in the same city but with a magnitude of 5.7. Sixty three years ago three earthquakes occurred in Fallon, Nevada having magnitudes of 6.5, 6.6 and 7.1. Forty eight years ago a M 5.8 earthquake hit Beatty, Nevada which is less than fifty miles from the proposed nuclear waste site at Yucca Mountain. Forty two years ago in Beatty, three earthquakes all having a magnitude of 5.8 occurred within
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EARTHQUAKES IN 2013 Numerous earthquakes also rocked the world in 2013. Some of the most intense of these events include: a 7.7 magnitude temblor in Pakistan in September; a 7.1 magnitude quake in the Philippines in October; 6.4 and 7.7 magnitude events in Iran last April; and in China, a 6.6 magnitude quake in April and an M5.9 tremor in July. The largest deep earthquake ever recorded struck in May under the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. It measured an 8.3 magnitude at 378
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Earthquakes Michael R. Rice PSHC 210 11/17/12 Unpreventable and potentially devastating, earthquakes offer geologists insight into the Earth's structure. Even though scientists cannot stop an earthquake from happening they are developing a better understanding of how and why earthquakes occur. Studying where, how, and why the earth shakes can give people more knowledge into preparing for and recovering from earthquake disasters. Although scientists cannot predict short-term forecasting
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different Earthquake Cases Introduction: In this essay I will be comparing 2 different cases of Earthquakes, 1 in an MEDC (More Economically Developed Country) and the other in an LEDC (Less Economically Developed Country) both of a magnitude of 7.0. The two earthquakes that I will be comparing are the Kobe Earthquake in Japan in 1995 of a magnitude of 7 (for the MEDC) and the Haiti Earthquake in 2010 of a magnitude of 7.0 (for the LEDC).I will be comparing the impact after the Earthquake, the damage
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Crail What’s a earthquake? According to the Geology Labs on-line website an earthquake is the sudden release of stored energy, caused by the shifting of tectonic plates. The energy release is a shock wave or seismic wave. The seismic wave is what causes the ground to move or shake, when this occurs we have a earthquake. According to the 2008 United States National Seismic Hazard Maps a lot of the west coast as far south as Hawaii, and north to Alaska has a lot of earthquake activity. The Pacific
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What patterns to you see in the distribution of earthquakes across the continental United States? Most earthquakes occur in the United States along the coast of the Pacific, particularly the shoreline of California, Alaska and Japan in addition to earthquakes that occur in the mid-west and east coast states and along the border amid Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas and Tennessee. As noted, the highest levels of risk are in the west coast whereas the eastern central region is more moderate risk and
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CHAPTER 2 Review of Related Literature 2.1 Foreign Literatures 2.1.1 The Simplified Method The Simplified Method is the most common procedure for evaluating the liquefaction potential of soil. Developed by H.B. Seed and I.M. Idriss in 1971, this method uses two fundamental terms: (1) Cyclic Stress Ratio (CSR), and (2) Cyclic Resistance Ratio (CSR). The CRR characterizes the liquefaction resistance of granular soils and is typically acquired from in situ tests. It can also be estimated by
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GLG/200 Allen Fronabarger PLATE TECTONICS AND EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS IN LOS ANGELES There are many serious hazards associated with earthquakes in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. This includes ground shaking, ground displacement, liquefaction, fires, and tsunamis (Girty, 2009, Chapter 7). During an earthquake there are varying degrees of vibration of the ground, dependent on the magnitude of the earthquake. This violent movement of the soil can compromise the structure of buildings or other structures
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The earthquake and the tsunami on the Indian Ocean (2004) On 26th of December 2004, the most horrible nightmare came true for the people living in the countries located on the Indian Ocean; Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. It’s one of those episodes that still are remembered today and are in the back of people’s minds. It was series of underground-earthquakes that were triggered, and the first and the most powerful earthquake at magnitude 9,3 on the Richter’s scale
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surface. It is here that we will find the tectonic plates of the Earth and cause for Earthquakes. An earthquake occurs as the two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another (usgs.gov). Generally a quake will occur without warning, although many times there may be a foreshock (smaller earthquake near epicenter, similar to an aftershock), which is usually mistaken for the Earthquake until the actual higher magnitude quake occurs. These shifts seem to happen without warning, however, upon observation
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