that the event travels, and magnitude is the scale of energy released during an event. What these two things have in common is magnitude usually determines the frequency that the force will travel. We study this relationship closely so we have a good idea on what can potentially happen in the future. When there is a place that has many low magnitude earthquakes the frequency is typically low. On the contrary when there is a single earthquake with a larger magnitude the frequency can be very high
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Earthquakes in the UK The UK is not thought to be associated with earthquakes, despite this around twenty to thirty earthquakes are felt by people each year, and a few hundred smaller ones are recorded by sensitive instruments. These earthquakes that are felt and/or recorded often cause minimal if no damage, however some earthquakes that have occurred in Britain have caused significant damage, but not on the scale and size as other earthquakes in other parts of the world. The Largest *
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------------------------------------------------- Student’s plan: Intro – definitions Park model THP factors Magnitude – Lincolnshire, Iripinia Speed onset - Popocatepetl, Kashmir Areal Extent – tsunami Other factors - economic development Scientific understanding Location Conclusion - why chose case studies Nevado del Ruiz Loma Prieta Introduction Tectonic hazards pose significant challenges to humans. Earthquakes alone have claimed over 1 million lives in the last 100 years. A tectonic hazard can
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The earthquake that took place in Haiti on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 was a devastating and tragic natural disaster. It was located at 18.457°N latitude and 72.533°W longitude ("USGS- Science for a Changing World"). The depth of the earthquake was 13 kilometers, or 8.1 miles in distance into the ground ("USGS- Science for a Changing World"). This earthquake was not very deep, and fell under the category of a shallow earthquake, which can occur anywhere from 0-70 km from the surface of the earth. In
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Earthquakes On October 17, 1989, as my family and I were preparing to watch game 3 of the World Series, a special news break announced that there had been a devastating earthquake that had struck the San Francisco bay area. News cameras quickly began showing the devastation that this magnitude 6.9 earthquake had wrought. Buildings were on the verge of collapse and the two tier bay bridge had partially collapsed trapping hundreds of motorists. 63 people lost their lives due to the earthquake,
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RHODES UNIVERSITY – EARTH SCIENCE 101 ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET Name: | Sopazi, Sebenzile | Student Number: | G11s5764 | Course: | Earth101 | Lecturer/Tutor: | Mark Raines | Title: | Magnitude 9 Tohoku earthquake | Word Count: | 420 | Due Date: | 9 March 2012 | Date of Electronic Submission | 09March 2012 | Date of Hardcopy Submission | 09 March 2012 | PLAGIARISM DECLARATION (adapted from the declaration presented in the Rhodes University Plagiarism Policy: http://scifac.ru.ac.za/plag2008
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Instability in the Himalayas: Earthquake in Nepal All life is at the mercy of nature. Whether it feeds and nurtures a species, or drives it to extinction, all life on earth is controlled by the forces of the natural world. There are many examples of the violent and catastrophic effects of natural disasters, but perhaps none is more relevant to the present than earthquakes. There are “only about 15 earthquakes a year in the world — out of 1.3 million total temblors — are magnitude-7.0 or higher, according
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people and the environment worse. Natural disasters are due to the nature of the disaster that cannot be changed or reduced in any way. One factor that supports this is the magnitude of the earthquake. Eg. Haiti earthquake of 2011 had a magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter scale. whereas Japans was a magnitude of 9.0. The higher magnitude would cause greater impacts such as destruction of infrastructure and greater deaths. This is proven as Japan had 18,000 lives lost. Therefore showing that the nature and
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The topic of choice that I chose to write about for my short report paper is Earthquakes. I chose earthquakes because I am fascinated by them, and would like to learn as much information as I can about them. I have found out that these are phenomenons of nature and I am going to enlighten you on what the causes are behind them, the tools we use to track them, and some of the worst ones that have ever happened in history. The following paragraphs will be a complete review of all of the information
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