a. strain buildup only b. location of foci c. magnitude of P-waves [pic] d. reoccurrence rates of earthquakes in an area and the rate of strain buildup 2. What are most earthquakes associated with? a. rift valleys b. mid-ocean ridges c. divergent plate boundaries [pic] d. plate boundaries 3. At what point in the graph would a rock be permanently deformed? [pic] a. at the start of the stress [pic] b. past
Compare and Contrast two disaster hotspots in term of their hazards and management of their hazards A hazard hotspot can be defined as a place that has two or more natural hazards affecting it. An example of an MEDC that is a Hazard Hotspot is California, in South-Eastern USA. An example of an LEDC Hazard Hotspot is the Philippines, a group of lots of islands in South-East Asia. California is located on the San Andreas Fault, a conservative plate boundary. This means that it is very susceptible to earthquakes e.g.
Plate tectonics are in a stick-slip motion and can make some earthquakes that cause landslides, building damage, and liquefaction. All types of plates are interacting with one another depending on where they are within the earth. Some of the most major earthquakes have happened here in California. One of these earthquakes include the Landers earthquakes that happened on June 28, 1992. This earthquake had a magnitude of 7.3 and was on the Johnson Valley fault line.
Communication and Crisis Sherean Hollandsworth HCS 320 September 30, 2013 Debbie Hunt Communication and Crisis In this scenario, I am the director of the regional Emergency Management Office. I am going to make sure that I get a team together that will communicate outside and inside the organization during this crisis situation. I will explain the possible challenges and advantages connected with communicating with the organization, the public, and the private sectors about the water contamination. I will also explain the differences in the communication processes used in this situation. The team and I will make sure that the appropriate technology would be used.
Both of these countries have mountains and volcanoes that take up the majority of their land. The mountains sometimes make it difficult to farm. In fact, only 15% of the land in Japan is fertile and in Italy, only 35.5% of land is fertile. Mountains also provide a natural barrier between different cities in these countries, as well as a natural barrier against other countries, like the Alps do for Italy. The volcanoes can be dangerous as well.
On the other hand, buildings can be very susceptible to horizontal ground motion. Furthermore, many of the structures in Kobe built since 1981 had been designed to strict seismic codes. Most of these buildings withstood the earthquake. In particular, newly built ductile-frame high rise buildings
The epicenter is located directly above the focus on the earth’s surface. After the fault splits, seismic waves which are produced of energy are released in all different directions. (United States Geological Survey USGS) Seen to the left are the epicenter, focus, and seismic waves. Smaller earthquakes that occur in the same location before the larger earthquake are called foreshocks. Unfortunately scientists aren’t able to tell if an earthquake is a foreshock until the larger earthquake occurs.
The Great Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011 On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Japan and sent a thirty-three foot tsunami raging down the coast to devastate their towns even further. To make matters even worse, the earthquake also triggered a nuclear emergency that has been compared to the Chernobyl disaster of 1986. (McCurry, 1) This earthquake was the worst earthquake in Japan’s recorded history. (McCurry, 1) It would not be surprising if people will still talk about it for centuries to come. The earthquake began off of the north-eastern coast of Honshu and caused catastrophic damage.
Introduction Health experts face the challenge of rapid response to disaster, which is becoming very common not only in this country, but also in other parts of the world. Terrorism, natural disasters, major accidents are some of the possible cases that may require rapid response among the health experts as they struggle to save lives and relieve the victims of their pain. Rapid response to disaster is not a responsibility of a specific institution. All the healthcare institutions, both public and private, must come together in order to coordinate closely in responding to such disasters. According to Edberg (2006), regional health information organizations (RHIO) have become the common platforms for sharing relevant data in such cases.
This would explain why the island (thought to be due to a mud volcano) appeared off the coast of Pakistan this fall at about the same time as the large earthquake. Seismic waves of larger earthquakes are thought to trigger subsequent mud volcano eruptions up to a year after the event. The role the seismic waves play is not yet fully understood. Other tectonic activity, sedimentary loading due to rapid sedimentation, and continuous hydrocarbon accumulation are said to also control the occurrence of mud volcanoes. On a