Trevor Palmer 4/30/14 5th Period 1960 Chilean & Japanese Tsunami Natural disasters can happen at any moment, ranging from the most deadly to just minor natural disaster, but on this day in May of 1960 something happened that will never be forgotten. They say it was the largest earthquake that ever happened off the coast of Chile and because of that a tsunami happened also. According to the Natural Disaster Organization “the earthquake hit at 7:11 pm approximately 100 miles off the coast of Chile”. The shock of the earthquake had a large magnitude of at most 9.5, this goes without saying that there were warnings of this going to happen the day before. The deadly earthquake caused a large amount of damage and death in the country and in the pacific coastal areas.
Another factor includes the rising sea levels; these enabled the storm to be much more damaging storm surge than before. Hurricane Sandy broke record with 13.2 foot storm surge in New York. At least 1 foot of this height was arguably due to sea-level rise. As sea levels are now 1 foot higher than they were a century ago. Personally, I believe that these 2 factors were very important as much of the damage was due to water rather than the 80 mph winds Sandy brought.
Ryan J. Chervinko 11/12/14 English 101 Earthquakes in the United States Researching Earthquakes past and present benefits humanity today just like researching any other natural disaster throughout history. Doing this makes us more prepared than our ancestors were and will help save lives, infrastructure and money. According to a Historical Newspaper, The New York Times: The New Madrid fault zone is the most dangerous earthquake belt in the United States. (Sullivan) But these people that wrote about this article were at least aware of the danger. Unlike in the 19th century during the most devastatingly dangerous earthquake that occurred on this New Madrid Fault zone, no one back then was fully aware of the dangers of living in this area.
How the 1906 Earthquake Marked the Dawn of Understanding Earthquakes And the Study of the San Andreas Fault in California On the morning of April 18, 1906 at approximately 5:12 in the morning, the city of San Francisco was awoken to one of the most devastating earthquakes in the history of California. The earthquake and subsequent fires caused an estimated 3,000 deaths and over half of the city’s residents were left homeless, and the once wealthiest and most important cities on the Pacific Coast was turned to ashes and ruins (Zoback). Before 1906, little was known or understood about earthquakes, how and where they occurred, or the risk they posed. Although the 1906 earthquake manifested a groundbreaking and tragic event in California,
This latter death toll was surprisingly high as Japan has the world's largest seismometer network, tsunami barriers and earthquake early-warning system (Cyranoski, 2011). In comparison, the Indian Ocean had no underwater warning system and therefore, the high count of human deaths in South Asia was not surprising. The number of casualties would have been less had Japan's early-warning system not failed, when seismologists underestimated the magnitude of the earthquake (Cyranoski, 2011). Due to the false
We reached the Snake River on October 10. Six days later, we arrived at the Columbia River and stopped to rest and meet Indians who had gathered along the shore; in one village I had estimated there were 10,000 pounds of dried salmon. We then headed down the Columbia. Upon reaching a wide body of water, I waxed momentous. We had reached the Pacific Ocean.
Haitis earthquake had casualties, a lot of damge, and their economy was weaker than it was. Both countries were threatened by these big earthquakes that came unexpectedly. These earthquakes could help us prepare for a possible bigger one. Japan was prepared for the big earthquake, but they did not know that the tsunami would come. “The Japan earthquake was500 times stronger than the temblor that hit Haiti in January 2010, which was followed by a catastrophic tsunami.” Japans earthquake was far more dangerous than
(live science.com) One of the most memorable rogue wave occurrences was on October 30, 1991. It was called the perfect storm. According to CNN.com, an enormous extra tropical low is creating havoc along the entire Eastern Atlantic Seaboard in this infrared image at 1200 UTC (0700 EST) on October 30, 1991. Labeled the "perfect storm" by the National Weather Service, the storm sank the sword fishing boat Andrea Gail, whose story became the basis for the currently best-selling novel "The Perfect Storm" by Sebastian Junger. Ocean waves peaked at 100 feet, the height of 10-story buildings.
D. in public policy and administration and M.S. in criminal justice. Her researches and teaching interests include public policy and criminal justice system. This article presents the opposition position since the author gives the public safety after 9/11 more important than the privacy right. The article brings many constitutional rules, data, and examples that will be very helpful for me in presenting the other opinion in my essay.
3. California has 2 or 3 earthquakes each year that are powerful enough to damage structures (5.5+ on the Richter scale) 4. Studies of their frequency and magnitude of past earthquakes show that there’s a good chance of an earthquake of magnitude 7.0+ hitting the San Francisco Bay area before 2025. 5. Past disasters include the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 (magnitude 7.8) which along with subsequent fires destroyed much of the city.