1960 Valdivia Earthquake In Chile

Before the quake hit the day before, there were a series of shocks that tipped off to people of Chile that something was coming. The day that the earthquake hit, it was a rated a 9.5 on the Richter Scale. The intensity of this caused thousands of buildings to be destroyed and 2,000,000 people left homeless. The population of the city had greatly decreased and the city also needed to pay for the damage to be repaired. It would be 800 million American dollars to complete the cleanup and repairs of the city almost completely. This earthquake was called “The Great Chilean Earthquake” because of the total destruction and because of the expansion of it where other countries received the aftershocks and effects. Japan had received a tsunami a day later, killing 138 people and leaving 1600 homes destroyed. Japan was left to pay 34 million dollars for damage

Another very sad and destructive earthquake was the one in San Francisco on April, 18th 1906. The amount of deaths was less than the amount of deaths the earthquake in Haiti had. In San Francisco there were 3,000 deaths. Still a lot but not as much as the Haiti earthquake. The magnitude was higher than the Haiti earthquake but had fewer deaths. The magnitude for this earthquake was 7.8 which is high. There was a significant amount of people without homes. There were 225,000 people without homes.

Over more than 50 decades there has been multiple earthquakes that have been caused by the activity that takes place beneath and above the surface of the earth. For every earthquake there are various effects and consequences, these are generally not preventable but teachable moments. As we study and explore landforms we learn and better understand how today 's structures came about, what took place decades ago and where do we go from here. Thanks to the technology and inquiring minds we are able to study past events like the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the 1964 Alaska earthquake. In comparing these two events we can get an overview of what happened and better prepare ourselves for something like that in the future.

Lasting less than a minute, the immediate impact of the earthquake was disastrous. The earthquake also lead to several fires around the city that burned for three days and destroyed nearly 500 city blocks (archives.gov).The earthquake and fires killed an estimated 3,000

Source 3: “Loma Prieta Earthquake” states, “the earthquake killed more than 60 people, injured almost 4,000.” Many people die or are severely injured during the earthquake or the after shock. People who are in critical conditions may have to say goodbye to one of their limbs. Depression is a common reaction to earthquakes; when people or material things you have grown fond of go away it may lead to depression and this tends to happen after earthquakes. It was said in Source 3: “Loma Prieta Earthquake” that as the San Francisco Giants were warming up the Loma Prieta Earthquake happened and it frightened the people in the stadium.

Most of the boats had people in them and when the boats sank by the tsunami, life were taken along with it. The tsunamis also cause small amounts of flooding in some areas of Chile but not severely. All the while, a huge series of tsunami occurred throughout a portion of the Pacific Ocean. These tsunamis devastated parts of Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and the Philippines. Hawaii had more effect than the other countries because its off the coast of the U.S. The small town of Hilo suffered the worse from the other parts of Hawaii. The tsunami that hit Hilo cause severe damage, some of 600 acres and the estimate cost of damage was $23.5 million. Some parts of Hawaii have also sustained the effects of the tsunami which tally up to over $100 million in damages. Others have either only received minor amounts. of damages, at least 250,000. Along the coast of California, the largest wave height measured at 1.7 meters caused so much damage and the loss of so many vessels. The wave hit most Southern California with the majority being piers and harbors. Major damaged occurred along the Los Angeles and Long Beach harbors. 300 small craft were adrift and 30 of them sunk include a 24-meter yacht which had crashing resulting in the sinking. 235 boat landings ships were lost at sea while and 110 were destroyed from

Breaking news on Fox today, It is May 20,1960 and the ground is shaking. Scientists are saying one of the biggest quakes in the 20th century now happening in Valdivia located in southern Chile. The magnitude, how vast the size of something is, in this case the earthquake was 9.5 and great damage is reported. Now, we are reporting from the remains of the city and are not sure if there is going to be an aftershock,which is an earthquake that occurs after a larger earthquake in the same area. I am your news reporter Dasha Krumer and today I am with Shreya Srihari an expert on earthquakes a seismologist.

These earthquakes were followed on Sunday, November 1, 1755, by a cataclysmic shock and tsunami that killed an estimated 70,000 people, leveling the city of Lisbon, Portugal, while many of its residents were in church. This event marks the beginning of the modern era of seismology, prompting numerous studies into the effects, locations, and timing of earthquakes.

Firstly, the social impacts. There is no doubt that the 2010 Chile earthquake had a huge impact upon the social life of Chile. The Chilean National Emergency office – initially responsible for documenting the casualties – estimated that more than 800 people had died. However, as the Interior Ministry reviewed the data in the following weeks, official tallies ultimately attributed more than 500 deaths to the disaster. 150 of those casualties were caused by the tsunami.

This earthquake left 2 million homeless and $600 million in damage this earthquake led to a tsunami 15 hours later a 35 foot wave smashed into hilo (the big island of hawaii) hawaii is more than 6 thousand miles away from chile. 1,600 homes were destroyed and 185 and more are dead ore missing. 1 day later a deadly 18 foot wave smashed into japan. this earthquake lasted for 11 minutes. this earthquake was big enough it rang the world for days like a bell. The earthquake hit at 7:11 pm approximately 100 miles (160 km) off the coast of Chile, parallel to the city of Valdivia. The shock is generally agreed to have had a magnitude of 9.5, though some studies alternately proposed that it may have been 9.4 or 9.6. A series of foreshocks the previous

As of April 10, 2015, earthquake and tsunami caused the death total of 15,891 people, ravaged large areas of the Japanese countryside, and continues to cause

As survivors from the quake rushed around in fear and confusion, they were greeted by yet another disaster. Shortly after the earthquake, a tsunami occurred. The tsunami’s waves struck the coastline beginning at twenty feet. But as more waves hit the coast, the height of the tsunami grew to just under forty feet, taking out everything that hadn’t already been destroyed by the earthquake, reducing the entire city to rubble. The tsunami stretched across sixty-two miles of coastline near Messina, and another twenty-four miles of coastline near Calabria. The damage from the tsunami was greater near the Calabria coast, where waves were higher and the water quickly swallowed houses and bridges, and flooded rivers. The tsunami that occurred in Messina still holds the title for one of the biggest tsunamis in today’s history. Recently, however, geologists have revisited origin of the tsunami, which is now widely debated. Some

What is an earthquake and why do they happen? : An earthquake is vibrating of the ground caused by the rapid breaking and motion of large parts of the earth’s rocky outermost crust. Earthquakes

Magnitude of the earthquake was 9.5 out of 10, with a rupture zone of about 1,000 km. About 1,655 people were killed, 3,000 wounded, 2 million homeless, and about $550 million lost in southern Chile. The volcano actually triggered a tsunami that killed 61 people and caused extensive damage in Hawaii, the Philippines, Easter Island, Samoa, and California. Residual damage caused landslides and volcanic eruptions after two days and lasted for several weeks. There were four foreshocks with magnitudes of seven or upper, five aftershocks with seven or upper levels, and some volcanoes. The first tremors and aftershocks began on May 21, 1960 and lasted until November 1, 2016.

     An Earthquake is the shaking of the earth's surface caused by rapid movement of the earth's rocky outer layer. The sudden shaking of the ground that occurs when masses of rock change position below the Earth's surface is called an earthquake. The shifting masses send out shock waves that may be powerful enough to alter the surface of the Earth, thrusting up cliffs and opening great cracks in the ground.