Deadliest Earthquakes: Video Analysis

About 4000 people were killed over 9000 that were injured that was this famous event you might ask? It was the loma prieta earthquake, also known as the world series earthquake. Taking place in san francisco 1898 this was one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded in the bay area. This earthquake caused an estimate of 5.6 billion dollars for the total damage it had done .The person the was interviewed for this event was Mr.Demichel.he was about 10 when he felt the earthquake.

The prediction of earthquakes cannot be tallied as a certain thing at the present time, however educated estimations can be used to develop and warn people of possible earthquakes. Predictions can and are based on a few factors. One includes new cracks in rocks, this occurs due to a great build-up of energy. That could possibly lead to a site where a discharge of energy could take in the nearby future. Seismic danger maps arranged on the basis of historic earthquake accounts and estimates of earthquake movement in the destination

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.

Of all the naturally occurring events on Earth, earthquakes are among the most devastating and bring a lot of truth to the statement, “Just because something is natural does not mean it is not dangerous.” Earthquakes are one of the most natural things I can think of that can cause massive damage and loss of human live in many instances, and the effects are sometimes long term. “Nothing happens without a force. Many geophysicists accept the theory that continents move as a result of the forces generated by mantel convection deep within Earth – motions driven by our planet’s internal heat energy” (Trefil & Hazen, 2010). According to National Geographic (1996-2012), constant movement in the tectonic plates that make up the Earth’s

Earthquakes are common environmental catastrophes which occur as a result of overwhelming stress being released within the earth. The location of the San Francisco Bay Area is extremely vulnerable to megathrust earthquakes

Earthquakes have been recorded throughout history for thousands of years. Even before seismographs in early times, there are records and accounts of mysterious ground shaking. Earthquakes occur when rocks break along an underground fault (UPSeis, 2007). This, in return, causes vibrations through the earth which causes ground shaking. The magnitude of the shaking varies depending on how great the movement along the fault is; the greater the movement, the bigger the earthquake. Some earthquakes are huge and cause significant damage, while others are small and cause little or no damage what-so-ever. Earthquakes are unpredictable, and can happen at any time. It is uncertain where an earthquake will strike, but there is a greater risk

Did you know in 1906 an earthquake with a 7.1 on the Richter scale hit San Francisco? Not only that the damages were huge, the fire resulted from the earthquake burned down twenty-eight thousand buildings alone! But, the earthquake made around two hundred and twenty-five thousand residents homeless which was more than half the amount of residents in San Francisco at the time. Also, if we presume that there were four people in a house then that’s fifty-six thousand two hundred and twenty-five housing that's been demolished, oh you might have noticed, but that is just a 7.1 earthquake which isn’t even the strongest earthquake to hit the world! Now here is an interesting question, what makes these earthquakes so dangerous? Or rather how does earthquake destroy things anyway because you know that earthquakes are just the shifting of the earth's crust.

I agree to some extent about the statement above and that human factors can affect the impact of an earthquake hazard. A hazard is an object or process that has the potential to cause harm. Ground shaking, ground displacement and flooding are some of the hazards that are produced during an earthquake. In relation to the question above the type and severity of the impact can be affected by physical factors (such as the magnitude and frequency of the quake) as well as human factors (population density and education). I will be discussing the question using the following case studies, Sichuan, Indonesia and L’Aquila.

It is unknown and intriguing to see how people and countries come together when a natural disaster occurs. Earthquakes are one of the most deadly and complex of all the natural disaster, it can cause more consequences than the other natural disasters. Tsunami, Landslides and horror in the streets. In Peru 2007 one of the greatest earthquake ever recorded in South America, with a 7.9 in scale causing many people be homeless, death and injured.

Scientists can’t predict earthquakes but may be able to give a 20 to 30 second warning to provide 30 seconds of evacuation. Scientist can get an idea of when an earthquake might happen by putting GPS trackers on fault lines. Seismographs can measure earthquakes. They are able to pick up the different types of waves that create and earthquake. These different waves can help scientist find out where the epicentre of the earthquake is.

People tremble when they hear the word; destruction, and tragedy: all words that come to mind when “earthquake” is heard. Earthquake is a natural calamity that has the power to destroy human lives in a few seconds; it is responsible for the huge damage to living and non-living things. It occurs without warning and can cause millions of money in destruction and deaths and also it is one of the most unpredictable and devastating occurrences Mother Nature dishes out. There is a sudden slip in the earth’s crust, which makes the earth shake causing mass destruction to buildings and people in the surrounding areas. These areas in the earth’s crust are called faults; the ground bends to a certain limit until the point of breaking, when it finally snaps, it sends vibrations up to

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (2010) reports that the most harmful natural disasters in the past epoch are earthquakes. It is a phenomenon which a plate (the earth crust) in the basement of the earth deviates and move and this can come to the ground and leads to shake. It can result in collapse of buildings and distorting or destroying road, railway lines and bridges. Moreover, it happens when the waves moving occur at seafloor, it can cause tsunami also triggers landslides, and occasionally volcanic activity (Rooney, 2006; WHO, 2018). An earthquake is a devastating

     Most of the worst earthquakes are associated with changes in the shape of the Earth's outermost shell, particularly the crust. These so called tectonic earthquakes are generated by the rapid release of strain energy that is stored within the rocks of the crust, which on continents is about 22 miles thick. A small proportion of earthquakes are associated with human activity. Dynamite or atomic explosions, for example, can sometimes cause mild quakes. The injection of liquid wastes deep into the Earth and the pressures

Volcanoes and Earthquakes are two of the most intriguing natural disasters that can occur on earth. Unlike hurricanes and tornadoes, they can awaken at almost any point in time throughout the year. These two natural disasters are also different from others because they occur on the layers of the earth itself. Volcanoes, while large to us, are actually small, conical patches of earth that spurt and ooze hot molten lava from the core, and can destroy areas of land triple their size. Earthquakes, on the other hand, are severe jolts felt on land due to the movement of earths tectonic plates. Some may describe earthquakes as being similar to riding a bike down a flight of stairs. The impact of an earthquakes can take down even the largest buildings and strongest structures. All natural disasters can have damaging effects on land, some more than others, and all can be measured or predicted in different ways. Although earthquakes and volcanoes are similar to each other, the two are still very comparable. A few of these similarities and differences include the cause of their occurrence, and how their occurrence impacts the environment.

It’s this energy that causes the devastating damage seen on the news. Currently there are no ways of predicting when an earthquake will happen, and thus, they are very dangerous. While it is not possible to predict them, it is possible to measure their strength. The magnitude of an earth quake can be measured using a seismograph which measures the vibration in the ground. These values are then translated into the Richter scale, which is a numbering system ranging from 0-10. Each step in this scale translates to 31 times more energy than the last. This means it follows an exponential curve, meaning the larger the classification the more devastation.