Earthquake : A Powerful Earthquake

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

The earthquake occurred on the 12th of January 2010, a slip along the conservative boundary situated along Haiti caused a significant earthquake with subsequent damaging aftershocks. As can be seen in figure 1 the shaking intensity was strongest at the epicentre of the

Imagine if you had to restart your life, new shelter, new job, new lifestyle. Well locals or people in the Philippines had to restart their life when an earthquake with an magnitude of 7.1 hit the country and destroyed people’s lives. The earthquake had a devastating 7.1 magnitude. The earthquake hit the Philippines on October 15th, 2013. The likely culprit of the earthquake was the East Bohol Fault because the two tectonic plates were sliding against each other and the creates an earthquake. Sadly, earthquake killed more than 90 people. Ports, schools, and airports were damaged. A hospital collapsed then that lead to a killing of 18 people. Children were also injured at sports complexes because people rushed the exits when the the ground started to shake. Lastly, 5 people were killed in a landslide that was triggered from the earthquake. What really matters though is how people respond to the

Have you ever been in a deadly earthquake? In 2013, the people of the Philippines experienced one. A 7.1 magnitude earthquake that affected around 43,000 people with 2,211 aftershocks that ended up killing a total of 185 people. Earthquakes are known as one of the most dangerous natural disasters. This horrific event happened October 15th, 2013. The earthquake hit hardest in the central Philippines, it was reported to be caused by the East Bohol Fault. People act in a response to a natural disaster by gathering resources, spreading word, and government aid.

On Friday March 11th, 2011 at 2:46 pm, the fifth largest earthquake recorded since 1900 with a magnitude of 9.0, 1.7 Richter scale points greater than the devastating Vancouver Island earthquake of 1946, struck the coast of Japan, 231 miles northeast of Tokyo1, causing a devastating regional and global catastrophe.

A sequence of strong earthquakes hit the country of Chile between 21st of May and the 6th of June with first recording was the Conception Earthquake with a magnitude of 8.1 on the Richter scale. Then the most powerful of them, the Valdivia earthquake hit; affecting all of Chile more than 400,000 square kilometers with devastation point in magnitude between 9.4 and 9.6 on the Richter scale. The United States Geological Survey would later confirm that the magnitude of the earthquake

2014 there was an earthquake with a 4.4 magnitude in California. It shook the ground

In 2010, an 8.8 Mw earthquake shook Chile. It was approximately 200 miles southwest of Chile and was approximately 375 miles long. A 2014 study attributed the quake to immense water pressure located between the two plates. The region was stricken by strong aftershocks for months after the quake, many of a magnitude of 5.0 Mw or greater.

The Chiapas Earthquake, otherwise known as the Southern Mexico earthquake, had catastrophic results on Mexico as a whole. The disaster struck off the coast of Chiapas, Mexico 11:49 on Thursday, September 7, 2017. The magnitude, a whopping 8.2 m, marked this earthquake as the largest Mexico has seen since 1976, shocking and surprising Mexico’s citizens. The tremors from this disaster was felt all the way in Mexico City, nearly 600 miles away, and the aftershocks continued all through Friday, leaving victims on edge and terrified.

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.

The quake was named 1969 Valdivia Earthquake. The reason why the earthquake had struck Chile was because the Nazca Plate collided under the South American plate. (Richard Pallardy, Britannica), (Extreme Science) The quake struck Chile at 7.11 P.M, the speed going at 100 miles per hour. By the ending of this powerful earthquake, the damage caused 2 Million people to become homeless and killed around 5,000-6,000 people.

The earthquake was caused by the sudden collision of the eurasian and philippine tectonic plates. The earthquake travelled up a faultline in the plate that

In May 1960, the strong earthquake happened on the seabed of central and southern Chile triggered a huge tsunami, which causes tens of thousands of people dead and missing; coastal port completely paralyzed; 2 million people are homeless. The maximum wave height is 20-30 meters. Near vertical waves destroy houses and sweep away crowds. its influence in the world is largest. it is also one of the most serious tsunami disasters.

The magnitude of the 2011 earthquake that triggered the Tsunami was 8.9 magnitude, a scale that way higher than the other quakes that have been happening in this region and the surrounding. It is

The Christchurch earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 (Ritcher scale) hit New Zealand’s second largest city, Christchurch, on February 22, 2011 (Fig1).