impact, recovery, responses and future steps of the 2011 M6.3 Earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand. Helena (Jiahui) Zhang 250641678 November 18 2014 Geography 2152F Mark Moscicki Table of Contents 1.0 Description of Event 2 2.0 Causes 3 3.0 Impacts 5 4.0 Responses 7 5.0 Recovery 8 6.0 Suggestions for future steps 10 7.0 Bibliography 11 1.0 Description of the Event The Christchurch earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 (Ritcher scale) hit New Zealand’s second…

California Earthquakes Stephanie Sanchez Geology 112 spring 2015 Earthquakes are a powerful force of nature. When they strike, it reminds us of how vulnerable we are to this unpredictable event. On Saturday April 25 2015, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal killing thousands of people and injuring even more. The number of dead will probably increase, as thousands remain missing. When a tragedy as this one occurs, society unites in grieving the people who were injured and those who perished…

Unlike wind, earthquake is a different phenomenon which generates a ground motion. The intensity or acceleration of the earthquake depends upon the magnitude and location of its epicenter. The seismic waves caused by the earthquake cause inertial forces in the building. The inertial forces are created when an outside force tries to move a body in rest which happens in this case as seismic waves tries the move the building in rest. We all know that when a building is subjected to inertial forces…

Earthquakes are destructive natural disasters that have the potential to occur. Earthquakes greatly impact various locations around the world. Generally, earthquakes typically only last for a few brief moments but they can greatly impact a society. One of which include the Nepal Earthquake of April 25,2015. This particular earthquake flattened large parts of the capital Kathmandu and also, caused destruction throughout the already improvised Himalayan nation. The earthquake in Nepal was the most…

Volcanoes and Earthquakes are Sisters, Not Twins 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…

The Sichuan Earthquake also known as Wenchuan Earthquake occurred on May 12th, 2008. The horrific earthquake was located in the mountainous dominant region of Sichuan, south-western China. The earthquake was measured to have a magnitude of 8.0 by the Chinese. The quake affected four-fifths of the buildings located in the area. Towns, villages and schools had collapsed and had been destroyed. Close to 90,000 people were tallied as missing or dead. The Chinese Government report stated that more than…

The Great Chilean Earthquake An earthquake is the shaking of the earth by seismic waves radiating away from the disturbance, most commonly fault movement. The great Chilean earthquakes origin was of the coast of Chile at a subduction zone, referred to as a hot spot for seismic activity. A subduction zone is a region on the crust of the earth where two tectonics plate meet one another. The area where the two plates meet is called a plate boundary. When two plates meet at a subduction zone, they converge…

21 October 2015 1906 San Francisco Earthquake An earthquake is the vibration of the Earth produced by the rapid release of energy. Most earthquakes occur at a plate boundary, usually along the Circum-Pacific belt. They tend to be caused by the slippage along large fracture in the Earth’s crust, such as a fault for example. However, they can also occur from a volcanic eruption, or an atomic explosion. There are two different types of shocks to a major earthquake; there is a foreshock and an aftershock…

Earthquake is defined as “ a series of vibrations induced in the earth 's crust by the abrupt rupture and rebound of rocks in which elastic strain has been slowly accumulating.” in dictionary.com. In other word earthquake is crust release energy caused by shaking and plate tectonics are suddenly move.It may cause people injuryed and economic losses. Earth 's surface crust is called lithosphere. The earth 's crust ruptured by the force of dislocation caused by rapid surface vibrations called seismic…

Earthquakes are an unfortunate consequence of, well, living on earth. While other hazards such as volcanos, tornados, floods, and wild fires all have clear visual indications that allow for us humans to get away from them, earthquakes are much more insidious than the aforementioned disasters because they have no such indicator and the damage they inflict is near instantaneous. Luckily for us humans, seismologists have spent a good portion of the 20th century finding out why earthquakes occur, how…