Earthquake In Payette

On August 24, 2014 a magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred in and around the city of Napa, CA. The earthquake killed one person and injured over 150 people. And these people were treated at Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa [1]. More and more earthquakes occurred on this earth. So this grasps people’s attention.

The loma prieta earthquake was one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded ed with a magnitude of 8.9 on the richter scale.Since many forecasts had been presented for the region near Loma Prieta, seismologists were not taken by surprise by the October 1989 event.between

The New Madrid Seismic Zone has remained relatively quiet in the last 2000 years, with the largest earthquake only being rated a 6.3 on the richter scale, occurring in 1895. Since 1974, seismometers have been utilized to capture earthquakes that are too small to notice, known as microearthquakes. These microearthquakes have been recorded in numbers greater than 4,000 since 1975. These shocks were first thought to be aftershocks of the earthquakes that occurred 165 years ago, but with the exponential amount of recurrence, there is something rumbling deep in the earth's crust. Clearly, the New Madrid Seismic Zone is anything but quiet. The candid truth is it is not a matter of if , but when. The Seismic Zone is long overdue for an earthquake. Susan Hough, a seismologist of the United States Geological Survey told NPR ,that “Even though we can't predict earthquakes, we can predict the rates of aftershocks over time. The frequency of aftershocks - smaller quakes that follow the big earthquake - decreases with time, known in seismology as Omori's Law. And in the New Madrid Seismic Zone, the aftershocks aren't following Omori's Law." So will America experience another 1811 quake? Although time will tell, we better

Going to a place that is supposed to be for joy and then experiencing an earthquake can be traumatic. After living through a traumatic experience a person may never be themselves again. Earthquakes not only damage affect people physically, it also can affect them

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

Long-term impacts Disease may spread. People may have to be re-housed, sometimes in refugee camps. The cost of rebuilding a settlement is high. Investment in the area may be focused only on repairing the damage caused by the earthquake. Income could be lost. Important natural and human landmarks may be

An earthquake is where two transform plate boundaries slide and creak the earth. This is what happened in the Philippines. Although it was in 2013 the people are still in need of help to get back to their daily lives. The Philippines earthquake had a magnitude of 7.1. This earthquake was gigantic, and it took down many buildings that were in its path. Lucky the children were not in school that day because of the Muslim holidays the earthquake caused the school to collaspe. If the children were in school, then it would have killed most of the kids.There were 2,100 aftershocks. The day of the quake was October 15, 2013. People respond to a natural disaster by gathering materials and donations, spreading the word, and the government's aid.

According to our textbook, it appears that an earthquake poses a greater threat to the Pacific Northwest than a volcano does. The text states that “California’s San Andreas Fault runs diagonally from southeast to northwest for nearly 800 miles.” In the lecture notes, it shows a diagram of the earthquakes that have occurred since 1977 along the Pacific coast, and the area is riddled with earthquakes. The likelihood of a massive scale earthquake occurring in the Pacific Northwest has been predicted; however, our lecture states that we are unable to predict an earthquake and are only able to gauge the probability of one occurring. Those who would be in harm’s way would be those people who fall within the Mercalli Intensity scale area, and those

Another influential factor that affects the degree of the hazard is where the epicentre is closer to a rural or urban area. Rural area tend to cope with earthquakes much better as there are less buildings that are likely to collapse and rural areas are typically sparsely populated, therefore a smaller amount of people are likely to be affected by the impacts of the earthquake. However, rural areas are less likely to have the infrastructure that could cope with the impacts of a serious earthquake whereas cities do, e.g. earthquake buildings. Many people in rural areas also have less knowledge of the impacts of earthquakes and may not know how to respond during or after the quake. In densely populated urban areas such as L’Aquila, Italy the effects of earthquakes can be much more detrimental as gas pipes can burst, habitats can be lost and thousands of buildings can be damaged. These in turn can have negative secondary affects for example in L’Aquila 70,000 people were made homeless and the bursting of gas pipes resulted in the spread of fire across the city, causing more damage.

Earthquake Hazards occur when there are adverse effects on human activities. This can include surface faulting, ground shaking and liquefaction. In this essay I will be discussing the factors that affect earthquakes, whether human such as population density, urbanisation and earthquake mitigation or physical such as liquefaction, magnitude, landslides and proximity to the focus.

California is due to be hit by an earthquake with an high magnitude of 8.0 comparable to the 1906 San Francisco 7.6 earthquake.

When I was woken up by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake from Pawnee, Oklahoma on last Saturday morning, I just thought I was in a dream. Is Texas near a seismic zone? Again, I heard my cousin, a petroleum engineer, talk about the hydraulic fracturing which causes the frequent earthquakes recently.

The events that occurred between the Aztecs and Spanish Conquistadors have many sides and opportunities for debate. One of the most debated topics being; Who was more savage and who was more Civil? Both the Aztecs and Spanish had powerful and thriving empires. These empires displayed their dominance through their advanced technology and flourishing military. Though it may seem that the Spanish were more advanced than the Aztecs, the Aztecs and Spanish were actually quite close to being equal in technological advancements.

The career I chose to research and I would like to actually do in real life is nursing. A registered nurse is someone that takes care of you when you are sick. There job includes, righting down patient information and that patients symptoms. They also give patients there medicines and other things that the patient might need to take care of. Nurses are the person that’s job is right under the actual doctor, the nurse does everything that the doctor says that the patient needs to have done.

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