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
accessible to some kinds of natural disasters, such as earthquakes and volcanoes that I learned in Geology class. No one will recognize that the Hawaii is the island most likely to feel it. Volcanoes and earthquakes are natural hazards in Hawaii especially earthquakes that have great destructive potential and its have destroyed many other places in Hawaii and killed hundreds of people. There are many differences between volcanoes and earthquakes. These two types of natural disasters can compare or
Where are earthquakes and volcanoes found? Volcanoes and earthquakes have been known to man for thousands of years, but until fairly recently their distribution on the globe was thought of as totally haphazard with each event an isolated phenomenon. Yet, if the positioning of the world’s volcanoes is considered, it can be seen that most volcanoes are situated within several hundred kilometres of the sea, and moreover, that the regions of volcanic activity are concentrated into several girdles
Tsunami can be divided into three categories: earthquake tsunami, volcanic tsunami, landslide tsunami. Earthquake and tsunami is the seabed earthquake, the rapid changes in the seabed terrain caused by strong sea water disturbance. Natural disasters are interrelated; often a disaster can induce another disaster. For example, volcanoes and earthquakes can induce tsunamis The volcano is a common form of landform. Under the crust 100 to 150 kilometers
Thousands of people are deceased; and some fearing extensive injuries. The roads – works of Japan are filled with cadavers and contriturated bits of concrete and debris. After a gargantuan earthquake occurred in Kobe at the struck of dawn. Japan island nation of East Asia located in the Pacific Ocean is officially called the Nippon Koku, which means State of Japan. The neighboring countries of North Korea, South Korea, Russia and China are located west of Japan. The islands of Japan lie east of
South America. * At ocean-ocean convergences, one plate usually dives beneath the other, forming deep trenches like the Mariana Trench in the North Pacific Ocean, the deepest point on Earth. These types of collisions can also lead to underwater volcanoes that eventually build up into island arcs. Three styles of convergent plate boundaries * Continent-continent collision * Continent-oceanic crust collision * Ocean-ocean collision Continent-continent collision * Forms mountains
surface however they change many things on the earth's surface. Geo-processes such as volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis change the earth's surface. The first, geo-processes is a volcano. Volcanoes happen when when the plates underneath the volcanoes move creating the the magma to push up until the pressure is too much and it erupts. Scientists have an idea that the volcano is going to erupt soon when earthquakes happen near the volcano. A volcano creates mountains and mountain ranges. The article
responsible for natural disasters. These three are earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanos. We humans call them Natural “Disasters” because they could destroy all of us or all our homes and important things we need to survive. Without humans, they would only be called natural events because they would not have anything to destroy. Starting with the earthquakes, they have the potential to cause harm and injury, cost loved ones and other people their lives. Earthquakes also have the potential to weaken the foundation
ring of fire is a ring of volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean that result from subduction of oceanic plates beneath lighter continental plates." The ring of fire has 75% of the world's volcanoes and 90% of the world's earthquakes happen there, 89% of the world's largest volcanoes happen in the Ring of Fire. It has been estimated to have about 452 volcanoes around. It runs from Chile to New
In comparison to shield volcanoes, a composite volcano is a lot more explosive making the responses to it very different. Within a composite volcano pressure builds up within the cone, resulting in violent explosions of pyroclastic materials from the volcano’s vents. An example of