New Madrid Earthquake Research Paper

It’s 5:15 AM, and the streets are quiet. By 5:30, the streets are torn apart, and rubble is strewn everywhere. What happened in those fifteen minutes was the San Fransisco earthquake. When you look at “Comprehending the Calamity” by Emma Burke and Laurence Yep’s Dragonwings, you can truly imagine the extent of the damage and fear, even though Burke’s purpose is to inform, while Yep’s is to entertain.

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.

George Heinrich Crist, a resident of Kentucky, was settled with his family in a well-built house when the New Madrid Earthquake of 1811 came across their path, unlike a storm this “thing” had no warnings. He chose to share his account of this quake, or quakes. This was part of his life and also a part of history in the making so that is why I believe he shared his personal essay. It’s not an argumentative account but rather short entries from 5 months from his life. Kentucky wasn’t the only state that was hurt, 6 other states were involved. The term “New Madrid Earthquake” refers to portions of Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi. This was the biggest earthquake (series of earthquakes) as it changed the course of the Mississippi river.

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.

Earthquake early warning systems alert devices and people when shaking waves generated by an earthquake are expected to arrive at their location. The seconds to minutes of advance warning allow people and systems to take actions to protect life and property from disastrous shaking. Devices such as isolation systems and dampers are designed to reduce vibrations of structures being effected in an earthquake and are added to the design of some modern buildings mainly in Japan. Advanced radar and infrared cameras take a series of images collecting data to identify signs of earthquakes. Advanced Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar shows fault movements over a period of years. Modems and Data Processing centres receive data collected by satellites to analyse the trends recognised in the electromagnetic emissions, radar pictures, infrared readings and elf

The 9th of February 1971 an earthquake occurred in the lower parts of the San Gabriel Mountains in southern California. The San Fernando earthquake was measured to have a magnitude of around 6.5, which caused severe damage to buildings and major freeways in the Los Angeles area. Two huge health care buildings in San Fernando caused the majority of deaths when they collapsed at both sides. The epicenter of the earthquake was located in the mountains and the most severe damages occurred in northern San Fernando Valley. However, the event impacted other densely populated areas in Los Angeles and caused huge difficulty for transportation as a result of failure in several roadways and freeway interchanges.

This earthquake happened during the 1989 World Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics. According to the report “Loma Prieta Earthquake”,”... the quake measured 7.1 on the Richter Scale and shook the ground for 15 seconds.” The players and fans in Candlestick Park were shocked, but remained unharmed. This was not the case for everyone else. Buildings collapsed, more than 60 people died, almost 4,000 people were injured, and thousands were left homeless. In addition, a large part of the Bay Bridge crumbled. $6 billion dollars worth of damage was done, much of it centered on California’s roads. The text states, “...some of the worst damage occurred to a raised section of Interstate 880 in Oakland.” The double-deck freeway was built on reclaimed marshland, leaving it unstable. The soil liquefied and the support columns failed, so the top deck crashed onto the bottom deck, killing 41 people while they were in their cars. Also, in the article, “Loma Prieta Earthquake”, it states “Some observers think that the World Series saved lives that day. Many office workers went home early to watch the game on tv.” By office workers leaving early to watch the game, they weren't in a collapsing building. This earthquake could have been a lot worse, instead of 60 people dead it could have been over a 100

On April 18, 1906, in San Francisco, California there was an earthquake that was a major geological disaster that affected people in many ways. According to www.History.com, San Francisco had a population of around 400,000, and 3,000 people. The earthquake destroyed over 28,000 buildings and around 250,000 people became homeless. The damage costs were $500 in 1906. The magnitude of the earthquake was estimated to be a 7.8, but only lasted for 1 minute. The earthquake started many fires that burned for days and destroyed around 500 city blocks. The earthquake could be felt from Los Angeles to southern Oregon, and in central Nevada. This earthquake was caused by the transform plate boundary from the pacific and North American plates. The 2 plates rubbed against each other creating the earthquake. (decodedscience.org).

The 1906 San Francisco earthquake struck the coast of Northern California at 5:12 a.m. on April 18 with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI . Severe shaking was felt from Eureka on the North Coast to the Salinas Valley, an agricultural region to the south of the San Francisco Bay Area. Devastating fires soon broke out in the city and lasted for several days. As a result, about 3,000 people died and over 80% of the city of San Francisco was destroyed. The events are remembered as one of the worst and deadliest natural disasters in the history of the United States. The death toll remains the greatest loss of life from a natural disaster in California's history and high in the lists of American urban disasters.

The Valdivia Earthquake occurred on the 22nd of May 1960 in Valdivia, Chile. It is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded with a magnitude of 9.5. The earthquake resulted in many natural disasters not only in other parts of Chile but in other countries as well.

400-700 People died in the 1906 San-Francisco earthquake. The mass destruction, was unpreventable, and was also chaotic, obliterating over 25,000 buildings. Emma Burke, and Fred Hewitt were the author’s of one of the few Eyewitness novels that wrote about the quake. Would you like to be in that town? Would you like to have your house get destroyed? I hope not!

Good morning Mr Corney and fellow students. Today I will be talking to you about the devastating Chile earthquake that occurred on 27 of February, 2010, off the coast of south-central Chile. The epicentre was located 325 kilometres southwest of the Chilean capital of Santiago, and the focus of occurred at a depth of about 35 kilometres below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. The 2010 Chile earthquake was a magnitude 8.8 mw earthquake on the Richter scale, making it the most powerful earthquake to strike Chile since the magnitude 9.5 1960 Valdivia earthquake which is the most energetic earthquake ever measured in the world. The deadly earthquake struck at 3:34am in the morning of the 27th February 2010, causing significant impacts upon the society,

Norcia, Italy faced its worse earthquake in 36 years; however, before this earthquake of 6.6 magnitude struck, Italy was hit with an earthquake that caused massive damaged and thousands of lives. Because of that earthquake they were more prepared, but damage was still great because this time it caused damage to religious buildings, the Basilica of San Benedetto and Rome’s St. Paul. As for the San Benedetto, only the frontage was left standing and everything else had crumbled to the ground. This was really devastating as stated by the monks, especially because this area is a Catholic region and faith is highly honored. When the earthquake struck, the nuns were having service and they had to be evacuated from the church. Although, important buildings

According to the article, the earthquake that just hit Mexico City is just a devastating event. The article proves that the earthquake was just a bad event from this quote "Planet Earth usually has about 15 to 20 earthquakes this size or larger each year, Earle". That quot from Earle explains that this is just one of the many earthquakes to come this year. It also proves that the earthquake that just hit was a devastating and not changing the earth because if the get that many earthquakes and than having the earthquakes been that bad or worse. I would think the earth would be changing in Mexico. That is why I believe that the earthquake that just hit was just a devastating event rather than changing the world because of the

The New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ) gets multiple small earthquakes a year, it being odd because it is in the middle of North America, rather than the edge like California. Researchers tried to find an explanation to why earthquakes are occurring in an uncommon area and what the cause is.