Taking a Look at Earthquake Safety

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

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.

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.

A ‘hazard’ can be defined as a geophysical process operating within the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere or biosphere which could potentially lead to the loss of human life or property. However, an earthquake only becomes hazardous and therefore needs management if it occurs within close proximity to a vulnerable population. To some extent, any human settlement around the world situated close to or on top of an area of seismic activity is vulnerable. However, not all nations suffer equal devastation.

Thank you, Ms. Leona Graham (mayor), for the opportunity to provide an assessment report for Hazard City. This report will provide an assessment on structural damage of an Intensity IX earthquake, and emergency housing needs. It will also identify actions homeowners can use to help prevent future structural damages, and give more information on possible effects of an Intensity IX earthquake. The assessment report will identify danger of a failing dam, and provide further understanding of the elements which will include an emergency plan. The table that follows is an assessment of the number of people needing emergency housing due to an Intensity IX earthquake.

The tea cups that began to shatter were enough to wake Rose M. Quinn from her bed in the early morning hours of April 18, 1906. The earthquake that lasted just one minute was estimated to be close to 8.0 on the richter scale and was large enough to destroy 30,000 buildings, including her own home, in what was determined to be one of the most catastrophic natural disasters in U.S history. And while Ms.Quinn held out hope that her “City of the Golden West” would restore its nearly 400 million dollars worth of damage (10.8 billion dollars today), an even stronger and largely unknown earthquake rocked the United States just 100 years prior.

This land assessment will recommend which community would be the best and safest place to live. Hazard City is made of up of five communities. Riverside is a mobile home community with most of the current homes located upon the sandy soils of the floodplain. Downtown consists nearly of one-to-three story buildings constructed of unreinforced brick and masonry. Ralston contains mostly large wood-framed, single family, Victorian-style homes built in the late 1800's. Hickory Estates contains of single-family, multi-story, wood-frame homes that were all built before World War II. Walnut Heights is a planned, gated residential community of single-family homes founded in 1981.

Maryland has weak geological features fundamental to produce earthquakes. The state lies towards the central North American plate and is a long distance from plate boundaries, subduction zones, and hotspots. Those geological features release vibration movement towards the Earth's crust creating earthquakes. However, Maryland has a moderate Earthquake hazard risk, and it has a reasonable chance of experiencing higher earthquakes. The current U.S. National Seismic Hazard map reveals that most of the state is part of the hazard risk zone which Engineers and planners need to form better solutions to prevent future earthquake hazards.

I do not think that the mistake argument is as strong in the Department of Labor’s case as it is in Shahmaleki, though, it may still be a viable argument. A lot of the research from Shahmaleki applies here. I did check for cases similar to this, but couldn’t find anything. I think the issue is that while this also hints at a “legal mistake”, it also is very similar to a mistake of identify that courts normally upheld as something that can relate back. Garret v. Fleming’s definition of mistake was a misnomer or a misidentification, and unlike Shahmaleki, this seems closer to that definition. 362 F.3d 692, 696-97 (10th Cir. 2004). It seems like the Plaintiffs believed that they were suing the state, when they sued the Department of Labor. I think this gets closer to the issue in Krupski v. Costa Crociere S. p. A., where a plaintiff sued a company, but it turned out the parent company controlling that company was the only one with liability and so it had to be sued.

The Northridge earthquake in 1994 caused widespread damage to not only the northern ridge area of Los Angeles but created major transportation issues for surrounding communities.

My topic is going to revolve around earthquakes in the Western coast of the United States of America. Earthquakes have interested me ever since I was a little girl. I went through probably 3 earthquakes in my childhood. One of them was in Corona, California. I was about 5 years old when it happened. The other one was here in Santa Rosa, and I was about 4 years old. I remember my mom being pregnant with my little sister when it happened, and I remember running down the stairs of my house with her. My dad worked (and still works to this day) in San Francisco, so she called him to ask if he was okay. Anyways, I believe that one day scientists will be able to predict earthquakes, just like they predict the weather. I really hope I get to see the

Another human factor is the earthquake mitigation through education and community awareness. Schemes such as the one in Sichuan, China helped to save thousands of lives. The weekly intervals of training in case of an earthquake, educated children and adults of what to do when the quake struck. Evacuation schemes such as the window slides or hiding under tables was reported to have saved thousands when the magnitude 8.0 hit the area in 2008. However, some were not saved due to their unwillingness to move and evacuate the area. Some people of the village, notably the poorer and elderly refused to leave as they didn’t want to leave all they owned behind.

An earthquake caused trouble in Western Australia earlier this week when it raged across the state destroying everything nearby. 17 people from Meckering and 3 men from nearby York were hospitalised as a result of the earthquake, but despite major damage and disruption to daily life state wide, miraculously, no lives were lost.

Prior to attending University as a Civil Engineering student, there were plenty of natural disasters, including earthquakes, flooding, etc., that stole human lives and left destruction and havoc for the survivors in my country, not only due to the strength of those disasters, but simply due to the weakness of our structures, such as our buildings, bridges, roads, etc. I was obsessed with that immense toll in our country that was due to a simple negligence and lack of knowledge. Consequently, I consulted with our advisor in high school that was a specialist in advising students to pursue an appropriate major at university. Based on my obsession with above-mentioned disasters, as well as my excellent scores in mathematics, Calculus, Geometry, Algebra, and Physics that all were 20 / 20, he strongly encouraged me to follow my interest and study Civil Engineering at the university.

In the U.S. alone, the average annual cost to repair damage caused by earthquakes is $4.4 billion USD. The worldwide figure is much larger than this but unquantifiable due to poorer countries unable to accurately determine the amount of damage that occurred. Year after year the cost of damages barely fluctuates from these ridiculously high figures and money must be pumped into repairing the damage done. Although a lot is being learnt about earthquakes and the fact that humans are now normally able to be alerted in time to evacuate the area the earthquake will affect, there have been no breakthroughs into reducing the amount of damage earthquakes cause to buildings and infrastructures.