Tracking and Finding Patterns to Earthquakes

On 11th March 2011 Fukushima, Japan was struck by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake which initiated a tsunami, as well as the damage of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Reactor, creating a nuclear disaster. Japan is located at a plate boundary region, which makes earthquakes a common occurrence. From this Fukushima suffered from environmental impacts such as the contamination of food, health conditions such as thyroid damage as well as an impact on the economy that put Japan into even more debt. Since the disaster, Fukushima has undergone 128 more Earthquakes, indicating that the area in which Fukushima is located is prone to more future Earthquakes. Although these earthquakes cannot be predicted, technology such that assist in the Dilatancy Theory may help to determine if an earthquake is about to occur, through generalized patterns of activity. In the event of another earthquake systems like Earthquake Early Warning can help to alert citizens that may be in danger, to ensure that the number of fatalities is lower than Fukushima.

Despite decades of research and the use of modern technology, scientists are still not able to detect in time an imminent earthquake. Even though seismologists mostly know where the faults are and are able to closely monitor the rate of activity on them ranging from a scale of a year to a decade and even a century, a solid short-term day to month forecasting in order to identify the places at risk, still is an insoluble problem. Although this may be true, some scientists in diverse fields choose to follow a different and a rather controversial approach on the subject by studying the unusual animal

Earthquakes have afflicted the world since its inception. The sudden release of energy from volcanoes or displacing of earth plates can result in disasters of extreme magnitude. These usually naturally occurring phenomenon have been responsible from wiping out entire towns throughout history and until today continue to produce major loss of life and infrastructure. It can take years for a city or country to recover from a major event of this kind and when a third world country is involved, the result is usually exponentially worse than in a developed country. In the past decades Japan, Chile and Haiti have suffered the devastation an earthquake produces. This document will concentrate in Haiti, a small country in the Caribbean. On

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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.

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

As natural disasters continue to cause severe damage and as technology advances, new safety and building requirements are implemented in order to reduce the damage caused by natural disasters. Here in Salt Lake City, we constantly face the danger of having a major earthquake along the Wasatch Fault. Geologist predict that we are long past due

Already, they’ve updated GPS systems to send live data and allow other systems to support these kind of alerts. By using research from past seismic events, such as from Japan and Haiti, seismologists are attempting to determine what signs occur prior to a large earthquake. Pinpointing these signals could allow many people more time to evacuate and leave before the onset of destruction. We could prevent the death of thousands of lives just by being

Fracking: Main Cause of Seismic Activity in the Central Parts of the United States and Solutions for the Problems it Created

With the development of the global economy, rapid urbanization makes modern societies more vulnerable to natural disasters, especially for areas with populations exceeding 10 million such as Beijing, Shanghai. Therefore, it is very important to build early warning systems as one means of mitigating damage induced by such disasters. In consideration of earthquakes, many parts of major urbanization, like Beijing, Tokyo, Istanbul and Mexico City, are exposed to severe seismic hazard. Presently, few countries and regions around the world already have operational earthquake early warning systems (EEWS), including Mexico, Japan, Taiwan, and California (Wu and Teng, 2002; Allen and Kanamori, 2003; Erdik et al., 2003; Horiuchi et al., 2005; Wu and

A scenario represents the simulation of a possible future earthquake based on an assumed magnitude and a defined location. Shake maps identify the impacted areas and through different colours, the expected intensity. Earthquake scenarios can be used for planning purpose, to better understand the possible impact of a future but likely event, and to better plan and coordinate the emergency response. Communities conduct training exercises based on realistic earthquake situations. Schools plan and conduct student’s earthquake preparedness drill that include training exercises based on realistic earthquake situations similar to those that they are most likely to face.

Thesis statement: In the speech, I will continue to improve the earthquake’s knowledge of my audience by analyzing cases; introduce the significant idea of earthquake prediction; deeply develop rescue methods.