Why The Earthquake Struck Chile

Before the quake hit the day before, there were a series of shocks that tipped off to people of Chile that something was coming. The day that the earthquake hit, it was a rated a 9.5 on the Richter Scale. The intensity of this caused thousands of buildings to be destroyed and 2,000,000 people left homeless. The population of the city had greatly decreased and the city also needed to pay for the damage to be repaired. It would be 800 million American dollars to complete the cleanup and repairs of the city almost completely. This earthquake was called “The Great Chilean Earthquake” because of the total destruction and because of the expansion of it where other countries received the aftershocks and effects. Japan had received a tsunami a day later, killing 138 people and leaving 1600 homes destroyed. Japan was left to pay 34 million dollars for damage

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 earthquake was located on the San Andreas fault which is a seismic zone between two of the earth’s tectonic plates. Seismic events which occur is caused as a result of the earth’s tectonic plates moving against each other and this can cause huge earthquakes and volcanoes (“Young”). The transform boundary passes through California and this is where the Pacific and North American plates move past each other without colliding. The event in which this occurred was the San Andreas fault (“Young”). When the plates move past each other and the resistance builds up, this causes an earthquake like the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. This earthquake caused a separation and displacement in the landscape which was seen over several kilometers

The damages were catastrophic as houses lay in ruin and debris littered the roads. There were mudslides and fallen rocks that paved the roads and made them impassible for vehicles to get through. Ultimately by the roads being clogged up the response time by rescue workers and essential personal were hampered. This also made it exceptionally difficult for supplies to be rushed to the locations for the earthquake survivors. As some were digging and excavating for survivors they were being halted by aftershocks and falling debris from above. Approximately 8000 people were killed either by their houses caving in or by the other disasters this earthquake triggered. It was a real life tragedy that

Despite the fact that the 2010 Haiti Earthquake had a magnitude of 7.0, it caused 316000 deaths, destroyed over 105000 buildings and left the whole country in rubble. Human contribution contributed greatly to the casualties and the severity of the earthquake.

On Friday March 11th, 2011 at 2:46 pm, the fifth largest earthquake recorded since 1900 with a magnitude of 9.0, 1.7 Richter scale points greater than the devastating Vancouver Island earthquake of 1946, struck the coast of Japan, 231 miles northeast of Tokyo1, causing a devastating regional and global catastrophe.

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).

A sequence of strong earthquakes hit the country of Chile between 21st of May and the 6th of June with first recording was the Conception Earthquake with a magnitude of 8.1 on the Richter scale. Then the most powerful of them, the Valdivia earthquake hit; affecting all of Chile more than 400,000 square kilometers with devastation point in magnitude between 9.4 and 9.6 on the Richter scale. The United States Geological Survey would later confirm that the magnitude of the earthquake

Breaking news on Fox today, It is May 20,1960 and the ground is shaking. Scientists are saying one of the biggest quakes in the 20th century now happening in Valdivia located in southern Chile. The magnitude, how vast the size of something is, in this case the earthquake was 9.5 and great damage is reported. Now, we are reporting from the remains of the city and are not sure if there is going to be an aftershock,which is an earthquake that occurs after a larger earthquake in the same area. I am your news reporter Dasha Krumer and today I am with Shreya Srihari an expert on earthquakes a seismologist.

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The Chile and the Haiti Earthquakes of 2010 had different effects on the health sector. Various differences are evident in the health outcomes of these disasters. In the Chilean earthquake, the magnitude of the quake reached a scale of 8.8 while that of Haiti reached a scale of 7.0. However, the number of deaths that were experienced in Haiti was a number almost 200,000 while in Chile it was only 200 people (Huus, 2010). Despite the high magnitude of the quake, Chile experienced a low number of lost lives.

The 2010 Chile earthquake, 2010 Haiti earthquake, and 2015 Nepal earthquake each had varying impacts upon each country's economy, society, and culture. Haiti and Nepal’s economics were both very different from Chili’s economy post earthquake. Although Chile experienced economic loss, due to the destruction of infrastructure, fishing boats/ports, and vineyards they did not need to worry about money. Chile was one of the wealthiest countries in South America and had money reserved for emergencies.

On March 27, 1964, Good Friday, an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2 struck Anchorage killing 115 people. The damages were astronomical. The damages totaled to be about $311 million dollars, which today would cost $2.36 billion in damages. At that time, it was the world’s second

It was just before 5 o'clock in the afternoon when this heavy earthquake happened, it was the largest earthquake recorded in Haiti’s history. The magnitude of Haiti was 7.0 and 3.4 million people was affected by it. This earthquake caused a lot of damages and left a lot of people dead and 300,000 injured.Nobody was prepared for it because no one knew that was going to happen. This awful and massive earthquake killed over 300,000 people and 1.5 million people were left homeless. There was about 30,000 buildings that caught on fire and collapsed (Haiti Earthquake Facts). Some of the buildings caught

The Chiapas Earthquake, otherwise known as the Southern Mexico earthquake, had catastrophic results on Mexico as a whole. The disaster struck off the coast of Chiapas, Mexico 11:49 on Thursday, September 7, 2017. The magnitude, a whopping 8.2 m, marked this earthquake as the largest Mexico has seen since 1976, shocking and surprising Mexico’s citizens. The tremors from this disaster was felt all the way in Mexico City, nearly 600 miles away, and the aftershocks continued all through Friday, leaving victims on edge and terrified.