San Andreas Fault

of water, supplies, and spend thousands of dollars on an underground bunker that you will never use” okay I added that last part but are people really going to use that bunker? It’s not a necessity. The news has done it again with “the big one”, the San Andrea’s earthquake. The media need to stop promoting events that are frightful and unlikely to happen as well as over exaggerating an event, and instead start reporting events that are truthful and beneficial for the American people. Fearmongering

Abstract In order to understand fault structure, there is a need to first understand fault complexity. Images of faults at depth and near surface reveal complexities that characterize properties such as geometry, composition and stress states of that fault’s structure. While this is true for both passive and induced imaging, a true passive source image is without the changes in fault structure due to any induced mechanism. This is something to consider when discussing fault complexity at near surface

and broken water lines did more damage than the earthquake. It remains a source of interest because of its effects on modern life. Many homes in San Francisco were damaged based on location and some were destroyed leaving thousands homeless. In the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, buildings that were located on soft mud land that was reclaimed from the San Francisco bay suffered four times more damage and ground shaking than those built on bedrock. (Montgomery 73). Since we know that buildings and houses

engineering in place so when the earthquake struck the Denali fault in Alaska in 2002, the pipeline didn’t leak any oil (Nyman, Johnson, and Roach, 2003). The success of the pipeline came from its supporting structures. The engineering used in the TAPS should be applied to buildings in areas that are also prone to large magnitude earthquakes, such as Washington and California. California is home to the San Andreas fault, a major transform fault, just like the Denali, and Washington is home to the Seattle

The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 devastated citizens from San Francisco. After the disaster, new technology advanced when detecting earthquakes. Different theories grew from the elastic rebound theory to the theory that the soil determines the severity of the earthquake. Building developed new plans to keep buildings from being destroyed by fires. Harry Fielding Reid, a geologist, discovered a time difference between the preliminary tremors and the regular waves. Reid concluded that the first

On April 18, 1906 a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the city of San Francisco, California at 5:18 in the morning. Major fires followed the quake, and burned down the city for several days, as the firefighters had no water source to kill the fires. How did this earthquake happen? The answer: The 1906 earthquake occurred because of movement along the San Andreas Fault. Earthquakes are constantly happening in different places and because of various reasons. Scientists are constantly working to understand

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. The loss of I-10 interstate for several miles disrupted commerce for a good portion of the US as well. By definition, this event was a catastrophe: widespread damage to multiple communities at the same time (pg.35). While the preparedness/planning, response, and recovery for the transportation systems excelled, mitigation

“For Angelica Gallegos, the worst part has been going without a shower for five months” (Source 2). There is an ongoing drought in California citizens need water, however farmers need it too. California should control aquifers. Consequently,“Officials say at least 1,300 people have lost their water in and around East Porterville, nearly three hours’ drive north of Los Angeles, making the town’s residents some of the hardest hit victims of the three-year-old drought” (Source 2).“Sometimes,” she

and most destructive natural occurrences on Earth is known as earthquakes. Earthquakes are sudden violent shakings of the Earth’s ground. Earthquakes are sudden vibrations in the surface of the Earth caused by the force and pulling of rocks between faults. Each earthquake is different and can range in size from weak ones, which cannot be felt, to violent enough to destroy whole cities and people. The seismic activity of an earthquake refers to the frequency type and size of the area in which an earthquake

ear so he could hear the sirens. He wanted to be the only person that has heard them and not died. “ The San Andreas is considered “the ‘master’ fault of an intricate fault network,” the Geological Survey said”(Yan and Berlinger 3). Odysseus is seen as an amazing fighter. People have very high expectations. You could call him a master just like the San Andreas which is considered the “master fault”. Although Odysseus is a master of many strengths, his pride gets the best of him. No matter how strong