San Jose Earthquakes

When I was seven years of age my family and I lived in Los Angeles, California, approximately thirty-five miles from the city of Reseda, the epicenter of the now infamous 1994 Northridge earthquake. Many memories from my childhood are a blur, but the morning of January seventeenth is crystal clear. I recall being awakened roughly at 4:30 in the morning when my bed began trembling uncontrollably beneath me. An unexplainable fear took over me, which kept me from jumping out of my bed and running out

4. Probability of recurrence: In the present study, three stochastic models (Weibull, Gamma and Lognormal) have been used for the estimation of probability of earthquake recurrence in Gujarat region of India which was rocked by the great earthquake in 2001. The earthquake data of the region has only five recurrence intervals of earthquakes magnitude ≥ 6 for the period of study, from 1819 to 2001, and is listed in Table 1. The estimated mean, standard deviation and aperiodicity (equivalent to the

Famous satirical author in the Gilded age, Mark Twain, in his “Dreams Dissipated”, argues the Great Earthquake in San Francisco in 1865 had revealed the true animal-like behavior of the elite and other people with a following. Twain’s purpose is to unveil the true nature of the elite and influential public figures to show they are not superior than the general public, in order for his audience not to seek guidance from the elite and view them as people with flaws. Twain adopts a mocking tone for

even the screams of people are drowned out in chaos. This is what it was like during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The cause of the earthquake at 5:12 on April 18, 1906 was a section of rock along the San Andreas Fault. The stone snapped causing the shaking to start a few miles down in San Francisco. This earthquake was measured a magnitude of 7.8. (San Francisco 1906 Earthquake and Fire) This earthquake was remembered as the USA’s worst natural disaster, alongside the Galveston

San Francisco, a thriving city in the early 1900s. Gaining its wealth from the gold rush that previously happened in 1849. San Francisco gained 5 billion dollars from land and gold. San Francisco was at a very good economical place, being a rapidly growing city with a large population. The earthquake, was more of a when instead of an if, meaning that the earthquake was inevitable. Of course, due to today's technology and understanding over earthquakes, we know that they were bound to happen, but

0 magnitude, created landslides that buried houses and cattle in the Ka'u district of the island. At least 79 people were killed in the subsequent tsunami that resulted from the earthquake. In 1951, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake produced minor damage in the South Kona area to structures and catchment tanks. A 1983 earthquake led to $7 million in damage to roads and structures in the Ka'u, Puna and Hilo districts. A city that was almost destroyed during one of its last eruptions on the island. Mauna Loa

Jack London and Mark Twain both wrote accounts about the earthquake in San Francisco. Even though they wrote about the same topic, each one has a different purpose to their essay. London is focused on the destruction caused by the earthquake, and the question of whether it was man who really destroyed the city or nature who destroyed it. On the other hand, Twain is focused on and judging the actions of people during the earthquake. Each one uses unique stylistic elements to portray their own

The San Francisco Earthquakes The effects of the writer’s impression vary depending on who’s reading it. They leave a tone that takes charge of their emotions, and puts it into a perspective which the readers can understand. Having a different set of imagery for their stories, the writers continue discussing about the same topic. Twain and London’s words become vivid to the readers, and leave a very distinguished imagery of the setting. Jack London, a citizen of San Francisco who’s lived there

such as the infamous San Andreas fault. In Northern California, there are six significant Bay Area active faults: Calaveras, Concord-Green Valley, Greenville, Hayward, Rodgers Creek, and San Gregorio Fault [1]. After the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989, propagating from the Santa Cruz Mountains, caused approximately $6 Billion dollars in damages [2]. Many infrastructure agencies altered their design and operations standards to prepare themselves for the next major earthquake. The Bay Area Rapid Transit

According to our textbook, it appears that an earthquake poses a greater threat to the Pacific Northwest than a volcano does. The text states that “California’s San Andreas Fault runs diagonally from southeast to northwest for nearly 800 miles.” In the lecture notes, it shows a diagram of the earthquakes that have occurred since 1977 along the Pacific coast, and the area is riddled with earthquakes. The likelihood of a massive scale earthquake occurring in the Pacific Northwest has been predicted;