Earthquakes By: Kayla Marie Vargas Period 4 In earth science they talk a lot about different Earthquakes‚ volcanoes‚ the weather‚ different rocks‚ and etc. But never did you really get in details of what is any of them. Well I did research and found out that an earthquake which is also known as a quake‚ tremor or temblor is a result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity‚ seismism or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency
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EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING IN AUSTRALIA BEFORE MECKERING AND AFTER NEWCASTLE by Charles Bubb BE‚ DIC (Eng. Seis.)‚ FIEAust‚ CPEng SUMMARY Earthquake Engineering in Australia‚ as elsewhere‚ has been formulated in the aftermath of damaging earthquakes. The first Australian Code AS2121-1979 was written and published after the 1968 Meckering WA earthquake. The second AS1170.4 1993 was published after the 1989 Newcastle NSW earthquake. Good quality Building Codes are a necessary basis for sound earthquake
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Descriptive Essay Hearts were racing‚ twelve to be exact‚ lungs were being constricted tighter and tighter with every second that went by‚ joints were being pushed to their limits as their limbs stretched the farthest they could reach‚ and yet these twelve people were still able to ignore their injuries. All they revealed was happiness. There was no pain to be seen. No acknowledgement of misery because they all knew they only had those two minutes and thirty seconds to give it their all. Any sense
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The worst earthquake Haiti has experienced in two centuries has hit south of the capital Port-au-Prince on Tuesday (12/01/2010)‚ destroying homes‚ hospitals‚ schools and effecting up to three million people. The earthquake hit at 4:53 PM (Pacific Time)‚ 25 km southwest of Port-au-Prince. The initial shock registered at a magnitude of 7.0 and was followed by two aftershocks of magnitudes of 5.9 and 5.5. More aftershocks are expected to follow in the coming days. The focus occurred at a depth of
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Test 3 Study Guide Test 3 will cover chapters 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9‚ and the material presented on Hurricane Katrina and the recent earthquake in Japan. It will have 42 multiple-choice (2 points each) and 4 short answer/diagrams (4 points each). Topics for review * Earthquake terms: * fault: break (fracture) in a rock * rupture: breaking of rock along a fault * hypocenter (focus): rupture point of rock below surface * epicenter: point on earth surface directly above hypocenter
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Icesus Holland Brenda White English 101 16 September 2013 Descriptive Essay The beach is one of the most beautiful places in the world. Before visiting‚ I had only been to the four states‚ which is the stringy grassy fields‚ the forest of trees‚ the smelly white and black cows and pink curly tailed pigs. See I had never seen any other states but Missouri‚ Kansas‚ Oklahoma‚ and Arkansas. I love the picture in my head but it was nice to finally see something different. When my boyfriend
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The Wall Street Journal opens by defining the Haiti Earthquake as the strongest to hit the Caribbean in more than two centuries. Various witness reports were included‚ one of which from the Administer of Mercy and Sharing in Haiti: a charity that houses 109 orphans‚ notes the various dead bodies lying on the street‚ the numerous injured citizens‚ and the ringing cries of help in an area just 10 miles outside of the earthquakes epicenter. The report specifically describes the devastated infrastructure
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on the agency scale as a grade 7 accident‚ which was in the same grade as Chernobyl accident‚ but a few number on the agency’s scale (After Fukushima: Enough Is Enough‚ n.d.). The shaking of the earth in the east of Japan on 11 March 2011. This earthquake caused a powerful tsunami that reached the height of approximately 15 meters (The Situation at Fukushima‚ n.d.). Furthermore‚ the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plants experienced a lot of destruction caused by a tsunami that hit the reactors in
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Before the earthquake‚ Haiti was already a country with high prevalence of infant mortality‚ poor nutrition‚ and diseases such as HIV and Turberclosis. In Haiti ‚“An estimated 87 of every 1‚000 children born die by the age of 5 years‚ and >25% of surviving children experience chronic undernutrition or stunted growth. Maternal mortality rate is 630 per 100‚000 live births.” (SITE) The life expectancy in Haiti is 61 years. Due to low vaccination rates‚ Haitians are at risk of spreading vaccine preventable
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Ivory Koehn 9/10/2010 Descriptive Essay Under The Raised Hand Prologue When I was a young girl learning about life and love‚ I always thought that some man would sweep me off my feet and it was my fate to be with him and only him. My mother was not a big fan of love and fate. She didn’t have a very good history of guys and relationships. She would always tell us love was not a reality and we should find someone with a lot of money. My mother is a strong feminist woman and I tried as hard
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