strong as the Haiti earthquake‚ at 7.0 on the Richter scale. Causes Earthquakes are caused when two plates move along a fault between them .New Zealand lies at the interface of the Pacific Plate and the Indo-Australian tectonic plates. There is a thrust fault which is linked with the plate boundary between the Pacific and Australian plates which meets in the centre of South Island. The epicentre was 6 miles South East of Christchurch and the focus was very shallow at 3.1 miles. The earthquake is
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this earthquake also resulted in a tsunami. The earthquake measured at magnitude 8.9-9.0 on the Richter scale‚ the scale is measured in powers of ten (e.g. magnitude 2.0 is ten times more than magnitude 1.0). Japan sits on the Ring of Fire (an area encircling Pacific Ocean that has high volcanic and earthquake activity)‚ Japan is therefore highly prone to earthquakes and constantly experience them‚ though on March 11‚ 2011 an earthquake like no-other that the Japanese people have experienced before
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climb‚ or fly to one of the many island‚ doing everything what we want to do at outside. Furthermore‚ living in Malaysia‚ we don’t worry about the natural disaster. For instance‚ typhoon and earthquake to happen is low‚ Malaysia sits in the Pacific Ring of Fire outside. For this reason‚ living in Malaysia the comfortable weather is suit us. The second advantage of living in Malaysia is we can know more different cultures. There are many ethnic groups in Malaysia‚ include Chinese‚
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The Philippines is prone to natural disasters‚ particularly typhoons‚ floods‚ landslides‚ volcanic eruptions‚ earthquakes‚ and tsunamis‚ lying as it does astride the typhoon belt‚ in the active volcanic region known as the “Pacific Ring of Fire‚” and in the geologically unstable region between the Pacific and Eurasian tectonic plates. The Philippines also suffers major human-caused environmental degradation aggravated by a high annual population growth rate‚ including loss of agricultural lands‚ deforestation
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at hot spots and in rift valleys. The most active volcanic zone is the Pacific Ring of Fire around the Pacific plate. Here plates are colliding or separating. At active points on these plates volcanic mountains are formed‚ e.g. Nazca Plate and South American Plate‚ where plates separate‚ e.g. Pacific and Nazca Plate and in rift valleys‚ e.g. African Plate‚ Kenya. The most active area on the globe is the western rim of the Pacific Plate - stretching from Russia to New Zealand.Several findings relating
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Indo-Australian Plate being sub-ducted under the westward-moving Pacific plate. It has been erupting continuously for over 800 years‚ Mount Yasur can usually be approached safely. Its eruptions‚ which often occur several times an hour‚ are classified as Strombolian. the longitude and latitude of mt. yasur are 19.53° s‚ 169.442° e. Mount Yasur is a Cinder Cone‚ explosive volcano that in fact is placed along the Pacific Ring of Fire‚ and has been continuously erupting since 1774. However only 10 of
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of the road‚ or exit a building‚ Padilla said. It could also allow time to stop a train or power down other critical infrastructure‚ Padilla said. An earthquake warning would not only alert the public‚ it would also speed responses of police and fire personnel by quickly identifying areas hardest hit by the quake‚ Padilla said. "We firmly believe Earthquake Early Warning would save lives and help California in many ways if it is rolled out as a fully operational system‚" said Dr. Michael Gurnis
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plates‚ whereby the Eurasian plate is sub ducted underneath the former; this is defined as a destructive plate boundary‚ as the plates move in series of ‘jerks’‚ as the friction between them creates earthquakes. The Philippines also lies on the Pacific Ring of Fire‚ whereby frequent and violent eruptions and earthquakes occur (like Pinatubo in 1991). The most severe volcanic eruptions occur on destructive plate boundaries. As the subducted Eurasian plate metls underneath the mantle‚ the molten rock forms
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Kilauea. In order to get a better understanding of these volcanoes we will be comparing and contrasting them as well as talking about how they were formed and when they last had an eruption. Let’s begin with Mount St. Helens which is located in the pacific northwest of the United States. To be more specific it is located in Washington State and is a part of the Cascade mountain range that spans from California to Canada. It is a composite volcano‚ which has steep sides that are formed by alternating
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in Japan every 5 minutes. There are over 2000 recorded earthquakes every year. The reason for this is Japan is located on three different tectonic plates: Eurasian plate‚ Pacific plate‚ and Philippine plate. Each time these tectonic plates shift‚ an earthquake
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