Santa Maria Volcano Santa Maria’s first recorded eruption was in 1902‚ it was dormant for at least 500-1000 years before that. When it awoke‚ it caused seismic swarm activation in many volcanos in the region. There was also a major earthquake along with the many eruptions. The eruption tore most of the south western part of the volcano off and around 5‚000 people were killed as a result of it. The volcanic ash fell as far as San Francisco‚ which is 2‚996.8 miles from Santa Maria. The volcano didn’t
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The volcanic explosion of Mount St. Helens May 18‚ 1980 left the world in shock. For two months prior to the event small earthquakes had been recorded. On March 27‚ 1980 Mt. St. Helens had it first eruption in over 100 years. From then the volcano was erupting several times per day with nothing but steam until April 22 when its activity ceased. Prior to April 22 the earthquake had been effected by over 10‚000 small earthquakes. On May 18‚ 1980 at approximately 8:32 am the volcano truly awoke from
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California’s Distinctiveness California is the most memorable state in the history by its geography and diverse climate. It is considered to have one of the most overwhelming varieties of nature and thus‚ leading nation’s agriculture. California is well-endowed with mountains‚ forests‚ trees‚ beaches‚ ocean‚ sand‚ rivers and much more different mother nature gifts. Its astonishing geographical location allow to have the most of the nature assortment and wealth. However‚ for every beautiful thing
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‘The extent to which volcanic processes represent hazards depends on where and when they occur’. Discuss this statement A hazard can be defined as a situation that poses a threat to life‚ health‚ property or the environment. The severity and type of volcanic hazards that occur are mainly dependent on the type of magma. Volcanic processes can be split into two categories – primary hazards and secondary hazards. The primary hazards that can occur are pyroclastic flows‚ lava flows‚ tephra and poisonous
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Avalanches Have you ever seen or heard about avalanches before? It is an incredible site to see in pictures‚ but it’s terrifying in real life. Avalanches suffocate‚ crush‚ and kill hundreds of people each year. They happen suddenly‚ so watch out. . . Sluff vs. Slab There are two main kinds of avalanches‚ Sluffs and Slabs. They are similar in some ways and different in others. A Sluff avalanche forms when a weak layer of snow is piled on the top and the hard snow is on the bottom. The weak
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On January 12th‚ 2010 at approximately 4:53pm local time a terrifying earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 hits Port-au-Prince‚ Haiti causing a huge number of damages and casualties. As if the large-scale earthquake wasn’t horrid enough there were 33 aftershocks ranging between 4.2 and 5.9 magnitudes. The tragedy has caused roughly 230‚000 deaths and nearly 300‚000 people were injured. The Inter-American Development Bank has stated that they are approving nearly a $200‚000 grant for emergency aid.
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INTRODUCTION: The Ring of fire (figure 1) is a horse shoe shaped fault line. This fault line is prone to Earth quakes and volcanic eruptions. The ring of fire Is home to 452 volcanoes and 75% of the worlds dormant and active volcanoes live on the Ring. PLATE TECTONICS Plate tectonics is a theory that the earth is split up in to different areas of the world. They glide on the mantle of the earth the plates act like a hard ridged shell (fig 2 plate tectonics) Some of the plate tectonics move very
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Vocabulary: lime (12) - “And flound’ring like a man in fire or lime.” The quote speaks about a man in a fire so the word lime can be referring to something that is a sort of substance that is burning through the body. The Latin quotation (27-28)‚ from the Roman poet Horace‚ means “It is sweet and becoming to die for one’s country.” What is the poem’s comment on this statement? The poem’s comment on this statement is the restating of the title of the poem. The title translates from latin to english
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Fasakin 1 Precious Fasakin Mrs. Thompson English‚ Period 1 16 February 2012 To Ring or Not to Ring For various reasons‚ I believe schools should ban the use of cell phones at school. Some people might argue that students could use their cell phones as educational tools; however‚ personally‚ I am one of the students who you could say has a “cell
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring In The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring film we see a magnificent portrayal of J.R.R. Tolkien’s first book of what came to be known as The Lord of the Rings Trilogy; which is a series of three books The Fellowship of the Ring‚ The Two Towers and The Return of the King. This movie was first released in 2001 and was filmed in in the far wide green plains and the snowy mountains of New Zealand. The main characters are: Sauron‚ Saruman
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