damages? Goldfinger explores both earthquakes and tsunamis to comes to the conclusion that there is not enough time before "geological time catches up" (pg. 20, para 42). Although the danger of earthquakes and tsunamis is obvious, one should still gain knowledge of unexpected natural disasters. One of the major environmental disasters are earthquakes. Earthquakes cause severe damages to a society and kill many people. While experiencing an earthquake, Goldfinger states that the "earth
of the next volcano eruption and they also can find out if the volcano will erupt again or maybe it won't ever erupt. But how do these people know that? There is something else that has concerned people for many years "earthquakes". This essay will include the meanings of earthquake and volcano. Firstly, let's explain what volcanoes are? A volcano is a vent or chimney which transfers molten rock known as magma from depth to Earth's surface. Magma erupting from a
Christchurch was struck by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake. 185 people were killed by the earthquake and 164 people were seriously injured. What happened The earthquake’s epicentre was near Lyttelton. After the initial earthquake, many aftershocks occurred but none were larger than 4 or more. There were millions of damages caused to water pipes, bridges, houses, tunnels, power lines, roads and much more. There was a lot of liquefaction just like the September 4th, 2010 earthquake. Liquefaction is the process that
petroleum industry has lead to a foray into the technique by the mining industry in order to capture deep reserves of valuable natural resources. However, fracking is not without controversy - for many decades, fracking has been accused of causing earthquakes due to the disruption of the underground layers of rock. As well, fracking has also been accused by various environmental groups of polluting the environment and leading to the contamination of local water supplies. This controversy has not halted
planet is earthquake proof, only its resistance to earthquakes can increase. Numerous studies have been conducted on earthquake resistant constructions to minimize damage when an earthquake occurs. But what is an earthquake? According to United States Geological Survey (n.d.), Earthquake happens when two blocks of earth suddenly collide from one another resulting to ground shaking and radiated seismic energy and it is caused by volcanic activity and earth’s sudden stress changes. Earthquake occurred
known for having many earthquakes and in 1906 the fire and earthquake almost caused the destruction of a culture. The San Francisco Earthquake and fire of 1906 had tremendous affects on the city because of the the destruction and the increase of racial discrimination towards the residents of Chinatown but also received disaster relief as a positive affect. On April 18 1906, before alarm clocks were to go off, at the city of San Francisco was shaken by an earthquake. The earthquake
other country. Between 1900 and 1991, there were 702 disasters such as earthquakes, floods and volcanic eruptions (Bankoff, 2003). Since almost all the islands are prone to and have been visited by earthquakes, it is partly because the Philippines is located in the Pacific Ocean's "Ring of
SEISMIC DESIGN 15.1. EARTHQUAKE Earthquakes are the shaking, rolling, or sudden shock of the earth's surface. Basically, the Earth's crust consists of a series of "plates" floating over the interior, continually moving (at 2 to 130 millimeters per year), spreading from the center, sinking at the edges, and being regenerated. Friction caused by plates colliding, extending, or sub ducting (one plate slides under the other) builds up stresses that, when released, causes an earthquake to radiate through
to control the damage. This essay will discuss two natural hazards; earthquakes, volcanoes. It will then go into detail about the risk management processes for each hazard along with some case studies. Earthquakes are a natural disaster that occur frequently. However only some are at a magnitude that cause huge