Although the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 and the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 were both horrific events that created huge destruction on the United States, they took a big toll in people’s lives in many different ways and encouraged them to take charge and rebuild back their hometowns that they loved. The San Francisco Earthquake commenced at five thirteen o’clock in the morning, with the epicenter offshore of San Francisco. The city carried more than 400,000 people during this event (Earthquake of 1906, 1). Most of the citizens who were present during the earthquake were all in bed asleep, but the early morning risers were able to witness the start of everything (The Great 1906, 5).
These destructive waves are usually caused by earthquakes under the ocean. For example, in the article, What Causes Tsunamis, it states, “An earthquake is caused when tectonic plates (large pieces of Earth’s crust), quickly slide past one another, releasing a huge amount of pent-up energy”(Sanborn 61). This evidence is important because when the pent-up energy is released, it causes displacement in the water. This causes large ripples in the ocean to form a terrifying tsunami. These tsunamis can reach up to 6 miles wide and 131 feet high.
Tsunamis are located in the middle of the ocean like rogue waves are, but they are caused by different things. For example, they happen around the Pacific Ocean. According to the text, “Tsunamis are most likely to occur on lands surrounding the Pacific Ocean.” (Sanborn 62) They are found in the Pacific Ocean, and the Ring Of Fire.
Then tsunamis are close to shore and caused by lots of natural disasters. Usually tsunamis are near the middle of the ocean but do go toward shore. Usually tsunamis are near the ring of fire. In the article it states that tsunamis are most likely to occur on lands surrounding the Pacific Ocean. This is the western coastline of North and South America, the Aleutian chain and the eastern coastline of Asia to Japan, this region is called the “Ring of Fire”( Simmons 62 ).
Kathryn Shulz explores how the earthquake will affect the Pacific Northwest, as well as the reasons behind why people choose to live in these areas despite the threats in her online article The Really Big One (2015). When the Cascadia subduction zone ruptures, causing the biggest earthquake the Pacific Northwest will ever encounter, many natural disasters will be born. After the first earthquake hits, tsunamis will follow about fifteen minutes
In the story “Super Disasters of the 21st Century” by Adams,and the story Perfect Storm by Junger Compare ,and contrast. Strategies techniques that each author uses to describe the causes and effects of disaster. In Super Disaster by, Adams and Kostel, the authors used vocabulary to show how serious the storm was.
The California earthquake of April 18, 1906 ranks as one of the most significant earthquakes of all time…. a foreshock occurred with sufficient force to be felt widely throughout the San Francisco Bay area.... Violent shocks punctuated the strong shaking which lasted some 45 to 60 seconds. The book Dragonwings says, Wood and stone and brick and the very earth became fluidlike…. The whole world had become unglued….
They have the same impact like secondary hazard. They are tsunamis, secondary hazard, that causes after the earthquake, tsunami had killed a lot of people and destroy area around there. The effect for Valdivia earthquake are too big so they’re traveled across to the Pacific Ocean and traveled along to the southern Chile, Hawaii, Philippine, Japan and etc, with the speed are over than 200 miles per hour. While the effect for Alaska is also big, that why this incident which is caused tsunami and massive landslides are also affect a lot in Canada to Hawaii.
Major structures were destroyed throughout the cities in Alaska. The four and a half minutes of shaking also caused landslides and avalanches. Over one hundred and thirty thousand square kilometers received the most damage. Around one hundred and thirty one people were killed in total. One hundred and fifteen
the tsunami had affected 14 countries. The countries the tsunamis had reached were India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Maldives, Myanmar, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bangladesh, South Africa, Madagascar, Kenya, Tanzania and the Seychelles. It also affected up to five million people Causes Beneath our feet the earth is divided into 7 pieces of the earth’s crust and the uppermost mantle, these are called Tectonic plates. Before the earthquake had occurred the Indo-Australian Plate was subducting below the Eurasian Plate causing more and more pressure to build up. Due to the magnitude of the earthquake it had triggered smaller earthquakes in countries as far as Alaska, and causing the Indo-Australian Plate to spring back into place causing the seafloor to uplift, displacing the seawater above, creating the monster tsunami.
The Tsunami and earthquake had damaged northeastern part of Japan where it’s called Tohoku with the tsunami waves that had climbed up to over a 100 feet. The tsunami led to some other serious secondary troubles, such as the nuclear disaster that had happened in Fukushima, where radioactive materials were released. The official total number of people confirmed dead or listed as missing
2009 Samoan Tsunami By Charlotte Brown 11MNN On the morning of Tuesday the 29th of September 2009 two earthquakes struck the ocean waters off Samoa. (1) As a result, a tsunami with waves measuring up to 4.5 metres in height flooded over the coast of many of the islands destroying villages, shops, tourism, people’s livelihoods as well as their lives. (5) The primary reason/ cause for this tsunami were the two earthquakes and their associated movement of tectonic plates.
Gravity then pulls the water down which makes the energy ripple out. This results in the formation of a tsunami, moving around 500 miles per hour. From shores, tsunamis aren't noticeable because it’s too far to see due to the distance, and that it’s constantly moving through the whole depth of the water. That means that the tsunami hasn’t yet created high waves and is mostly travelling within the water before reaching the shore. When reaching the shallower parts of the water, a process called wave shoaling happens.
The Indian Ocean earthquake occurred at almost one o’clock in the middle of the night. The epicentre was located off the West coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, and expanded 30 kilometres. It is one of the largest and most devastating natural disasters in history with a magnitude of 9.1. The tsunami had massive water surges up to twenty metres high, and it travelled as far as three thousand miles to Africa and still arrived with sufficient force to kill people and destroy property. (National Geographic News, 2015).
The Tohoku Earthquake was the most powerful earthquake recorded to have hit Japan. The earthquake was a magnitude 9.0 off the coasts of Japan that occurred at 2:46pm on Friday 11 March 2011, which triggered a powerful tsunami that reached the height up to 10.4 meters. A Japanese National Police Agency reported 15,889 deaths, 6,152 injured, and 2,601 people missing, 127,290 buildings totally collapse, 272,788 buildings half collapse, and another 747,989 buildings partially damaged. The Tohoku earthquake and tsunami caused severe structural damage in northeastern Japan, including heavy damage to roads, railways and dams, not to mention fires in many areas. It was the toughest and the most difficult crisis in Japan after the World War 2 leaving
