Rocks are heated underneath the crust then pushed out through a volcano or the oceanic plate. The rock substance that becomes the crust will deposit back underneath the crust. All of the process can be credited to the dynamic nature of Earth.
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).
Earthquakes. They shake buildings, they wobble structures, they dismantle even the most stable construction. They leave people without homes, destroy possessions. The San Francisco earthquake in 1906 left at least half of the population homeless.
From Old to New The article ‘The Really Big One’ written by Kathryn Schulz discusses the Cascadia Subduction Zone and its threat to the people of the Pacific Northwest. She uses the article to inform the public of how the zone was discovered, how devastating the earthquakes and tsunamis will be in this zone, and how most of the Pacific Northwest is not prepared for this zone to erupt. After Schulz article was published, it became a well known across the nation. Everyone who read the article became scared at the thought of this impending doom.
How the Science of earthquakes was started in North America after the California Earthquake of 1906 The California earthquake of April 18, 1906 is one of the most significant earth quakes of all time. The 7.9 magnitude earthquake ruptured the northernmost 477 kilometers of the San Andreas Fault from the northwest of San Juan Bautista to the triple Junction of Cape Mendocino. The earthquake caused severe damage with reports indicating that it caused more than 3,000 deaths and destroyed more than 28,000 buildings (Borcherdt, & Gibbs, 1976).
Earthquakes happen every day, but tsunami earthquakes are pretty rare. Usually the earthquake needs to reach a 7.5 magnitude to cause a tsunami.
Earlier that day one of the volcanoes erupted right into the sea, which made the God of the seas frustrated and irritated. As a result of that he created tsunamis because of his frustration and made sure it went over the volcano. Of course that got the God of volcanoes frustrated. It was even worse considering that the God of volcanoes was a hot head.
The massive amount of energy that was created from the force of the earthquake even caused the earth axis to tilt slightly. The quakes destructive power caused 525 people to lose their live with more than 2 million people being affected by the earthquake, due to the falling infrastructure, opening of roads or crumbling of landscapes that the shaking from the earthquake caused. A few hours later, a tsunami that ranged from 3 to 15 meters high. The tsunami picked up from where the shock waves left off damaging whole cities in its wake. the earthquake had a frequency of 1 (the lower the frequency the more intense the earthquake is) and would be described as a great earthquake on the Richter scale (made by Charles F. Richter in 1935, the Richter scale is used to measure the amount of energy is released in an earthquake).
little movement from the tectonic caused big things such as earthquake, but what exactly is San Andreas Fault? San Andreas fault is major fracture of the Earth’s crust in extreme western north America (Brittanica). San Andreas fault have caused so many earthquakes in U.S.A, causing many destruction, and causing lost of lifes. Now, What made Northridge Earthquake so destructive? While the Northridge earthquake was happening Californian people couldn’t predict it (u-s-history.com).
My experience, is, there have been several quakes that i have experienced, but I have only felt one. The one I felt was in March of 2015, was at approximately 2am, and woke me up. It felt like the house was shaking, or someone, a grown man perhaps, was walking down the hallway of our 2-story house. My dad, being raised in California, was freaked out and told everyone to get in the door
The 1906 Earthquake On Wednesday, April 18, 1906, at 5:12 a.m., a 7.8- magnitude earthquake awakened the city of San Francisco. The earthquake lasted for sixty-five terrifying seconds of violent shaking and ended with an unknown number of dead family members, neighbors, as well as hundreds of thousands of people trapped in a city surrounded by water. To make matters worse, a series of fires broke out throughout the city. For three days, persistent, raging fires challenged the possibility of a coherent emergency response. By the end of the week, almost 98 percent of San Francisco's city structures in the most populated 521 blocks lay in ruins.
According to John Claque, the motion is curling the edge of the North America plate upwards, much the same way a rug would buckle if you pushed on one edge. This creates a major strain on the fault line until eventually, the north America plate "elastically bounces back", causing the mega thrust and creating the tsunami".
In recent news, there has been discussion about a large earthquake that could happen in the Pacific Northwest in the near future. It is estimated that we are due for an earthquake due to tectonic plate movement that could destroy everything west of I-5 and affect over 7 million people (Schulz np: 2015). I live east of I-5 but the risk is still imminent for a damaging earthquake. There are some predictions as to when this could happen, but there is no real clue of just how devastating this type of disaster could be. The news articles that I have read make it seem like it will be a giant catastrophe that will destroy many cities.
Imagine you, evacuating your home because of a disastrous accident caused by a nuclear power plant. This is what happened to many residents of Japan. Fukushima, the subject of a giant nuclear disaster caused by the tsunami that struck Japan in 2011, and affected other countries, is still being tested for radioactive contamination, yet Japan has to restore trust with Fukushima’s citizens by proving that it is safe to use nuclear power again and providing them with their former homes, lost by the disaster. This is still a major problem in Japan due to rebuilding and restoring.
Both can pass through solid rock, only P-waves can pass through gases and liquids. Some of the effects of earthquake are businesses that might get jeopardize, people might break in and steal goods and ruin the business and that will cause economic loss, people belongings will get destroyed and many people might get injured or worse. Tsunamis on the other hand are commonly associated with earth quakes because they are caused by earthquakes under
