PPT-Get Ready for an Earthquake

Earthquakes are the sudden rapid shaking of the earth caused by the breaking and shifting of rock deep underground Including Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin there are 45 states and territories in the US at moderate to high risk for earthquakes. The Transamerica Pyramid, San Fransisco. It has been build pyramid shaped as this is hard to topple over. . http://. Footage of the transamerica pyramid. /. The Beijing National Stadium, China. To earthquake-proof the stadium, the bowl and roof were split into two separate elements and the bowl split into eight zones, each with its own stability system and effectively its own building. . :. What You Need To Know. Tsunami Outreach Oregon. Oregon Department of . Geology . and Mineral Industries . Cascadia Earthquake: Key Messages. A local Cascadia earthquake will probably happen in most people’s lifetime or their children’s lifetime.. Magnitude 2.9 LOUGHBOROUGH, LEICS, UK . Friday, 18 January, 2013 at 05:20:44 UTC. The earthquake was felt in the towns of . Loughborough. , Derby, Nottingham and Leicester. Shaking was felt as far away as Buxton and Warwick.. A Complex Rupture?. M. C. Chapman. Department of Geosciences. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Blacksburg, Virginia 24061. mcc. @ vt.edu. Meeting of the Eastern Section, Seismological. Locating Earthquakes. How do seismologists know when and where earthquakes begin? . They depend on earthquake-sensing instruments called seismographs. . Seismographs. are instruments located at or near the surface of the Earth that record seismic waves. . Occurred just before midday on 25 April 2015. 7.8 Magnitude at a depth of around 15 . kilometres. The . epicentre. was the village of . Barpak. in the . Gorkha. district. The tremors were felt as far away as India, Pakistan and Bhutan.. Get insights. Get educated. Get inspired. Summary1.Introduction2.DLPCrisismanagement3.Kineticsof4.Tools5.The Get insights. Get educated. Get inspired. 1.IntroductionDLP Hazards are produced from the response of energy released. Amount and duration are related to the amount of energy released. Which hazards do you know?. Earthquake Hazards. Tsunami: displacement of a large volume of water. Briefly, “explain” the intent of this cartoon. Why do earthquakes occur?. Which of the following diagrams represents a normal fault? What is your evidence? . A.. B. .. TPS – What is going on here?. and humanitarian response. . L. essons . from Nepal. THE SCIENCE OF . AFTERSHOCK FORECASTING. Earthquakes can’t be predicted. However, aftershocks follow robust seismological . ‘laws’. Probability . Stage 1.. Magma rises to the crust within the mantle. This creates friction and causes the plates to move.. What are the 3 main ways plates move. 1.. 2.. 3. . Stage 2. Pressure builds between plates and sometimes small earthquakes are felt. . Earthquake Risk. Earthquakes are likely wherever plate movement stores energy in the rock along faults.. Geologists can determine earthquake risk by locating where faults are active and where past earthquakes have occurred.. earthquake. (also known as a . quake. , . tremor. or . temblor. ) is the result of a sudden release of energy in the . Earth's. . crust. that creates . seismic waves. . . The . seismicity. , . seismism. . SYFTET. Göteborgs universitet ska skapa en modern, lättanvänd och . effektiv webbmiljö med fokus på användarnas förväntningar.. 1. ETT UNIVERSITET – EN GEMENSAM WEBB. Innehåll som är intressant för de prioriterade målgrupperna samlas på ett ställe till exempel:.