PPT-Magnitude 8.9 (9.0) earthquake

near Sendai east coast of Honshu Japan Friday March 11 2011 at 054623 UTC Japan was struck by a magnitude 89 90 earthquake off its northeastern coast last Friday This the largest . Magnitude 8.0 SOLOMON ISLANDS . Wednesday, 6 February, 2013 at 01:12:23 UTC. Australia. Magnitude 8.0 SOLOMON ISLANDS . Wednesday, 6 February, 2013 at 01:12:23 UTC. Tsunami model amplitude information is shown colour-coded to the scale. Filled colours show maximum computed tsunami amplitude in cm during 24 hours of wave propagation. Black contours show computed tsunami arrival time. . 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.. EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDES. Earthquake source characterization. Magnitude. Fault dimensions (covered before). Slip distribution (kinematics). Fourier transform refresher. Point source representation. Spectral shape. Seismograph. Or seismometer, is an instrument used to detect and record earthquakes.. Seismogram. A record written by a seismograph in response to ground motions produced by an earthquake, explosion, or other ground-motion sources.. Bill . Menke. Seismologist. Public Lecture. American Canoe Association. Hilltop Facility. 4PM Saturday May 21 2011. Another Small Earthquake Rattles Central N.J. . WCBS-TV . | Feb 15, 2009 . MORRISTOWN, N.J. (CBS) -- For the second time in two weeks, a small earthquake has rattled an area of central New Jersey. . : December 1811, January 1812, February 1812 . Eastern U.S. earthquakes less frequent, but more widely felt. Crust is older and transmits stress. Intraplate Earthquakes. Earthquake Size and Characteristics. Mexico City: Predicting the Next, Big Earthquake . Motivation. Why study earthquakes in Mexico City? . Mexico City is . uniquely susceptible. to highly damaging earthquakes. . Factors exacerbate earthquakes:. 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. earthquakes throughout history in pictures. . Statistics from The Geological Society of London.. One of the most devastating earthquakes in history occurred on 23 January 1556 in the Shaanxi province, China, killing more than 830,000 people (see 1556 Shaanxi earthquake. 8. th. Grade Earth and Space Science. Class Notes. Earthquake Magnitude and Intensity. Richter scale . – measures the . magnitude. (energy) of an earthquake.. Determined by the . amplitude. (height) of the seismic wave. 19.3 . –. Measuring and Locating Earthquakes. Magnitude. Magnitude = a measure of energy produced by earthquake. Amplitude = Height of wave. Richter Scale = . numerical rating system used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake. 19.3 . –. Measuring and Locating Earthquakes. Magnitude. Magnitude = a measure of energy produced by earthquake. Amplitude = Height of wave. Richter Scale = . numerical rating system used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake. at the USGS. Andrew J. Michael. What Is Operational Earthquake Forecasting?. a.k.a. OEF. Currently OEF = Earthquake Clustering. a.k.a. Foreshocks and Aftershocks. Earthquakes trigger other earthquakes.. Pick up materials for the model. Assemble your model. Explore the behavior of the model and consider the following… “How this might this model represent the earthquake process?”. Earthquake Machine.