PPT-Defining an Earthquake

and Exploring Earthquakes far from Plate Boundaries Create a description with a partner What is an Earthquake Earthquake Machine Like and Unlike An . 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. . 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. . Andrei Gabrielov. Purdue University. West Lafayette, IN, USA. www.math.purdue.edu/~agabriel. San Francisco, April 18, 1906. Plate Tectonics. Major tectonic plates and world seismicity. Plate Tectonics. :. 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. Hazard . Prediction Based on Seismicity . Simulation. . Shiyong. Zhou Russell Robinson . Xiaofei. Chen . M. Jiang . X. . Jin. . B. Gao . 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.. First Steps in research. State your topic as a question.. Topics. Bipolar disorder. Hip hop music. Drugs. Border region. Terrorism. Censorship. Low Riders. Death Penalty. Change this to a question?. Add one of the following. . Rescue efforts are continuing in Nepal after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake killed hundreds of people.. Hospitals are inundated with the injured, while many survivors who have lost homes will be now sleeping . 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. . T. sunami . eqs. ETS/slow slip. Source Time Function Calculation . currently finishing STF determination for Alaska/Kuriles/Sumatra/Java. reconciling STF indicated depths with revised EHB catalog. and humanitarian response. . L. essons . from Nepal. THE SCIENCE OF . AFTERSHOCK FORECASTING. Earthquakes can’t be predicted. However, aftershocks follow robust seismological . ‘laws’. Probability . 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.