Miami Earthquake

Arch C. Johnston and Eugene S. Schweig researched the New Madrid seismic activities of 1811-1812 and concluded that: The first earthquake was likely caused by slippage along a fault within the Blytheville arch and along the Bootheel fault. The length of the two reactivated fault segments was around 140 kilometers (deBoer & Sanders, n.d., p. 117-119). Johnston and Schweig believe the second earthquake was likely due to the breakup of the New Madrid fault that runs northeast to southwest, close to New Madrid. The slippage was estimated to be about 8 meters (deBoer & Sanders, n.d., p. 117-119) They believe the third earthquake was likely due to the rupturing of the Reelfoot fault, where the slippage was as much as 10 meters (deBoer & Sanders,

By St. Augustine sitting next to body of water, their risk of flooding has increased (St. Johns County GIS Department, n.d.). According to the map above, category 1 is more at risk for flooding, then eventually the flood would flow over to category 2 (St. Johns County GIS Department, n.d.). When hurricanes rise above the levees, rapid rainfall occurs, or even clogged up or outdated drains can all lead to flooding (National Flood Insurance, 2015a). As dams get older, they become weaker and more unstable, which makes them a flood threat (NFIP, 2015b). In 2010, Guana dam in St. Augustine has just reopened, after being closed for several months due to repairs (The St. Augustine Record, 2010). A dam can fail during any time of heavy rain, which

A tsunami can get very high all the way to the top of the empire state building that is a 100 feet.The highest tsunami is about 1720 feet that is very high for water and it is all caused by an earthquake.Have you ever been near a tsunami if you have not they are huge it can take out almost the whole of new york city.new york is huge but it is not near the ocean so it could not take it out. When I was in new york I got the chills because there was flood warnings and I got

On December 24th, 2004, the elephants in Sri Lanka's National Park began to act “...strangely by trumpeting loudly and charging away from the ocean and up a nearby hill.” (Rust 26) The park keepers did not know why the elephants were upset, or about the approaching tsunami. The elephants sensed the tsunami before anyone else did, but by then, it was too late.  A tsunami struck the coast later that day and caused massive destruction. Fortunately, the elephants “were not swept away by the water” (Rust 26) and remained “safely on the hill” (Rust 26)

On the 22nd of May 1960, the world’s largest earthquake which was documented occurred very close to Valdivia, Chile. The earthquake struck with a force of 9.5 magnitude. The earthquake pushed up a small area of the South Pacific Ocean, creating a massive tsunami travelling at 200 miles per hour across the ocean causing major damage to other countries and islands like Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines as well as the entire West Coast of the United States.

An earthquake shook northeastern japan on March 11, 2011. It was a magnitude -9 earthquake so it caused a savage tsunami. The great earthquake was felt around the world from the antarctica's ice sheet and norway’s fjords. Even years later things are getting washed up on north America s beaches. 250 miles of japan’s coastline Honshu dropped almost 2 feet . The jolt moved 8 feet of Honshu eastward. The tsunami broke icebergs in parts of Antarctica such as Sulzberger ice shelves.

Today at 11:58:44 a.m, sept 1 1923, a powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.9 on the Richter scale has hit modern industrial cities of Tokyo, Yokohama and the surrounding areas, Japan. The earthquake duration was almost 4 minutes and the geologists called it Great Kanto earthquake. Thousands of houses have been crashed within seconds and many people have been killed, while thousands of homes and restaurants had started fires for noon day meal preparation. Number of death and casualties are estimated around 142,800 persons. There has been huge damage at the Tokyo and Yokohama. Thousands of houses were either shaken or burned down. Firefighters are trying to control fire in many areas but broken water pipes made water inaccessible to fight the

The earthquake and tsunami had crucial effects on the Japanese coast. It was one of the top five most powerful earthquake causing the tsunami recorded in the world. The resulting tsunami flooded dozens of coast cities, numerous ports. “Now it is estimated from aerial and satellite photography that an area of almost 500 km (200mi) was inundated. The natural process that occurred caused a highly dangerous hazard environment that endangered and killed many lives. Correspondly, to this disaster can be explained by the theory of plate tectonics. “The magnitude, size of a hazardous event as well as its frequency or how often it occurs may be influenced by human activity as a result of increasing human population and deficient land use practices events that are use to cause these natural catastrophes.”[1] To minimize certain mitigation it’s important to understand and research the aftermath of this event there are a lot of interesting and informational statistics. “About 73 percent of Japan is forested, mountainous, and unsuitable for agricultural, industrial, or residential use. Equally important, the habitable zones, mainly located in coastal areas have extremely high population. By all means, Japan is known for

In this paper I am going to explain the specific known causes and the disastrous effects of the Japanese Tsunami, Tohoku. There has been extensive research and this has led to knowing exactly what caused this traumatic event. I will describe the convergent tectonic plate activity that has caused Japan many earthquakes since the beginning of human records.

There are many faults in the world. Earthquakes happen on these faults. An earthquake is an unexpected movement of shaking the ground. Also, they can cause destruction to buildings and the land.. The Wellington Fault is an active, groundbreaking fault. There are 50 active faults in Wellington. It located in the south of New Zealand on the North Island. New Zealand has many towns and cities that have houses and buildings close to or on a fault. They built the buildings and houses before they knew about the fault. The Fault starts at Wellington and ends at the Bay of Plenty. The Wellington Fault region has been impacted by earthquakes since the beginning of human settlement. The Wellington Fault is consisted of three sections the Wellington-Hutt

A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck Japan at 12:25 p.m. local time Thursday, which was 9:25 p.m. Wednesday (PST). Its epicenter was reported 32 miles southeast of Shizunai, Japan. There were reports of at least two injured. Due to the earthquake, some airports were temporarily closed as runways were inspected. Officials also inspected a nuclear power plant and reported no problems. Railroads were inspected, again with no abnormalities reported. No tsunami threat was anticipated in the Pacific Ocean. There was a threat of avalanches and falling rocks in the northern region of Japan.

In May 1960, the strong earthquake happened on the seabed of central and southern Chile triggered a huge tsunami, which causes tens of thousands of people dead and missing; coastal port completely paralyzed; 2 million people are homeless. The maximum wave height is 20-30 meters. Near vertical waves destroy houses and sweep away crowds. its influence in the world is largest. it is also one of the most serious tsunami disasters.

There also the issue of health impact that was addressed in the film. There were several people who were injured physically and mentally from the aftermath of the earthquake. For example Yuuki was struck by large piece of metal after a radio tower happen to fall. Due to this he received a concussion and because he didn’t proper brain treatment for it he eventually died. This was a similar cause of actual deaths that occurred in earthquakes. In real life there have been medical researchers in Japan that have perform some health surveys amongst the population to measure the condition of health after enduring these earthquakes. It was later determined more research would be required to resolve some long term mental illnesses that affect patients.

Strong jolt were also felt around Tokyo, Kanto and Tohoku. Officials ordered people to leave immediately as waves could reach to as high as 10 feet but fortunately, the earthquake only set off a 1.4 meters high tsunami at Sendai Port in Miyagi Prefecture.

The effect of the 9.0 earthquake was magnified by the ensuing tsunami that swept six miles inland in Japan, spreading out across the Pacific and wreaking havoc. The West Coast of the U.S. received this widespread destruction, with tens of millions of dollars in damage in Hawaii and $40 million in California. Furthermore, it caused millions of dollars in damage to boats and harbors in Oregon. The nuclear contamination worsened the damage along with the gasoline and electricity shortage that caused rolling blackouts in Japan’s industrial centers.