1ST DRAFT ESSAY
Mother nature can sometimes be a real pain. Causing dramatic damage around the world, it can literally reshape the entire continent. At the age of ten, I encountered my first earthquake located in Pakistan. It took place Saturday morning at 7:00 a.m. I was very horrified, my family and I made sure that the neighbors were secure and I was scared to go back in the house after that event. This event never went out of my mind and I always remembered this day whenever I read news related to earthquakes.
It was a typical summer day. Everyone in the house was sleeping. Suddenly, the bed started shaking. My mother was half awaken. She taught it was my brother. She ignored and went back to sleep. Then, the bed started shaking again with force. This time my sisters and I woke up and acknowledged that we were laying half on the bed and half on the floor. My mom started to yell at my brother “STOP SHAKING THE BED!!!” and my brother replied. “Mom I am not shaking the bed! It is an earthquake!” We all got up, looking horrified and nervous because we never encountered an earthquake...
Earthquakes are a natural part of the Earth’s evolution. Scientific evidence leads many geologists to believe that all of the land on Earth was at one point in time connected. Because of plate tectonic movements or earthquakes, continental drift occurred separating the one massive piece of land in to the seven major continents today. Further evidence supports this theory, starting with the Mid-Atlantic ridge, a large mass of plate tectonics, which are increasing the size of the Atlantic Ocean while shrinking the Pacific. Some scientists believe that the major plate moveme...
The article, “Nepal Quake: Death Toll Passes 3,200 as Nation Struggles with Devastation”, talks about the first earthquake and how people are joining together for the sake of survival.
Before examining the Northridge event, understanding the naturally occurring hazard that is an earthquake will help to better understand exactly what happened and why it was such an important geological event. With four distinct layers, two layers, the crust and upper portion of the mantle, compose the skin that is the surface layer of the Earth. The crust is not a single, continuous piece. It is actually several different pieces, or plates, that come together to form the puzzle that comprises the surface of the Earth. These plates are in constant motion rubbing against one another. These areas, known as fault lines, where the plates rub up against one another have spots where one plate ”gets stuck while the rest of the plate keeps moving. When the plate has moved far enough, the edges unstick and is how most of the earthquakes around the world occur” (Wald, 2012). The energy stored from the friction of the two plate...
On the morning of Wednesday, April 18, 1906 an earthquake struck the City of San Francisco at 5:12 according to seismograph records. It was remembered as especially violent and everyone in the vicinity woke up to white dust in the air from fallen debris. As remembered by a bystander of the event, “I was awakened by a very severe shock of earthquake. The shaking was so violent that it nearly threw me out of bed... As soon as it was over I got up and went to the window, and saw the street filled with a white dust.” (Stetson, 21.) The strong shaking lasted from 45 to 60 seconds which were felt as far north as southern Oregon and past Los Angeles in the south. The water supply became shut off by the earthquake and then when fires broke out all ove...
The Haiti earthquake that occurred on January 12, 2010 just fifteen miles south of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince was a severely large-scale earthquake, at a magnitude of 7.0. The initial shock was then followed by a series of aftershocks with magnitudes ranging up to 5.9. Over three hundred thousand people died due to this extreme chaos. Many buildings collapsed and disintegrated under the force of the quake; both the cathedral and National Palace in Port-au-Prince were heavily damaged. In the aftermath of this tragedy, efforts to aid the people of Haiti with medical assistance, water, and food were hampered by the loss of communication lines as well as by roads blocked by debris. Over one million people were left homeless due to this quake. Two days after the earthquake, journalist Leonard Pitts wrote “Sometimes the Earth is Cruel,” an article describing how the people of Haiti responded to the disaster. In “Sometimes the Earth is Cruel,” a major theme is that some things are inevitable.
Once there was this 34-year-old man named Bob he lived in Hawaii. Of course, he had the news on, he is old, but he heard that there was going to be a tsunami in Hawaii. Bob hurried out the door and ran he seen the big wave ran so much faster than before. Than the wave got up to him, swept him up and hit his head on a boat, Bob got on the side and got on it. And bob almost fell off but held his balance and kept the boat steady. After his 2-day ride, Bob ended up in Germany when the tsunami ended, and Bob was the first guy ever to survive the tsunami in 2006 August 2. 6 years later Bob goes on vacation too Dallas, Texas for 2 months for the winter. Bob moved back to Hawaii then another tsunami comes. Bob ran to his boat from last
"The Great Quake: 1906-2006 / Rising from the Ashes." SFGate. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 May 2014.
Psychology is the study of the mind and the behavior of mammals. Geology is a science that deals with the history of the earth and its life, recorded in rocks. The earth is consistently moving its tectonic plates. Therefore, there may be over 100 earthquakes a day; most of these earthquakes go unnoticed by humans on the crust of the earth. Other earthquakes for example, the one in 2011 located in Japan and the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 (Earth- Marshak). Unfortunately, many people died in horrific ways during these deadly earthquakes, leaving thousands diagnosed with psychological disorders such as, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Specific Phobias directly related to the natural environment of the earth.
The epicenter of the earthquake struck roughly 45 kilometers to the west of Dalbandin, in the rural city of Balochistan. The earthquake was so strong, its depth was as much as 52 miles into the center of the Earth. This natural disaster was felt all over Pakistan, and into neighboring countries like India, Iran, and Afghanistan. While it was fortunate, and somewhat miraculous, that there were only two reported casualties, the number of injured was staggering.
It was the last Saturday in December of 1997. My brother, sister, and I were chasing after each other throughout the house. As we were running, our parents told us to come and sit down in the living room. They had to tell us something. So, we all went down stairs wondering what was going on. Once we all got down stairs, the three of us got onto the couch. Then, my mom said, “ Well…”
In the early morning hours on January 17th, 1994 a very violent tremble took place across Los Angeles, California area that left fifty-seven people dead, more than 7,000 injured, more than 20,000 homeless and left over 40,000 buildings damaged. Around 4:30 a.m. a horrific 6.7 magnitude earthquake, that tested building codes and earthquake-resistant construction, shook Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Ventura, and Orange Counties with the most intense damage occurring in Sherman Oaks and Northridge. The earthquake caused several bridges and overpasses to collapse closing sections of the Santa Monica Freeway, Simi Valley Freeway, Golden State Freeway, and the Antelope Valley Freeway. There were also several fire outbreaks throughout the San Fernando Valley, Malibu, and Venice area because of underground gas lines that had been ruptured during the earthquake that caused additional damage.
Thousands of people have experienced an earthquake at one point in their life. An earthquake can be a type of stressor. This type of stressor is called a cataclysmic event. These events are “strong stressors that occur suddenly and typically affect many people simultaneously” (Feldman, 2010). Though some might think all kinds of stress lingers, but in these cases they usually don’t. In most cases it causes relief because people would believe that the worst has already happened and so they go on with their day with possibly even less stress. For example if I so happened to be shopping at the mall while my mom was at work and suddenly I felt a strong earthquake, I would begin to stress about the fact that my mom works in a large building nearby. Then I would do anything I can to get in contact with her to find out if she is well and unharmed. Then I would feel relieved to know that she is fine.
I jumped out of the car with my two sisters and ran to the bathroom. When we left the bathroom, we walked back to the car. We saw that our dad was still putting gas in the car, so we went into the store to buy some sweets. I bought “warheads” that said extremely sour, and a bag of chips called “baked with fire” that looked like they would taste really hot. When we purchased our food, we walked back to the car. As soon as we started driving, I opened my bag of chips. I was so scared that they would be extremely hot. For that reason, I also bought a bottle of water. I opened it before I took a bite out of the chip. Luckily, they were not hot at all! I grabbed my sour candy and tasted it. My face changed so quickly; that I started to squint my eyes and point my lips. I could not take another bite of it because it was really sour! Eventually, I was not hungry anymore. Probably because I ate my whole bag of chips and a sandwich. When I finished eating, I was feeling exhausted, so I took a long nap. I woke up, and dad told me that we only needed to drive for one more hour. While we were driving through town, we saw a row of trees on fire! It was so smoky that we could barely see the street we were driving on. I felt scared for life and terrified that we might crash. After a few more minutes of driving, the smoke cleared up and we could see again. Finally, the hour passed and we arrived in California. Mrs.
Earthquakes belong to the class of most disastrous natural hazards. They result in unexpected and tremendous earth movements. These movements results from dissemination of an enormous amount of intense energy in form of seismic waves which are detected by use of seismograms. The impact of earthquakes leaves behind several landmarks including: destruction of property, extensive disruption of services like sewer and water lines, loss of life, and causes instability in both economic and social components of the affected nation (Webcache 2).
...is event ‘ just a coincidence because several small earthquakes happened before the big one’ ( Zhang, 2008), but it proved that if we can predict hazards accurately, much loss can be saved.