Earthquakes: The Same Effects, but Different Responses
Earthquakes occur as a result of the abrupt release of energy in the Earth’s crust that creates a series of waves known as seismic waves. Earth quakes greatly affect people whether they are living in economically disadvantaged countries or in economically developed countries. However, the way each of them responds to the hazard is different.
The tectonic movements in the earth’s crust are the initial causes of earthquakes. These movements bring about forces of tension and pressure, these forces stress up the earth’s crust. As the stresses increase, an imbalance in equilibrium of the rocks which results into breaking of rocks and displaced. The energy accumulated during the process is released giving raise to waves. The waves cause vibration of objects they come across with causing a lot of impact on them. This may include shaking and rapture of the ground. As a result there is damage of infrastructure, landslides, fires due to damage caused to electric and gas lines.
Volcanic eruptions can also cause earthquakes since they are often very violent and can cause vibrations to the earth’s crust, this can result into rupture of geological faults. This is as a result of the movement of lava beneath
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This is due to the fact that LEDC are economically disadvantaged as compared to the MEDC which tend to have a quicker response and recovery from earthquake damage. Take a look at the Los Angeles earthquake of 1994 and compare it with the Kashmir earthquake of 2005, one will realise that the responses were totally different. In Los Angeles almost all schools had been opened in a period of just one week, and in three weeks all schools had been opened. However, in Kashmir it was distinctively a different case, whereby rebuilding and re-supply of schools took much longer than three
In both short stories, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell and ‘The Interlopers’ by Saki, two men have a conflict between each other. In ‘The Interlopers’ the enemies are two neighbor heirs, Ulrich won Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym, who feud for the land of the Carpathian's, while in ‘The Most Dangerous Game’ these are two hunters, and one of them becomes a prey of another. These characters intrude into a natural environment, which is not human zone, what caused the consequences in “The Interlopers”. Both authors reach similar endings without a real resolution to intrigue the readers with various options. Ominous and suspenseful mood of these stories help the readers to imagine upcoming mystery of their plots. However, there is a contrast
Imagine yourself home doing a couple of sets of jumping jacks but then you feel weary so you stop for a water break. You notice that you kept on bouncing but it wasn’t your body moving it was the Earth that was shaking you, an earthquake occured. Earthquakes happen when the underground continental plates move. Earthquakes can affect the Earth, people, and property. To begin with, when an earthquake happens something on Earth is most likely to change.
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What is an earthquake and why do they happen? : An earthquake is vibrating of the ground caused by the rapid breaking and motion of large parts of the earth’s rocky outermost crust. Earthquakes
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There are many dangers to an earthquake. Earthquakes can cause damage to cities and many people end up injured or dead. The shaking of the ground can cause mudslides and landslides.Earthquakes can also cause terrible tsunamis.Earthquakes can occur on convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries. They can also can occur on subduction zones. In this case, the earthquake occurred on a subduction zone. Subduction is the process of which the denser plate sinks under the less dense
The most common cause of earthquakes is movement along faults. Earth’s crust is divided into tectonic plates, which grind past each other at fault boundaries. As tectonic plates move,
Earthquakes are caused when two blocks of earth suddenly slip past one another. The surface where the two blocks slip is called the fault. The earthquake starts below the earth’s surface at the hypocenter, and the location above the hypocenter is called the epicenter. Earthquakes can have foreshocks which is a smaller earthquake that happens before the larger quake. Earthquake can also
After World War 1 was over, many believed that it was the war to end all wars. It was supposed to be the war that would end a warring state amongst the developed nations. For the next two decades the assumption was correct and everyone was living in peace. Many begun to rebuild their economy and globalization was becoming a huge factor. Everything seemed to be going well until sudden news of German invasion of Poland in 1939. Much like World War 1, Most of the developed countries in Europe took up arms and were divided amongst two different sides and just fought until there was a winner. However in World War 2, Germany single handedly almost wiped out the European Ally powers in a span of a few years. All they had to do was take over Great
In Valdivia, Chile 1960 an earthquake changed the lives of many. An earthquake is the violent shaking of the ground that will destroy homes, buildings, landforms, historical monuments, and lives. Earthquakes begin with the breakage of rock along a fault line. When two tectonic plates rub against each other they create an earthquake. Earthquakes will ride along a fault line which will determine how long the quake will go on. The larger and longer the fault like the bigger the earthquake. Earthquakes send out waves, primary waves or, p waves and secondary waves or, s waves travel along the interior of the earth. These two waves are called body waves. While detecting the waves, the primary waves appear first then the secondary waves. Primary waves travel through solids, liquids, and gasses, which means they are about to travel through the liquid center. Secondary waves are only able to travel through solids which are why scientists have found that there is a loss of these waves once they reach the center.
An Earthquake is the shaking of the earth's surface caused by rapid movement of the earth's rocky outer layer. The sudden shaking of the ground that occurs when masses of rock change position below the Earth's surface is called an earthquake. The shifting masses send out shock waves that may be powerful enough to alter the surface of the Earth, thrusting up cliffs and opening great cracks in the ground.
Volcanoes and Earthquakes are two of the most intriguing natural disasters that can occur on earth. Unlike hurricanes and tornadoes, they can awaken at almost any point in time throughout the year. These two natural disasters are also different from others because they occur on the layers of the earth itself. Volcanoes, while large to us, are actually small, conical patches of earth that spurt and ooze hot molten lava from the core, and can destroy areas of land triple their size. Earthquakes, on the other hand, are severe jolts felt on land due to the movement of earths tectonic plates. Some may describe earthquakes as being similar to riding a bike down a flight of stairs. The impact of an earthquakes can take down even the largest buildings and strongest structures. All natural disasters can have damaging effects on land, some more than others, and all can be measured or predicted in different ways. Although earthquakes and volcanoes are similar to each other, the two are still very comparable. A few of these similarities and differences include the cause of their occurrence, and how their occurrence impacts the environment.