I need this for a project. How do cities prepare and protect against earthquakes? Not an individual, cities. For example, shock absobers, or things that lessen damage, or help to see it coming.
how do seismographs work?
Jan 02, 2011 in
Earthquake Questions
i get that like they detect vibrations but do scientist set up sensors around the earth? how else could the machine detect earthquakes all over the world?
Indonesian earthquake 7.5…..did you feel it?
Jan 02, 2011 in
Earthquake Questions
tsunami warning with it…. are you folks who are nearby or on shorelines getting out , NOW????>…. please do…..
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39831929/ns/world_news-asiapacific/
report not considering the tsunami, if one is generated, to be too dangerous…. ok…. sorry… you don’t have to run for the hills…. but… I’d stay aware, anyway…..can’t be too careful, right?…..
still, there WAS a tsunami… people were lost…. the warning should have remained….very sad….
Which of the following statements is not true about the Richter scale?
Jan 02, 2011 in
Earthquake Questions
A) The Richter scale allows us to make predictions of earthquake damage.
B) Each step of the scale represents a 30-fold increase in energy released.
C) The Richter scale measures the magnitude of an earthquake.
D) Earthquakes with equal ratings do not have the same damage.
No intention to cause controversy here, I mean this as a serious question. The featured article the other day was about how Hilary Clinton seems to be "causing" earthquakes during her trips abroad, so I wasn’t sure if this was supposed to be a comical blog akin to a conservative spin on The Daily Show, or more aligned with his Fox News and radio shows. I don’t watch Glenn Beck frequently enough to know if he has a comic relief segment in his show. Some of the articles on the Blog seems much more serious than others.
What kind of energy is created from earthquakes?
Jan 02, 2011 in
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I am curious what kind of energy is created from earthquakes, and if a mountain absorbs some of the energy, what is this process called? Also what is the energy be called that the mountain absorbs?
If one earthquake has a magnitude of 5 on the richter scale and a second earthquake has a magnitude of 6 ….?
Oct 18, 2010 in
Earthquake Questions
If one earthquake has a magnitude of 5 on the richter scale and a second earthquake has a magnitude of 6 compare the intensities of the two earthquakes.
I know this has something to do with logarithims and the answer is 60 DB, I just dont know how to arrive at the answer, thanks.
Find the distance of an earthquake?
Oct 18, 2010 in
Earthquake Questions
a problem in my physics book went something like this
Earthquakes produce Pwaves and Swaves. Pwaves have a constant velocity of 8km/s and Swaves have constant velocity of 6km/s. If a station records Pwaves and 33seconds later records Swaves, how far away was the earthquake??
What are some famous Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions?
Could i have a list.
thanks
What is the biggest volcanic eruption and earthquake?
I look up earthquakes on a daily basis as a hobby. I google, "DID YOU FEEL IT" in the search area and it shows all the latest earthquakes. I have been noticing that Samoa keeps getting hit with large earthquakes but they are not reporting this on the news where I am. What is really going on?
How can someone build an earthquake proof school in an area that is occasionally hit by earthquakes?
Oct 18, 2010 in
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How cam someone build an earthquake proof school in an area that is occasionally hit by earthquakes (ex: Haiti, Peru, Chile, etc.)
Are new buildings built to withstand earthquakes??
Before the Richter Scale, wasn't there a scale for measuring earthquakes that involved livestock?
Sep 24, 2010 in
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A professor once told me that in Europe they used to measure Earthquakes by the reactions of the animals
Explain why most places in the world receive two traces for each single earthquake event?
Sep 24, 2010 in
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we were give a puzzle problem to solve and here it is..
"And the Earth Moved"
Seismographs are sensitive instrument for detecting earthquakes. They consists of large mass suspended by springs. When an earthquake happens, the disturbance travels through the earth, making the instrument vibrate. However, the mass tends not to move because of its inertia. This difference in movement is simplified and written out as a trace.
can you explain why most places in the world receive two traces for each single earthquake event? Can you also explain why a few places detect only one?
Thanks in advance 
Why do earthquakes disrupt cell phone reception?
Sep 24, 2010 in
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Our family is thinking about getting rid of our land line phones and replacing them with all cell phones. We were thinking about earthquakes affecting the reception. But then we thought that if the satellite is in space and the earthquake is on land, then how does it affect service if the satellite is so far away from it.
How many earthquakes have happened since the beginning of 2010.?
Sep 07, 2010 in
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I wanna know the magnitude of the earthquakes and how many have happened since 2010.
I’m just wondering why Tokyo has this vulnerability to earthquakes? What makes them susceptible to them?
What factors could influence this vulnerability?
Thanks!
Can anyone else see the bigger picture?
Aug 24, 2010 in
Earthquake Questions
Society is seeking to destroy itself and mother nature is striking back from the centuries of abuse we have given her. The authorities, governments, organizations wring their hands and say "how dreadful, we must do something about this" but then turn to solve other problems and invest monies in things such as the war on terrorism. Rather then worrying about how other people see the world and their faith, how about we leave them alone and put in a genuine effort to fix the problems plaguing our Earth! In the end the economy, the different way people view religion, right and wrong and morality; matter not at all when our world is dead, drained of basic resources such as food and oxygen and most of our population lay decimated. Harsh words, and possibly dramatic. Do you honestly believe mother nature is not beginning to strike back and fix the balance? Tsunamis, earthquakes, tornadoes, volcanoes; the incidence of these things is on the rise- without giving mention to the corrupt state of our governments and the power plays there in, the decline of society and the undermining of humanities faith, whether that be the christian god, buddha or any other faith. Please, does anyone out there see my point of view? You, me, the next door neighbor? Give it 100 years and we’ll be dead so what do we really matter? Humanity is only one species on this Earth, and its only us that says we are the superior beings. The Earth is not for us alone, but for all life. Lets say damn the oil companies, damn the mining companies and all the other big companies that buy our governments and corrupt our civilization for their own ends because if we continue the way we are; your dollar isn’t going to get you a damn thing! Damn the economy and save the environment!
By what process are soldiers transferred to peacekeeping or disaster relief forces such as the UN?
Aug 24, 2010 in
Disaster
I’m aware these roles are performed by troops from many different nations, but mainly in terms of the British Army, and especially in terms of soldiers specialising in engineering roles: How are they transferred to peace keeping or disaster relief missions? Do they request it or are they selected? What roles do they usually perform during and after conflicts, earthquakes, floods etc. And finally how long can these transfers last?
i know i mentioned the UN, but i didn’t meant to limit it to that, it was more an Engineers specific question, what roles they play and whether they can volunteer
Are we having more earthquakes lately?
Aug 24, 2010 in
Earthquake Questions
No one is responding to my previous question so I decided to ask this other question, which is almost certain to generate more attention. I think there are more earthquakes lately. Now on a similar note, here’s my previous question:
Okay, I’m a little bit of an earthquake nut, and I visit the USGS website at least once a day, to check out all the most recent seismic activity. Recently I noticed some discrepancies on their "Earthquake Facts and Statistics" page, here: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/e…
Under the 2010 column, about a week ago I think it was, the numbers had been changed. Under the 8.0+ column, it showed 2 instead of just 1. That’s what caught my attention. I knew there had only been the 8.8 in Chile this year, no others. I checked the big list for the year just to be sure, and there was just that one. Then I noticed all the other numbers under the 2010 column were different too. It was really strange. By the next day it had been fixed, but then a couple days later it was back to those same bogus numbers again (then fixed again the next day).
Has anyone else ever noticed this happening, or perhaps have any explanation for how this happened?
43 minutes ago – 4 days left to answer.
I’m just wondering why Tokyo has this vulnerability to earthquakes? What makes them susceptible to them?
What factors could influence this vulnerability?
Thanks!
When I watch USGS’s maps http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqscanv/
I always see a lot of movement near the Southern California Mexico border.
One of my dreams if to immgrate from the UK to the USA and I either want to live in LA or NY, LA more. But I was just wondering if the tectonics activity, such as earthquakes, really effect your life and how? What changes do you need to make or things you need to do due to it? Thanks.
Why does allah earthquake so many mosques?
Aug 03, 2010 in
Earthquake Questions
allah just earthquaked Indonesia again knocking down many buildings, including mosques. He keeps on terrorizing the most populous Islamic country in the world. Seriously, I have never seen a country so frequently rocked by earthquakes as Islamic Indonesia. It’s incredible.
Here’s some pictures of allah-earthquaked-mosques. Guess allah doesnt care much for mosques.
http://www.life.com/image/759816
http://www.life.com/image/56027183
http://www.google.com/imgres?
imgurl=http://www.globalnational.com/wideangle/More%2BDamage%2BMore%2BDestruction/2069010/2069070.bin%3Fsize%3Dsw940&imgrefurl=http://www.globalnational.com/wideangle/More%2BDamage%2BMore%2BDestruction/2069010/story.html&usg=__JULJiesra_nRodP5UgWp6JSz2PM=&h=602&w=940&sz=160&hl=en&start=121&itbs=1&tbnid=qvCQVxLE1B39fM:&tbnh=95&tbnw=148&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmosque%2Bdestroyed%2Bearthquake%26start%3D120%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26tbs%3Disch:1
PS – Go ahead, be incredibly stupid (islamic) and deny allah earthquakes mosques. Go ahead, I expect nothing less than total delusion from muslims. Complete dishonesty is what Islam is all about.
SATARA: allah is angry at little kids? He hated everyone in the community? How is that even possible? He either is mad at them all or is punishing the innocent unjustly. Which is it?
THINK TANKED: I asked about why allah earthquakes mosques, not why he creates/allows so much death and pain. In other words, he doesnt have to earthquake the mosque, right? He’s behind everything and nothing happens without his consent. So why does he earthquake mosques? He doesnt have to and yet he does.
Man of all Madness: WW1 and 2? What are you talking about? I am asking why he continues to earthquakes mosques. No one can deny he is picking on the most populous islamic country in the world. He is rocking them every 6 months or so now for the past 5 years straight! Come on! Who doesnt know this?
THINK TANKED 2: What? So allah only targets people for destruction who live in faultline / earthquake prone areas? Thats crazy!!! Seismologists can show you areas that have high likelyhood of earthquakes and those that have almost none.
Some areas are safer to live than others. If you live away from the coastline in an area that has no real threat of earthquake, your pretty safe from allah’s little temper tantrums. Guess you didnt think this through.
NINJA: You never answered the question. I asked why allah earthquakes so many mosques. Indonesia was a side note. Muslims are always quick to find allahs hand in every meaningless coincidence and you will not swear to allah otherwise.
Indonesia is the most populous islamic country in the world and I am suppose to ignore this coincidence? Allah blasts them constantly. Do you even believe in allah? You refer to nature as if its detached from allah. Of course it is, and allah is a fiction but YOU are the muslim, not me. If you really believe in this ridiculous religion, why do you pretend like allah isnt in control? If he is in control, why does he earthquake sooo many mosques and blast Indonesia mercilessly. I loathe Islam and even I feel sorry for them.
THINK TANK 2: I presume no such thing…where do you get that? YOU presume allah controls everything…do you not? So, if allah controls everything, why does he blast the most populous islamic country in the world over and over and over. He could blast them in equal proportions to the rest of the earthquake prone areas of the globe but he choses to blast this islamic country that has only existed for a short time
almost the moment it became islamic.
You gotta admitt, mosques arent very special to allah cause he has no problem knocking them down like everything else.
SHE SAID: We agree. Muslims arent special to allah at all. They are DEFINETLY NOT immune. Agreed.
Of course its even worse than indifference isnt it? If allah exists, and everything is controlled by allah, then given those premises we can make a very strong case that allah hates muslims more than anyone else. Not only are muslims and mosques not immune, but they are more often targeted. Indonesia is constantly blasted. Theres no other country that compares. Ohhh…and guess what…ITS THE MOST POPULOUS ISLAMIC COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!
SHE SAID 2: Dishonesty is the hallmark of being islamic. Did you not paste a link of an allah-spared mosque? You contradict yourself. Either allah does show favor or he doesnt. You take both sides. I cant tell if you are of the brainless dim-wits that see allahs hand in everything or one of the cowardly agnosticish muslims who knows that there is absolutely no trace of an allah in nature but is to afraid to get off the religious Kool-Aid. Which is it? Is there a disorder here I need to know about?
Phantom Earthquakes– a legit thing?
Aug 03, 2010 in
Earthquake Questions
A 5.2 earthquake hit in a neighboring state one night with aftershocks felt in Indiana where I live.while I was sleeping it jarred me out of bed and I now wakeup occasionally in the middle of the night feeling what can best described as "phantom earthquakes." I checked the Earthquake website [http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/] and there is nothing that validates my slumberous tremors. (SIDENOTE: Although I just updated 10 minutes later and surprisingly there was a 6.4 in Russia– but I find that somewhat besides the point.)
I don’t necessarily have a fear of earthquakes. Ever since the one we had felt it has caused me to wake up several times in the middle of the night feeling like there was a trembling occurring, none of which have been confirmed on the above website.
I have Googled my heart’s desire to find out if this is a legit thing I’m experiencing…phantom quakes. Any help and serious answerers would be helpful! Thanks.
where do u think the next big earthquake in california will be?
Jul 29, 2010 in
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i know southern cali haas been having a lot of earthquakes(5.4 yesterday+ tons of aftershocks or something) not to mention mexicali earthquake and the easter earthquake were pretty large i read.
where do u think the next one will be?
if u think south cali, where abouts? theres a lot of south cali
well, not saying i believe in earthquake prediction, but u got to have some common sense. just a guess maybe
How do Earthquakes have an impact on the Earth's axial rotation?
Jul 29, 2010 in
Earthquake Questions
I heard about this but I’m not sure how they have an impact on the Earth’s axial rotation. They said these earthquakes cause the Earth to speed up in axial rotation and there was one today; I hope to God and in my heart, no innocent people were caught in it. That would be bad. Would we have to skip a second or make them internally shorter on the other hand?
Yes! US Geological reports a 3.7 magnitute in the SHenandoah-Wash DC area. It woke me up!!!!?
Jul 22, 2010 in
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Yes! US Geological reports a 3.7 magnitute in the SHenandoah-Wash DC area. It woke me up!!!!
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/at00927108.php#details
pre shocks for los angeles Big quake?
Jul 21, 2010 in
Earthquake Questions
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Maps/US2/33.35.-119.-117.php
look at the recent quakes in los angeles? are these pre shocks for a much larger earthquake?
do u think a mag 7+ is going to hit l.a. soon? look at all those pre hscocks!
By analyzing the data from NEIC do you see HAARP is being warmed up by the govt for some diabolical plot? More?
Jul 15, 2010 in
Earthquake Questions
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php
Also look at this from the National Hurricane Center! Something masonic this way comes!
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/