Free Essays on Southern California Earthquake

  1. Northridge Earthquake

    1994 Northridge Earthquake On January 17 1994 at 4:30 in the morning, southern California suffered one of its worst earthquakes in over 30 years. It was the first earthquake to strike directly under an urban area of the United States since the 1933 Long Beach earthquake. For about ten to twenty...

  2. Earthquake-Management

    Earthquake Management in Iran A compilation of literature on earthquake Management Iranian Studies Group at MIT Draft: January 6, 2004 Introduction Less than ten days ago, a deadly earthquake devastated the Iranian city of Bam, killing more than 30,000 people and injuring another 50,000....

  3. Oh god.

    sorry about this.California is the 3rd largest state in the United States in area, after Alaska and Texas.[22] In the middle of the state lies the California Central Valley, bounded by the coastal mountain ranges in the west, the Sierra Nevada to the east, the Cascade Range in the north and the Tehachapi...

  4. testbarinai2

    allow magnitude 3.8 earthquake was reported Sunday morning one mile from View Park-Windsor Hills, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 4:07 a.m. PDT at a depth of 5.6 miles. lRelated Man-made earthquakes increasing in central and eastern U.S., study finds GRAPHICS Man-made...

  5. Sg

    we still are unprepared to face an earthquake of an 8.0 magnitude.  I did more research and familiarized myself with the information needed in the event of an earthquake.  I feel my family is still unprepared for the disaster.  Especially living in Southern California you will need to be prepared to live...

  6. How Earthquakes Happened

    EARTHQUAKES SCI/245 Introduction In my opinion, to really know how earthquakes happen you need to have a general and basic understanding of plate margins and how the crust of the earth is formed. The Earth consists of different layers of rock and minerals...

  7. Earth Science

    (Chapter 5) 18 V. Glaciers (Chapter 6) 22 VI. Deserts and Wind (Chapter 6) 25 VII. Plate Tectonics (Chapter 7) 26 VIII. Mountain Building and Earthquakes (Chapters 10 and 8) 32 IX. Volcanoes and Other Igneous Activity (Chapter 9) 38 X. Geologic Time (Chapter 11) 41 XI. Earth’s History (Chapter...

  8. Geology; Earthquakes

    Chapter 11 Earthquakes What is an earthquake? An earthquake is the vibration of earth produced by the rapid release of energy. Energy released radiates in all directions from it’s source, the focus Energy is in the forms of waves, sensitive instrument around the world record the ...

  9. California Perception

    Place1 Christina Place David Kopp Wrt95 September 22, 2008 The Perception of California Girls In today’s society, music has a huge impact on both how different people, generations, races, genders, etc. are perceived as well as the perception each group has toward one another. Not only does it put...

  10. California Wild Ffres

    Southern California Wild Fires Since the beginning of time wildfires have scorched homes and consumed possessions. Wildfires are one of the most disastrous natural forces known to man. Wildfires blown by terrible desert winds left thousands of Southern California homes in ashes at the start of October...

  11. California Quail

    The average weight of California Quail is between 150.6 g to 189.5 g (5 - 7 oz.). Males are a little bit heavier. An adult California quail can grow to be 25 cm (9.8 in) in length. The wingspan in the quail is about 32-37 cm (13-15 in). They have a distinctive black and white pattern on the face and...

  12. family value

    Star-Telegram invited Jessica Fleming, a 26-year-old former Fort Worth resident, to write a first-person account of life in Japan after the deadly earthquake and tsunami. Fleming, a 2007 graduate of Texas Christian University, is staying with her fiance's family in Shiogama, about Nanka Nikkei...

  13. Toyota Corporation

    in Fremont, California — a joint venture with General Motors. Toyota instituted a three year, 36,000 mile bumper to bumper warranty starting in 1988, the same year the first Toyota-owned American factory started producing Camrys in Kentucky, to join the Corollas built in California. In 1999, Toyota...

  14. SCIN 136 Midterm Exam All Possible Questions

    to one time zone. A.10 B.12 C.15 D.30 E.60 Question 13 Which is the largest of the oceans? A.The Atlantic B.The Southern C.The Indian D.The Pacific E.the Arctic Question 14 The largest region of the Earth in terms of its volume is the: A.crust ...

  15. Living in Stevenson Ranch, California

    relatively conservative community in Stevenson Ranch California, originally Santa Clarita which date back to 1930’s, but roots of the city can be outline back from the late 1800’s. The city of Santa Clarita is located at the southern corner of California but the best way to describe where to find it would...

  16. stuff

    the information in this article from the “Paraglide,” 4/19/12, Spc. Paul Martin, XVIII Abn Corps PAO) Pfc. Jillian C. Wilson, from San Diego, California, the only female competitor, assigned to the 108th Quartermaster Company, 49th Quartermaster Group, Ft. Lee, Virginia, was quoted saying, “Sometimes...

  17. Tectonic

    to reduce the impact of an earthquake”. To what extent do you agree with this view? With technology advancing over the last century is can be said the technology has improved the number of impacts with prevention, protection and prediction of earthquakes. The earthquake itself cannot physically be...

  18. Forum of Trajan

    Sarmisegetusa with Romans and annexed Dacia (ibid 223-225). Following his victories in Dacia, Trajan expanded his empire east when he annexed what is now Southern Jordan and Northwestern Saudia Arabia. (ibid 233). Following his military conquests were several years of peace. During this time, he built many...

  19. Kudler Finde Foods

    Another unplanned factor would be the threat of natural disasters such as earthquakes or droughts. Since Kudler Fine Foods is located in southern California the possibility of such things happening is high. In July of 2007 California was hit with droughts that cause many farmers to not even plant crops for...

  20. The Natural Environment of America

    referred to the lands discovered by Christopher Columbus, Vespucci, and other early explorers of the West Indies and the northeastern coast of the southern continent. The Flemish geographer Gerardus Mercator first used the word to indicate all the western hemisphere on a map of the world published in...

  21. When the Earth Moves Beneath Your Feet

    feet…….. Wow! Did you feel that? Earthquakes are one of the most powerful events on earth, and they can be terrifying. A severe earthquake can release energy almost 10,000 times as great as the first atomic bomb explosion.(McNally) I will explain what an earthquake is, where they happen, why they happen...

  22. Land Features

    volcanoes is known as the Central America Volcanic Arc. The Central American Volcanic Arc, stretching from Costa Rica Guatemala and has a belt of earthquakes that extends farther into north Mexico. The Cocos Plate has had various geological events occur over the years that have created trenches, ridges...

  23. Brudges

    choices for crossing valleys and rivers since the arch doesn't require piers in the centre. There is a bridge of this type on the way to San Simeon, California USA along the famous Pacific Coast Highway. ➢ Cantilever - Rigid frame bridges are sometimes also known as Rahmen bridges. In a standard...

  24. PERSONAL

    NOTHERN AND SOUTHERN HEMISPHERES TO HAVE DIFFERENT AVERAGE TEMPS. Lithosphere - Plate Tectonics 2.1 1. 2.1.1 How did Wegener’s Continental Drift Hypothesis get elevated to today’s Plate Tectonics Theory? THE DISCOVERIES OF SEA FLOOR SPREADING AND PLATE BOUNDRIES BY STUDYING EARTHQUAKE DATA 2. 2...

  25. SCI 245 UOP Course Tutorial/Shoptutorial

    Tectonic Theory SCI 245 Week 3 Assignment Earthquakes *********************************************************************************************** SCI 245 Week 3 Assignment Earthquakes For more course tutorials visit www.shoptutorial.com Assignment: Earthquakes Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper...

  26. miss

    called Chances Peak, which had been dormant for over 300 years. Then in 1995, the volcano began to give off warning signs of an eruption (small earthquakes and eruptions of dust and ash). Once Chances Peak had woken up it then remained active for a period of 5 years. The most intense eruptions occurred...

  27. Abcd

    Earthquakes away from plate boundaries Where plate boundaries occur within continental lithosphere, deformation is spread out over a much larger area than the plate boundary itself. In the case of the San Andreas fault continental transform, many earthquakes occur away from the plate boundary and are...

  28. Book

    that sold and distributed tickets for entertainment events line sports games and opera. They almost lost a hard drive server due to the Loma Prieta Earthquake. In the 1980s, servers and data storage were massive machines in size and it was a space-consuming affair. Storing just a few dozen gigabytes of...

  29. Current Event 2

    Event #2 Landslide Danger Looms in Next Seattle Earthquake Source Oskin, Becky. "Landslide Danger Looms in Next Seattle Earthquake." LiveScience.com. Live Science, 21 Oct. 2013. Web. 23 Oct. 2013. <http://www.livescience.com/40584-seattle-earthquakes-trigger-landslides.html>. Summary ...

  30. Tera Maa Ka Bosda

    perfectly fine. Overall Rating: 8/10 EARHTHQUAKE IN PAKISTAN (CNN) -- At least 34 people have died and 80 are injured in Pakistan after a powerful earthquake struck near the country's border with Iran, sources tell CNN. Army doctors and Frontier Corps paramilitary forces are taking part in rescue efforts...

  31. The Missing Lake

    Currently there is an interesting mystery that the people of Chile are trying to solve. The mystery concerns a disappearing lake. The missing lake in Southern Chile was about 4 to 5 acres in size and was located in the Bernardo O'Higgins National Park. Park rangers pass the lake about once every month. In...

  32. Tsunami Experience.

    wave that is caused by sudden movement on the ocean floor. This sudden movement causes vertical displacement of the water. It could be caused by an earthquake, a volcanic eruption, and underwater landslide or the impact of the meteorites. The impact of a large meteorite could also cause a tsunami. Tsunamis...

  33. Technology

    began to twist and flutter. Some cables snapped and a six-hundred foot section of the bridge fell into Puget Sound. ^Wind is but one disaster, earthquakes are another^ (Jay Stuller 36). Disasters like this one and others could have been avoided if the proper precautions had been taken. Due to the...

  34. dear

    felt an earthquake? A earthquake is when two plates meet and colide. But how do you know when an earthquake is coming? Or even how strong an earthquake is? Scientist use data from a network of seismographs connected to each other to gather safisticated detailed, measurements of earthquakes around the...

  35. Hicking Info

    Pace≈35-40 minutes Round Trip Base Camp to Summit Hike Time≈1:15 I-5 to Mt. Pinos Trail Head Distance=21 miles (≈35-40 min. driving time) Southern California has hiking for just about everyone. There are short trails for the beginning hiker, and long interconnected backbone trails for those seeking...

  36. Boxing Day Tsunami

    The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea megathrust earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The quake itself is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake. The resulting tsunami itself...

  37. Human Interaction with Marine Processes

    Russia to New Zealand. Several findings relating to earthquakes and volcanic activity can be explained by plate tectonics. If you follow news stories of earthquakes, you may begin to wonder why such places as California or Japan have so many earthquakes, whereas the north eastern United States or Western...

  38. Tommy

    the only child of Charles Hitchcock and Olive Bray Adams, was born on February 20, 1902, in San Francisco, California, near the Golden Gate Bridge. In 1906 an aftershock from the famous earthquake of that year threw him to the floor and gave him a badly broken nose. His father, a successful businessman...

  39. Geography

    line up perfectly when you put the continents together. In terms of fossils, the water reptile Mesosaurus was found in a band across South Africa and southern South Africa, and the land reptile Lystrosaurus was uncovered right from India, across Africa and into Antarctica. Other contributors to the theory...

  40. Kudler Fine Foods Problem/Opportunity Paper

    Kudler Fine Foods Problem/Opportunity Paper Kathy Kudler has created a chain of specialty grocery stores in southern California. However, because of a lack of management and several other issues, Kathy has opened herself up for failure if these areas are not handled correctly. Kathy has no help in...

  41. Racial Fault Lines

    Racial Fault Lines The Historical Origins of White Supremacy in California Tomas Almaguer UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley • Los Angeles • London Chapter 7 is reprinted in revised form by permission of Labor History. It originally appeared as "Racial Domination and Class Conflict in...

  42. Karl Benjamin

    Southern California attracted a steady stream of immigrants, whose spirit of optimism is one of the regions most functional clichés. In the post war moment ,when many Americans were still experiencing the residual fears of World War II and the specter of the atomic bomb it was during this period the...

  43. The Consequences of the Mexican War to the United States

    the US. More than 500000 square miles (about 1300000 km square) of land of the Mexican territory was given to the US. Notably: the territories of California, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico. With this massive increase in land, the US‘s dream of Manifest Destiny of extending from ‘shining seas to shining seas’...

  44. Disaster Management and Preparation

    low probability. Earthquake, for instance, due to difficult to predict, in many cases people tend to neglect preparing earthquake risk. In a survey in 1974, Kenny (2009) concluded that only 12 percent respondents in California households have taken action measure preventing earthquakes. However, Nakagawa...

  45. Migration

    war Racial discrimination Lack of food (famine) Natural disasters (earthquakes, floods, hurricanes or volcanic eruptions, etc) Overpopulation. Immigrants into California 1: Location, detail and examples. California is located in the Pacific coast of the Southwestern USA. Lots of immigrants...

  46. Hcs466 Matrix

    LT C-chosen city and state: Los Angeles, California | | |Regulatory Topics | | | ...

  47. Fugitive Slave Act

    violence events were small taste of what was to come. Missouri Compromise of 1820- It put limits on the propagation, but compromise of Northern ad Southern states interests were kept in mind. It was a balance between Free states and slave states. South had an economic interest to spread slavery to the...

  48. water damand essay

    District of Southern California (MWD) from the Colorado River and Northern California. From these distant sources there are two major conveyance systems that bring water to District customers, the 242-mile long Colorado River Aqueduct and the State Water Project's (SWP) 444-mile long California Aqueduct...

  49. NATURAL DIASTERS

    to decrease the effect of damage and chaos and disorder created by the after math of natural events and disasters such as hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes, volcanoes and Tsunamis . Enlightening the community and helping individuals assume preliminary deeds to enhance and protect themselves in the...

  50. The Pacific Ring of Fire

    pacific basin. It runs from Chile, northwards along the South America coast through Central America, Mexico, the west coast of the United States and southern part of Alaska, through the Aleutian Islands to Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia before curving back to Papua New Guinea, the south west pacific...

  51. Native Americans of Nevada

    inhabiting both northern and southern Nevada. The Washoe occupied the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range that borders Nevada and California. The Paiute people first settled throughout the Great Basin, but moved to various states of the country. They made reservations in California, Nevada, Utah, Oregon and...

  52. Morrie

    the critical balance between younger workers and retirees, the country has most recently been challenged by the devastating aftermath of the major earthquake and subsequent tsunami.  However, beneath the difficult realities of the world’s least diverse population is an even larger issue that has dramatic...

  53. Ads Are Annoying

    We will not have the chance to know , know what to buy , buy what to enjoy without the informtion which delivered by advertisements . I lived in Southern China where the climate is humid , three years ago I came to Northern China for my university study . I can’t get used to the dry climate here . One...

  54. The Aztecs

    the Valley of Mexico and the southern regions of Vera Cruz, Guerrero, and Puebla. • By alliance, treachery, and conquest during the 15th and early 16th cent. they became a powerful political and cultural group and Aztec domination reached into most of central and southern Mexico. • The Aztecs...

  55. Guam

    island’s civilian government. Geography This country is the 32nd largest United States island. It is the largest island in Micronesia and the most southern island in Mariana island chain. Guam is only 30 miles long and 4 miles-12 miles wide. Mount Lamlam is the highest point in the country, reaching 1...

  56. Managing Vulnerability

    on Risk and Vulnerabilities Earthquakes are hard to predict which makes it hard for business or industries to prepare really for one. Some of the vulnerabilities are the ceiling to floor glass windows that the bank has at the front. Windows can shatter if the earthquake is strong enough. A countermeasure...

  57. Dust Bowl

    Dust Bowl The conditions in the dust bowl were horrific. People died, children suffered and could not attend school. The event occurred within the southern plains of America. It affected the five states of Kansas, New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas. The dust bowl was a very devastating time period...

  58. Polk Essay

    occupied the area for nearly 30 years. Polk's political allies claimed the entire Oregon area for the United States, from California northward to the 54° 40' latitude (the southern boundary of what is now Alaska), and so the mantra "54-40 or fight!" was born. Neither England nor the Polk administration...

  59. C H a P T E R 1 3 the Crisis of the Union

    i. Divide the Democratic Party ii. Lead to war with Mexico. C. The Push to the Pacific: Oregon & California 1. In 1845, John L. O’Sullivan coined the phrase Manifest Destiny; a. He felt that Americans had a right to develop...

  60. The Negative Externalities of Smog

    amount of smog aloud in the air (Watson). Overall 34 of California’s 58 counties failed one or more of the three clean air tests. Here in Southern California ranked among the worst in ozone pollution for the fifth straight year. But followed by Fresno, Bakersfield, and Visalia. Californian counties...