Earthquake Intensity Activity.doc
Application of the Environmental Seismic Intensity scale
Intro: What is an earthquake? Remember Plate Tectonics – Peeled Orange – Curst of earth is like orange peel and can move around. (1) Remember Plate Tectonics.
BY ADVIK THE SCIENCE OF EARTHQUAKES WHERE DO EARTHQUAKES USUALLY HAPPEN? Fault Lines around the World such as the San Andreas fault in California and.
Origin of an earthquake
Yellowstone
The Geosphere Ch. 3 sec. 1B. Plate Tectonics Tectonic Plates – pieces of the lithosphere –Glide across the underlying asthenosphere –Continents move along.
Reconnaissance in Chiba after “The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake” Mohsin U. Qureshi and Ikuo Towhata Department of Civil Engineering,
More than one or two – it’s a dangerous surface. Richter Scale - logarithmic Earthquake Magnitudes Effects Less than 3.5 Generally not felt 3.5-5.4 Rarely.
Fast Changes Foldable Earth Science. Hurricane How: low pressure area in the ocean ▫Winds 39mph and higher: tropical storm ▫Winds 74mph and higher: hurricane.
CAS 2007 Reinsurance Boot Camp on Pricing Techniques Catastrophe Modeling Jim Maher, FCAS MAAA Chief Risk Officer Platinum Re US.
Earthquakes Basic Introduction. Seismometer Seismogram.
