Sichuan,+China,+May+12,+2008

=Sichuan, China, May 12, 2008=

Team Members: Kyle Bush, Dimitri Mavrudis, Sean Mellon
Directions: Answer the following questions using complete sentences.

1. Which areas of the world are more vulnerable to earthquakes and why?

Places that are on the edge of plates, because they grind along other plates causing the earthquake.

2. What are the major problems dealing with earthquakes in the different areas? The collateral damage is a major problem because people can die and property will be destroyed. In Sichuan's earthquake people's houses fell on them and killed them. Property was demolished and it will take some times before it is fully repaired.

3. Is there a successful way to predict earthquakes? Explain. An electrical device about 1 kilometer underground that can give people a 10 hour head start before and earthquake happens.

4. What causes earthquakes to occur? Shaking of the ground caused by plated grinding agenst each other.

5. What is your earthquake? Where is it found (Ex: northern China)? Our Earthquake is the 2008 sichuan, China. Mid China is were sichuan is at.

6. How long did the earthquake last? The Earthquake lasted about 10 minutes.

7. What was the earthquake’s magnitude on the Richter scale? The Richter scale rating was a 7.8.

8. What was the area like? (city, farmland, industrial, . . ) Most of the earthquake hit the city and suberbs.

9. How large was the population of people living in the area at the time of the earthquake? The population was very large because it was a city.

10. What tectonic plate(s) were involved in this earthquake? (Use p664) Transfault of the plate of the North and South China Plate.

11. How many people were killed? Injured? Missing? 15,000 dead 10's of thousands missing 25,000 buried.

12. What is the estimated cost in damage? The estimated cost was 150 billion dollars.

13. What were the effects on the nearby community? Property damage? Schools collapes killing children. Work places trashed, trapping people inside.

14. Have other earthquakes occurred at this location? Yes, In china an earthquake is very common but this one was one of the highest.

15. Other interesting information I found: We found that not just sachuan was effected. Many people were left homeless and have no family left.

16. What is the most effective way to prepare for an earthquake? Where is the safest place to be inside your house? Where is the safest place to be outside? The most effective wa to prepare of an earthquake. Safest place inside is under a table or behind a wall. The safest place outside is under a tree.

Websites: www.Hidaya.org, Youtube.com, Vulcan.wr.usgs.gov