South+Peru,+June+23,+2001

=South Peru, June 23, 2001=

Team Members:Aimee Irvin, Bethany Sullivan, Nicole Diamond
Directions: Answer the following questions using complete sentences.

1. Which areas of the world are more vulnerable to earthquakes and why? Earthquakes usually occur when two plates meet and they are called faults.

2. What are the major problems dealing with earthquakes in the different areas? The major problems, are that you're not used to it, and you don't have a plan.

3. Is there a successful way to predict earthquakes? Explain. No, there is not a successful way to predict earthquakes, the only thing you can do is warn the area about it and that they might be at risk.

4. What causes earthquakes to occur? Earthquakes are caused when it is released from the rock in the Earths crust and upper mantle.

5. What is your earthquake? Where is it found (Ex: northern China)? The earthquake is the tsunami and the earthquake.

6. How long did the earthquake last? The earthquake lasted 35 years.

7. What was the earthquake’s magnitude on the Richter scales? The magnitude is 5.5 earthquake jolts.

8. What was the area like? (city, farmland, industrial, . . ) The Peruvian towns of Moquegua, Punta de Bombon,and the mountain city of Arequipa.

9. How large was the population of people living in the area at the time of the earthquake? The population was about 53,000 people.

10. What tectonic plate(s) were involved in this earthquake? (Use p664) Ocean, and continental plates were involved during this earthquake.

11. How many people were killed? Injured? Missing? The death rate was low but the missing there were 70 still missing.

12. What is the estimated cost in damage? The tsunami destroyed over 2000 structures, damaged an additional 1000, killed 22 people and left 52 missing and flooded 2000 hectares of farmland.

13. What were the effects on the nearby community? Property damage? The effects on buildings, schools, and structures.

14. Have other earthquakes occurred at this location? An earthquake and a tsunami occurred at this location.

15. Other interesting information I found: Other information I found, is that, on July 8, 2008 is when the earthquake of South Peru went through. That day, was also when the USGS has put a preliminary 6.1 magnitude on a quake with epicentre about 30km from the Cerro Verde copper mine in South Peru.

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 way to prepare for an earthquake,is to double check that your home has strong doorways, or doorframes. You should also, provide alot of good exit ways; to run to during these kind of emergencies. Another thing you should know, is make sure that most of your home, and the stuff in it, are not too heavy; that they will crush you. Also, you should obviously have a quick reation. The safest place to be in your house during an earthquake, is to crouch down, next to a strong; sturdy piece of furniture, like a table or something, but you should be holding on to it. The safest place to be outside, during an earthquake, is to be next to something big and strong; like a tree or something. However, you should **never** run outside during an earthquake.

Websites:http://www.usc.edu/dept/tsunamis/peru01/  __http://peer.berkeley.edu/publications/peru_earthquake/Seismology/seismological.html__ http://www.geo.arizona.edu/web/Beck/pubs/2002GL015774.pdf