Imperial+Valley,+California,+May+19,+1940

=Imperial Valley, California, May 19, 1940=

Team Members:
Directions: Answer the following questions using complete sentences.

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

Earthquakes are more prone to happen where there is faults. A fault is a out of place on the earths crust.

2. What are the major problems dealing with earthquakes in the different areas?

Some of the major problems dealing with earthquakes in different areas are damage, death, effect of earthquakes, intensity, and time.

3. Is there a successful way to predict earthquakes? Explain.

Yes there is one successful way to predict earthquakes. that way is if you analyze the history of the earthquakes in that area and see if there is a pattern of earthquakes by doing that you can make long term prediction based on the pattern of earthquakes.

4. What causes earthquakes to occur?

An earthquakes is caused by a sudden shift of rock along a fault. Within seconds an earthquake releases stress that has slowly moved within the rock within a hundred years.

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

Our earthquake is located in Imperial Valley, california. Imperial Valley is in the south east

6. How long did the earthquake last?

No time was listed for this earthquake but the longitude and latitude was 32 degress North 44' ,115 degrees 30'. The rupture length was at least 40 km (25 miles)

7. What was the earthquake’s magnitude on the Richter scale? This earthquake is a 7.1 on the the richter at 4:36. The other earthquake is a 5.5 on the richter at 5:51.

8. What was the area like? (city, farmland, industrial, . . )

The area was like a town.

9. How large was the population of people living in the area at the time of the earthquake?

More than 63 thousand people lived in this area before the earth quake.

10. What tectonic plate(s) were involved in this earthquake? (Use p664)

The right lateral strike slip was the tectonic plate that moved.

11. How many people were killed? Injured? Missing?

In our earthquake 9 people were killed, 20 people were seriously injured, and none turned up missing.

12. What is the estimated cost in damage?

The main earthquake caused property damage at 6 million dollars. 13. What were the effects on the nearby community? Property damage?

The effects were death to people, and rails were bent out of line, railroad bridges were damaged and buildings and houses were crushed.

14. Have other earthquakes occurred at this location?

Yes other earthquakes occurred in this area may 19, 1940 5:51

15. Other interesting information I found:

Earthquakes can happen any where. It was very big. It was not expected. There was more then one

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 secure furniture so it can't fall down, Plan safety measures to avoid injury, confirm the strength of your house and walls, always be ready to extinguish fires, prepare emergency supplies in advance, discuss emergency plaining and train your self for emergencies. The safest place to be during an earthquake is an airplane. Inside your house stay inside the doorway and do not get on an elevator, get under a sturdy desk, against an inside wall away form glass and in the open. Outside you should stay in the open away from trees, telephones and electric lines.

Websites:http://www.data.scec.org/chrono_index/imperi40.html http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/events/1940_05_19.php picture:http://www.data.scec.org/chrono_index/imperi40.html click on right lateral stripe strip http://www.data.scec.org/chrono_index/imperi40.html Click on the picture for the slide show