Turkey,+2002

=Turkey, 2002=

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

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

The areas that are the most vulnerable in the world are southern Italy at Algeria, and they are vulnerable there because they are so deadly.

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

The major problems with earthquakes in different areas is that they get worst each year and kill people and people loose there homes and familys that are the major promblems with earthquakes in different areas.

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

No, because of their devastating potential, there is a great interest in predicting the location and time of large earthquakes. Although a great deal is known about where earthquakes are likely, there is currently no reliable way to predict the days or months when an event will occur in any specific location.

4. What causes earthquakes to occur? Earthquakes are occur by a sudden movement that causes by 2 plates that subduct.Subduct means : to withdrawn;remove

For earthquakes to occur they say it is slow movements inside the earth that would push against the earth's brittle and the outer thin layer causes rocks to break suddenly.

5. What is your earthquake? Where is it found (Ex: northern China)?Are earthquake is Turkey 1999 and it is found in Western Turkey.

6. How long did the earthquake last? This earthquake lasted 45 seconds.

7. What was the earthquake’s magnitude on the Richter scale? On the Richter scale it measure to be a 4.5

8. What was the area like? (city, farmland, industrial, . . ) The area is industrial, and this earthquake was the wrost there it had killed so many people, and there was so many buildings destroyed. After the earthquake there were 2 after shocks and it even destoyed more places.

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

At the time of the earthquake there was about 64385,000 people living in Turkey.

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

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

This earthquake had killed between seventeen and forty thousand people and it left half of a million people homeless. From this earthquake 43,959 people where injured.

12. What is the estimated cost in damage? The cost of the damage from the earthquake was around 3 to 6.5 million dollars.

13. What were the effects on the nearby community? Property damage?

This is the damage that happened to the near by community in Turkey in 1999.

14. Have other earthquakes occurred at this location?

No other earthquakes have occured in this area.



15. Other interesting information I found: - If your in your bed during a earthquake your suppose to stay there and put your pillow over your head.- The name of are earthquake is Izmit - The earthquake started at 3:02 am -

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 have a quick reaction, make safe exits, make sure your home is built well, msure its structure, Make sure you don't have any heavy objects enough to crush you, make sure you have strong doorways or door frames most likely it will withstand the earthquake, lastly minimize the harzards in your home. The safest place to be when your inside is a doorway or underneath tables and desks it will protect you from falling objects. The safest place to be when your outside is a clear spot away from buildings, trees, streetlights and power lines so mostly feilds and wide opening areas with nothing around them because you have no danger of objects falling on you. While your outside drop to the ground until the shaking stops.



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