Long+Beach,+California,+March+11,+1933

=Long Beach, California, March 11, 1933=

Team Members: Kristine Rosemann, Megan Doonan, and Vinny Pinto
Directions: Answer the following questions using complete sentences.

1. Which areas of the world are more vulnerable to earthquakes and why? Some areas of the world are vulnerable to earthquakes because the the western or eastern plates is moving north or south and the other plates is moving the opposite way.

2. What are the major problems dealing with earthquakes in the different areas? You can not predict when earthquakes occur, so people are caught by surprise and people die because of it.

3. Is there a successful way to predict earthquakes? Explain. Currently, there isn't a way you can predict an earthquake.

4. What causes earthquakes to occur? The movement of the continental plates grinding past each other cause earthquakes to occur.

5. What is your earthquake? Where is it found (Ex: northern China)? The earthquake was located in Long Beach, California.

6. How long did the earthquake last? The actual earthquake rupture lasted only 5 seconds.

7. What was the earthquake’s magnitude on the Richter scale? The earthquake in Long Beach, California of 1933 was ranked a 6.3 on the Richter scale

8. What was the area like? (city, farmland, industrial, . . ) The area was in the suburbs because there was schools and not that really tall buildings around and they still road around in horse an wagons as you can tell from the pictures.

9. How large was the population of people living in the area at the time of the earthquake? The population of people living in Long Beach, California was 2252 in 1933.

10. What tectonic plate(s) were involved in this earthquake? (Use p664) The pacific plate and the North American plate was involved in this earthquake.

11. How many people were killed? Injured? Missing? 120 people were killed from this earthquake.

12. What is the estimated cost in damage? The total cost was 40 million dollars.

13. What were the effects on the nearby community? Property damage? The effects on the nearby community were devistating. The total cost of the earthquakes damage was 40 million.

14. Have other earthquakes occurred at this location? The other earthquake that has happened in Long Beach, California is the January 17th, 1994 earthquake.

15. Other interesting information I found: The earthquake was felt almost everywhere in the 10 southern counties of California and at some points farther to the northwest and north in the Coast Range.

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?

Indoors you should be in a doorway, beneath a sturdy table or a desk. You should stay in place till the earthquake stops.If you're outside, you should keep away from power lines and chimneys. If you're driving, you should pull over, don't stop under bridges, tunnels or overpasses.

Websites:

http://www.scec.org/education/080307longbeach.html

http://www.johnmartin.com/earthquakes/eqshow/images/64700508.GIF

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1329/1104168367_524c883a59.jpg

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-16054490.html

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http://library.thinkquest.org/10136/earthquk/earttq.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/10136/earthquk/earttq.htm#plate

http://www.pnsn.org/INFO_GENERAL/eq_prediction.html

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