NW+Armenia,+1988

=NW Armenia, 1988=

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

1. Which areas of the world are more vulnerable to earthquakes and why? the area more vulnerable to earthquakes are areas with a lot of land because earthquakes are more likely to happen in open land

2. What are the major problems dealing with earthquakes in the different areas? The major problems with dealing with earthquakes is the after math of the earthquake. In the city it would be the biggest problem because there would be more to clean up. In farmland you would have to clean all the trees on the ground and all the hay and all the animals that die.

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

no there isnt a way to predict a earthquake becasue earyhquakes are soo suden noone can predict them

4. What causes earthquakes to occur? what casues a earth quake to occur when the ground starts to shakee uncontroablee and some people say one eartyhqauke in california is going to slipt california from the US

5. What is your earthquake? Where is it found (Ex: northern China)? My earthquake was a 3.0 and it was in and is was in the USSR

6. How long did the earthquake last? the earthquake lasted over 1 hour

7. What was the earthquake’s magnitude on the Richter scale? It was a 3.0 on the Richter scale

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

9. How large was the population of people living in the area at the time of the earthquake? 2,971,650 that was the population at the time of the earthquake

10. What tectonic plate(s) were involved in this earthquake? (Use p664) i dotn have the book at home to answer this question

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

12. What is the estimated cost in damage?

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

14. Have other earthquakes occurred at this location?

15. Other interesting information I found:

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?

Websites:http://www.absconsulting.com/resources/Catastrophe_Reports/1988_Armenia_USSR_EQ.pdf [|http://www.wikipedia.com]