Sumatra,+Indonesia,+December+26,+2004

=Sumatra, Indonesia, December 26, 2004=

Team Members:Raheem Harris, Kevin Corbett, Matt Bayes
Directions: Answer the following questions using complete sentences.

1. Which areas of the world are more vulnerable to earthquakes and why? San Francisco; California; Seattle; Washington; Tokyo, Japan; and Istanbul, Turkey; Kathmandu, Nepal; Delhi, India; Quito, Ecuador; Manila, Philippines; Islambad/Rawalpinda, Pakistan; San Salvador, El Slvador; Mexico City, Mexico; Izmir, Turkey; Jakarta, Indonesia; Mumbai, India; Guayaquil, Ecuador; Bandung, Indonesia; Santiago, Chile; Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Tijuana, Mexico; Nagoya, Japan; Antofagasta, Chile; Kobe, Japan. These are some of the places where most earthquakes occur because their plates shift so much and causes so many eartquakes.

2. What are the major problems dealing with earthquakes in the different areas? The problems dealing with earthquakes in different areas are people are dying, the of all of damages, work to rebuild all the buildings and bridges and all the debris to clean up. If it happens in the ocean, the water will go on the shore and crate a tsunami.

3. Is there a successful way to predict earthquakes? Explain. There is no successful way to predict an earthquakes in a specific location because they can occur at any time.

4. What causes earthquakes to occur? If the tectonic plates rub against each other.

5. What is your earthquake? Where is it found (Ex: northern China)? Sumatra, Indonesia. This is found in the western part of Indonesia.

6. How long did the earthquake last? The earthquake lasted five-six minutes.

7. What was the earthquake’s magnitude on the Richter scale? The magnitude on the Richter scale is 9.2.

8. What was the area like? (city, farmland, industrial, . . ) The area in Sumatra, Indonesia is mainly agricultural.

9. How large was the population of people living in the area at the time of the earthquake? The population of people living in Sumatra, Indonesia during this earthquake was estimated to be about 2.7 million people.

10. What tectonic plate(s) were involved in this earthquake? (Use p664) The tectonic plates that were used during this earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia was the plates moving together and thats how the earthquake started.

11. How many people were killed? Injured? Missing? When the earthquake happened there was 5778 people who died. There was 37883 people that was injured and there was no one missing.

12. What is the estimated cost in damage? The estimated cost in damage from this earthquake is about 2.1 million dollars.

13. What were the effects on the nearby community? Property damage? There was 139859 houses completely destroyed, and 468149 houses that were damaged. There was 2.7 million people affected.

14. Have other earthquakes occurred at this location? There was one earthquake since the last one happened, it was in 2007. This earthquake wasn't as powerful as the other one because less people died.

15. Other interesting information I found: [|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPj41JySMLk] check out this video in youtube.com. The other website is for the picture.

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 safest place inside a house is under a table, if your in bed put the pillow on your face. If you are outside the safest place is to stay away from all buildings, streetlights and utility wires.

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