... waves). 2. Long period instruments: T 20 seconds (surface waves). 3. Broadband instruments: Both long and short period (T). B. Seismogram Compoments 1. Vertical (Up and Down motion). 2. Horizontal (1 for East and West motion) (1 for North and South motion). C. Local Seismograms 1. All three components do not have time to seperatre. D. Teleseismic Seismograms 1. Greater than 100 km away. 2. Up, east, and north are ... rate: 2 cm/year. d. Recurrance Interval = (Coseismic Offset) / (Fault Slip Rate) • 10cm / 2 cm/y = 500 years VI. Measuring the Size of Earthquakes A. Intensity: Intensity s...

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... earthquake. This will also have the same release of energy, if the plates are in a head on collision. Of the three, Tectonic earthquakes are the most devastating, and they account for almost half of the world's destructive earthquakes. Volcanic earthquakes are generally much smaller than tectonic ones. They are caused when magma flows upward and fills the chambers beneath a volcano. The ... expand with pressure and result in numerous small earthquakes. Volcanic earthquakes are often the forerunner for volcanic eruptions. Sometimes earthquakes occur as a result of man, for example when a...

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... plates carry the most landmass. With Plate Techtonics Perhaps Mother Nature offers no greater force than that of the earthquake. Across the span of time, earthquakes have been recorded for their incredible destructive forces, and their abilities to awe mankind with their unparalleled force. Earthquakes can often strike without any notice, leveling large cities and killing scores of innocent ... phenomenon, occurring throughout the history of the world. Descriptions as old as recorded history show the significant effects earthquakes have had on people's lives. Long before there were scie...

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... the dangers to human heath and environment. Therefore it draws conclusion about how to protect human and environment from an attachment of volcano. And give several recommendations for find out the new ways to live in the dangers zones. I.2 SCOPE: The report will give definition about a volcano; a history of a volcano and ... where in the world. Then, displays some activities of a volcanic eruption that give the dangers to environments including human life for examples: firstly, percentage of people killing by a volcano erupted; secondly, transform atmosphere and weather in the earth th...

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... or whether this is all some natural evolutionary existence. People try to reason with the things around them in order to understand the world. Many, for example, ask the question, "If God exists than why is there evil in the world?" Thomas Aquinas, a well known philosopher of the 13th ... century addresses these questions and many others by using his five ways to measure the existence of God. The five points he uses for his arguments are: God is of infinite goodness, nature and efficient cause, possibility and necessity of existence of God, gradation ... . A world where there is some evi...

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