Chile earthquake earthquake
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Chile is located on the Pacific Ring of Fire and experiences frequent powerful earthquakes due to subduction between the Nazca and South American tectonic plates. The 1960 Valdivia earthquake, measuring 9.5 magnitude, was the most powerful ever recorded and caused a tsunami with 80 foot waves, leaving 2 million homeless and 1600 dead. Chile ranks as one of the most earthquake vulnerable countries due to its location and infrastructure damage from repeated seismic activity in northern Chile.
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The document summarizes a field report on the 2010 Mw 8.8 Great Chile earthquake presented by researchers from Humboldt State University and the National Weather Service. It describes key details of the earthquake including its date, magnitude, location, and impacts. Over 12.5 million people experienced strong shaking, infrastructure was disrupted over 800 km, and there were around 500 casualties and $30 billion in losses, representing 30% of Chile's GDP. The report also discusses Charles Darwin's observations of the 1835 Chile earthquake and includes photos documenting damage from the 2010 event.
Earth quake ppt
The 1960 Valdivia earthquake struck southern Chile on May 22nd, killing between 16,554 and 21,905 people. Measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, it is considered the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. The earthquake and resulting tsunami destroyed much of southern Chile, including the city of Valdivia, and also caused tsunami damage as far away as Japan and Hawaii. It was caused by tectonic plate movement and resulted in a massive rebuilding effort as emergency responders helped evacuate the devastated areas.
Natural Disasters: Haiti
Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world, located on the island of Hispaniola. On January 12, 2010, Haiti was hit by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake, the worst since 1770. Over 140,000 people were killed and many more injured. Infrastructure like hospitals and government buildings collapsed. In the aftermath, international aid organizations provided humanitarian assistance to help the country recover from the devastating natural disaster.
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Chile earthquake earthquake
- 2. INTRODUCTION CHILE Republic of Chile is a country of South American occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes mountain to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.
- 3. • Earthquakes registered in Chile (from 1900 upto 2010) located between 19 S and 40 S latitude • Of the world's known earthquakes with M ≥ 8.5 since the year 1500, one-third occurred in Chile • Deep earthquakes in this region occur at depths of 500 to 650 km and are concentrated into two zones: – the Peru-Brazil border – And from central Bolivia to central Argentina
- 4. Statistics for earthquakes with M ≥ 7.0 in Chile Century Number with M ≥ 7.0 Average per decade 1501-1600 3 - 1601-1700 6 - 1701-1800 4 - 1801-1900 19 - 1901-2000 76 7.6 2001-present 15 7.5 Total 123 -
- 5. SEISMOGENIC ZONES ALONG CHILE • Large shallow (0–50 km depth) the Nazca and South American Plates; • Large deeper (70–100 km depth) earthquakes take place within the sub ducting plate; • Shallow seismicity (0–20 km depth) the cordillera region of Central Chile.
- 7. TOPOGRAPHY MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION
- 8. THE GREAT CHILE EARTHQUAKE 1960 The 1960 Valdivia earthquake or Great Chilean earthquake of 22 May is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. The moment magnitude scale 9.4–9.6 It occurred in the afternoon (19:11 GMT, 15:11 local time), and lasted approximately 10 minutes. Due to subduction in the Nazca and South American Plates It affected southern Chile, Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, eastern New Zealand, southeast Australia and the Aleutian Islands of approximately 570 kilometres.
- 9. After the earthquake due to shifting of south America plate, tsunami generated having a wave height of 80 feet. The effect of disaster led 2 million people homeless and total loss of $550 million. Around 1600 people dead and 3000 were injured and around 5000 were missing. The Puyehue-Cordon started erupting on 22 may due to the earthquake.
- 12. RESCUE AGENCIES • International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) – Established the The Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) in 1985. • The Pan American Disaster Response Unit (PADRU), • Chilean Red Cross , • American Red Cross (ARC). • ONEMI (Spanish acronym for Ministry of Interior National Emergency Office)
- 13. CONCLUSION Chile ranks among the countries that are most vulnerable to earthquakes, and Chileans have painful memories of a quake. Homes and infrastructure in towns and rural areas, especially in northern Chile, were seriously damaged by earthquake year by year. Chile, located on the so-called “Pacific Ring of Fire”, has a long history of deadly quakes, including an 8.8 magnitude quake in 2010 off the south-central coast, which also triggered a tsunami that devastated coastal towns It is estimate that during the next decade strong earth-quakes with Richter magnitudes larger than 8.7–8.9 could occur along Chile
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Editor's Notes
- Subduction is a geological process that takes place at convergent boundaries of tectonic plates where one plate moves under another and is forced or sinks due to gravity into the mantle. Regions where this process occurs are known as subduction zones