Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction

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Grade and Section: Week no.: 9

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Activity
Note: Write all your answers at the back of the worksheet.

Activity 1:
Use Virtual Earthquake to locate an epicenter
- http://vcourseware5.calstatela.edu/eec/Earthquake/ this site is produced by Cal
State University Los Angeles. Use it to select the demonstration or the interactive
mode to learn how epicenters are located. (You may even try for the Virtual
Seismologist Certificate if you like, but it is not required here.) Write down how
important facts about an earthquake are measured.

Activity 2:

Look up Recent Earthquakes on the internet. What was the magnitude of the largest
earthquake recorded this past week? How would you rate it using the Mercalli Scale?
Why?
(The following web link is a good place to go for this activity, but search the web a bit and
have some fun. You can use any site you wish for this
activity. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/)

Activity 3:

Use the Internet to find out if you live in an earthquake-prone area. If you do, which of
the above secondary effects are most likely to occur where you live? Why? If you do not
live in an earthquake-prone area, use the nearest earthquake-prone locality to complete
the activity. http://eqhazmaps.usgs.gov/

Visit the USGS Geohazard Homepage to find additional information and search for the
data you need. USGS Earthquake Hazards
Program: http://eqmaps.cr.usgs.gov/website/nshmp/viewer.htm

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Terms to Look Up and Know:

* Epicenter * Liquefaction * Seismologist

* Focus * Mercalli scale * Seismicity
* Hypocenter * Modified Mercalli * Seismic waves:
* Faults: scale . . . . P-waves
. . . . Normal * Primary effects . . . . S-waves
. . . . Reverse * Secondary effects
. . . . Rayleigh waves
. . . . Strike-slip * Richter scale
. . . . Love waves
* Debris flow * Seismograph
* Tsunami
* Ground shaking * Seismogram
* Seismometer

Assessment
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