Earthquakes
Earthquakes
Earthquakes have plagued our lives for as long as people have inhabited
the earth. These dangerous acts of the earth have been the cause of many deaths
in the past century. So what can be done about these violent eruptions that take
place nearly with out warning? Predicting an earthquake until now has almost
been technologically impossible. With improvements in technology, lives have
been saved and many more will. All that remains is to research what takes place
before, during, and after an earthquake. This has been done for years to the
point now that a successful earthquake prediction was made and was accurate.
This paper will discuss a little about earthquakes in general and then about how
predictions are made.
Earthquake, "vibrations produced in the earth's crust when rocks in
which elastic strain has been building up suddenly rupture, and then
rebound."(Associated Press 1993) The vibrations can range from barely noticeable
to catastrophically destructive.......
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