Dr.sticky Whiskers

The Ring of Fire is an area where a lot of volcanoes erupt and earthquakes happen along the Pacific Ocean .In a 25,000 mile horseshoe shape there are oceanic trenches,volcanic arcs and volcanic belts and earthquakes. Inside the Ring of Fire there is 75% of the worlds active and dominant volcanoes .

Another name for the ring of fire is Circum-Pacific Belt or Circum-Pacific Seismic Belt . About 81% of the worlds biggest and baddest earthquakes happen along the ring of fire . The ring of fire is where plate tectonics and the movement and collisions of the lithospheric plates happen. The famous and very volatile San Andreas fault zone of California is a transformation fault which offsets a portion of the east pacific rise under most of which are too small to be felt.

California Valley Imperail

The California valley earthquake took nine lives and caused property damage estimated 6million dollars. The first shock damaged about 80 percent of the buildings in Imperail. Four people were killed in the collapse of the grocery store. Elevated water tanks at Holtville and Imperail collapsed, and water tank was damaged. About half of the business structures had to be condemned. Many breaks in water mains occurred and water pipes were broken.

Damage to the structures and canals of the Imperail Irigation District in the United States and Mexico were widespread. Breaks occurred over almost the entire length of the Ash Canal, from Hotville to the Mexico border. There were eight major breaks, a section of the Solfaltara Canal in Baja California was destroyed South Cocopar. The earthquake demolished the New River flame. A church and schoolhouse built on stilts were knocked down and demolished.

About 155 tremor  were felt at Campo during the 12 hours following g the main shock. Aftershocks continued there every few days into April. Observers reported that 135 aftershocks were felt as far away as National City, on San Diego Bay. One report stated that the tremor was felt at Visalia, Tolare County, about 700 kilometers north of San Quintin. The earthquake happened on May 18, 1940 at 8:37 pm. It's Magnitude was 6.9. 

                      

                                    -Dr.Claire

Earthquakes in Oklahoma

 The first earthquake known to have centered the state of Oklahoma occurred in September 1918. A series of shocks at El Rano produced only minor effects. The strongest was intensity v on September 10th. 

 Oklahoma tends to have quite a few earthquakes a year. The frequency of earthquakes has temporarily increased in Oklahoma. Scientists have linked Oklahoma's biggest record earthquake to the disposal of waste water from oil production. 

 The largest earthquake in Oklahoma this week was 3.1 in Enid. This month was 3.5 in Enid, and largest this year was 3.5 in Enid. So that is some information about earthquakes in Oklahoma!

 

Hi aim Dr.sticky Whiskers and i'am your 9th period seismologist .I can't wait to start learning new and exciting stuff about earthquakes.This year I would like to learn about how many earthquakes happen a day and how it affects this earth.

Hey,my name is Dr.Claire. Im going to be the seismologist in 8th period this six weeks. I hope to learn about how earthquakes happen and where they happen!

Hey, I'm Dr. Paige! Im going to be the seismologist this 6 weeks. I hope to learn about earthquakes.