Complete 5 page APA formatted essay: Dangerous and Natural Energy.Download file to see previous pages... These parts of the United States are rated from a 10, 20 or 40 percent on the USGS National Haz

Complete 5 page APA formatted essay: Dangerous and Natural Energy.

These parts of the United States are rated from a 10, 20 or 40 percent on the USGS National Hazards Map with rippling areas of lesser intensity going outward from these points. California followed by Oregon in the second place is the most risky from the point of view of an earthquake occurrence. Washington is not too far behind of having a likelihood of facing earthquake as well as few regions in Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Arizona according to the National seismic hazard map. Areas around Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia also are at a risk of being hit by earthquakes in future. Where as, Wisconsin and Minnesota are said to be completely free from many future earthquake risks. the probability of occurrence doesn’t show a clear pattern and is more or less follows a mixed distribution. I live in North Carolina and my area on the map shows as marked in yellow. this shows that our family is under constant and high threat of being subjected to the greatest earthquake risk ever and might experience attacks in near future. The area is expected to face future seismic tremors that will not only lead to the loss of lives, but also damage to the relative structural aspects. The patterns of earthquake distribution across the world give a clear indication that the center of attention and maximum probability is concentrated in regions, where Earth’s tectonic plates converge. I decided to look at a recent earthquake that took place in the region of Antofagasta, Chile on Thursday March 4, 2010. it was a magnitude 6.3. After examining the most destructive and deadliest earthquakes that the USGS has on record, it showed that one occurred on January 12, 2010 in Haiti and on May 12, 2008 in Eastern Sichuan China. Haiti had a magnitude of 7.0 with 222,570 dead, 300, 00 injured and 1.3 million displaced with 97,294 homes destroyed. China had 87,587 deaths, with a 7.9 magnitude, 45.5 million people were affected, 5 million homeless, and 15 million had to be evacuated. The information tells me that science does not have the power to predict or control earthquakes. however Seismologists does have the ability to study earthquakes by using a seismograph, a seismograph is an instrument that records the shaking of the earth's surface caused by seismic waves, Seismologist can tell how far away the earthquake was and how strong it was just by studying the seismogram. According to How are Earthquakes studied? It cites that the first seismograph was invented in 132 A.D. by the Chinese astronomer and mathematician Chang As is evident, I am already living in one of the most earthquake prone regions. I will never be willing to live in any of the red areas shown on the map. Hypothetically, in case I along with my family are forced to live in a red area, I comprehend that we will be much better prepared to face and withstand the catastrophe. The understanding and observation of USGS resources that help in being ready to prepare and face an earthquake helps me think so even more.