IMAGE - 3,288 m (10,786 ft) Mt. Baker Stratovolcano (Kulshan), 108 km east of Vancouver, Canada, 18 km south of the Canada / United States border. The United States Geological Service ranks it a VERY HIGH RISK...SMALL earthquake - 2015 Report Natural Resources Canada & District North Vancouver ~ a 30% chance of a M7.3 in Salish Sea bringing down 839 buildings...BIG earthquake - a M8.8 – M9.2 ~ repeatedly 41 times in the past 10,000 years.
February 27, 2014 - Deep Time, Global Change and YOU lecture series: Magnitude 9 - How We Learned that the Largest Earthquakes on Earth Happen in BC
Presented by John Clague, Earth Science, Simon Fraser University
Evidence discovered by Canadian and U.S. scientists over the past 30 years has shown that the largest earthquakes on Earth occur at our doorstep, off the BC coast.
In this presentation, Dr. Clague describes how scientists found and interpreted the geological and biological evidence of these earthquakes. He also reviews the likely effects and impact of the next "Big One" on Vancouver, Victoria, and cities in the U.S. Pacific Northwest.
www.sfu.ca/cstudies/science
TEDxmTalks Published on Jul 5, 2016 Originally hailing from Palo Alto, Chris married a Salem girl and is currently
Professor of Marine Geology at Oregon State University. His dad worked for NASA; so growing up in a house filled with stuff from the early probes like Voyager, Ranger, Surveyor, etc. made interest in earth sciences a natural progression. He is also into windsurfing, ocean sailing, and aerobatic flying. Dr. Chris Goldfinger is a marine geologist and geophysicist whose focus is on great earthquakes and the structure of subduction zones around the world. He is experienced using deep submersibles, multi-beam and side scan sonar, seismic reflection, and other marine geophysical tools all over the world. Recently, Chris was in the national spotlight after being featured in Kathryn Schulz’s article in The New Yorker, “The Really Big One.” His extensive research on the Cascadia subduction zone yielded an earthquake record extending through the Holocene epoch helping to develop a model of segmentation and earthquake recurrence.
Conclusion: our area is overdue for a major earthquake. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx
EdMays Publishedmon Feb 1, 2018 As residents of the Pacific Northwest, we are all familiar with stories
of Seattle’s vulnerability to seismic activity. And we certainly
recall the haunting 2015 New Yorker article asserting that our region
is long-overdue for “the big one.” To help contextualize these
fears and delve into the science beneath the threat of earthquakes,
we present Dr. John Vidale—seismologist at UW’s College of the
Environment and leader for several years of UW’s M9 Project. Dr.
Vidale’s works lends insight on the likelihood of such a tremor,
and offers a prognosis on the impact a giant coastal quake could have
on Seattle’s downtown. Vidale lends his rarefied expertise to
assuage some of our fears while espousing the continued need for
disaster-preparedness, as well as revealing his thoughts on
implementing early warning technologies in the Pacific Northwest to
grant us precious time to react before the shaking starts. Thanks to
IRIS/SSA Distinguished Lectures Series, Seattle Town Hall, and
Phinney Neighborhood Association. Recorded 11/29/17 Pirate TV is a 58
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This is a video of Dr. Chris Goldfinger, PhD speaking about "The Coming Great Cascadia Earthquake: how did it come to this?" at the 2017 CREST - Jane Goodall Science Symposium. Location: Wilsonville High School CREDITS:
Dr. Chris Goldfinger, PhD Oregon State University
Producer and Editor Cinematic Immunity Treyton J. Hagen
Sound Stormy Hill Sound Daniel T. Cowdin
Dr.Kathy Ludwig West Linn - Wilsonville School District Superintendent
Amy Schauer CREST Program Coordinator, ISEF-Affiliated Fair Director
Sound On >> Best Viewed Full Screen >> Darkened Room Please stop using the Richter Scale. It is old, outdated, inappropriate and even misleading. You would think that an increase of M3,0,for anything over about M 7.0.
Tsunami
warning center scientists usually measure an earthquake's "size"
with the moment magnitude scale rather than the older but more famous
Richter magnitude scale. The moment magnitude scale is better suited
for measuring the "sizes" of very large earthquakes and its
values are proportional to an earthquake's total energy release,
making this measurement more useful for tsunami forecasting.
Moment
magnitude numbers scale such that that energy release increases by a
factor of about 32 for each whole magnitude number. For example,
magnitude 6 releases about 32 times as much energy as magnitude 5,
magnitude 7 about 32 times as much as magnitude 6, and so on. This
animation graphically compares the relative "sizes" of some
20th and 21st century earthquakes by their moment magnitudes. Each
circle's area represents its relative energy release, and its label
lists its moment magnitude, its location, and the year it happened.
Dr. Chris Goldfinger of Oregon State University, explains the science and the practical realities of the impending earthquake. He's joined by Rob Johnson, FEMA Disaster Recovery Reservist who will help us understand how our community should respond to such a disaster.
The USGS has just published a new blueprint for advancing science and
resilience related to subduction zone hazards, entitled Reducing Risk
Where Tectonic Plates Collide – A Plan to Advance Subduction Zone
Science. This new Plan describes how the USGS may leverage scientific
and technologic developments, address its stakeholder needs, and
maximize capabilities through partnerships – with the overall goal
of reducing the risks posed by subduction zone events. The Plan is
featured on the USGS main webpage, and a quick summary of the Plan is
provided in an accompanying Fact Sheet (written for a general
audience).
This movie [University of California,
Santa Cruz] shows a physics-based computer simulation of the
tsunami expected from the next Cascadia Earthquake. The last large
Cascadia earthquake happened in January, 1700. It is thought that the
fault is getting toward the final stages in the earthquake cycle and
could break again at any time. The simulation suggests runups of as
much as 10 meters could hit most adjacent shores within 30 minutes.
ShakeOut Day is Set for 10:20 AM local time on Thursday,
October 20, 2016
If you have
never registered for the British Columbia ShakeOut, please use their
form.
If you have previously
registered for the British Columbia ShakeOut, please login to your
ShakeOut profile using the form on the right.
If someone else has
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registrant this year, please create a new registration using the
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If your organization will participate in two or more ShakeOut
regions, e-mail info@shakeoutbc.ca
for registration assistance.
If you had previously
registered for the British Columbia ShakeOut, please login to your
ShakeOut profile using the form on the right.
If someone else has
registered your organization in the past, but you will be the
registrant this year, please create a new registration using the
form on the left.
If your organization will participate in two or more ShakeOut
regions, e-mail info@shakeoutbc.ca
for registration assistance.
In
the earthquake and tsunami drills for this year, the registered
participants in British Columbia, to date is
796,000, (as of 8:05AM PST, local time October 20, 2016). In the earthquake and tsunami drills in 2015 British
Columbia had a participation rate of 777,000, so this is an increase of 19,000 (2.4 %).
ShakeOut Day is Set for 10:20 AM local time on Thursday,
October 20, 2016
Be Tsunami Smart – (they put this file into a .pdf format
rather than HTML) .pdf - Portable Document Format, as far as I know, .pdf usually requires that you have an additional .pdf reader program on your computer. If I am wrong about that, I am certain someone will let me know in the comments below. If I stand corrected on this, I will humbly apologize. Try mine:
B.C.'s coastal communities have been divided into five
"notification
zones" (PDF, 6.6MB). Without stating or naming the zones? What zone are you in?
.................... Original Release Date - September 19, 2016
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ShakeOut Earthquake Drills International ShakeOut Day is Set for 10:20 AM local time,
October 20, 2016
The (US) Nation Prepares in
September and Gets Ready to ShakeOut
Commit to practicing Drop, Cover, and
Hold On for one minute no matter where you are.
Organizations also need to prepare in advance for potential
earthquake damage. For those in charge of organizations,
ResilientWorkplace.org
houses several resources for developing a strong business continuity
plan, preventing local, state (and/or provincial), and national
economies from grinding to a halt due to a disaster. Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drills are an annual opportunity
for people in homes, schools, and organizations to practice what to
do during earthquakes, and to improve preparedness.
[http://shakeout.org/] International
ShakeOut Day is Set for 10:20 AM Local Time on Thursday, October 20,
2016.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 19, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Great
ShakeOut Earthquake Drills encourage everyone to come
together and take action now to improve how well they can respond to
the next disaster. National Preparedness Month this September
can serve as a lead-up to the International ShakeOut Day, which is
always on the third Thursday of October (this year: 10/20,
though any earthquake drill held throughout the year can count as
participation). Participation in ShakeOut is a commitment to
practicing Drop, Cover, and Hold On for one minute no matter where
you are. All participants are encouraged to register
at ShakeOut.org so
they can be listed and counted in their community. Last year, over
43.5 million people around the world participated in Great
ShakeOut Earthquake Drills. National
Preparedness Month is an opportune time for individuals,
families, schools, colleges, businesses, houses of worship, and
other sectors to prepare to survive and recover from the disasters in
our future. The recent, devastating floods in Louisiana;
wildfires in California; significant earthquakes in Oklahoma; and
storms and tornadoes throughout the Midwest and South are
reminders that we live on a dynamic planet. Yet, disasters do not
have to be catastrophes: we're all in this together.
"Earthquakes can happen at any time of the day and during any
season," FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate said. "We
all should know what to do before, during, and after an
earthquake, regardless of where we live. This year's Great
ShakeOut drill offers an important opportunity to practice
preparedness, and we encourage communities across the nation to join
in so we're ready when disaster strikes."
The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that one in two Americans are
exposed to potentially damaging shaking where they live. In the
1994 magnitude 6.7 Northridge earthquake, most injuries were caused
by people stepping on fallen or broken objects that were not
properly secured. During the month of September, ShakeOut
participants can follow the "Seven Steps to Earthquake
Safety" (EarthquakeCountry.org/sevensteps)
to secure heavy furniture and valuables; retrofit their property;
consider earthquake insurance; organize disaster supplies; and
develop a plan to communicate with family, friends, neighbors, and
co-workers. ShakeOut organizers encourage these steps as a way to
expand beyond the base commitment of holding a Drop, Cover, and
Hold On drill, so that participants can be as best prepared for
earthquakes as possible.
Organizations also need to prepare in advance for potential
earthquake damage. For those in charge of
organizations, ResilientWorkplace.org houses
several resources for developing a strong business continuity plan,
preventing local, state, and national economies from grinding to
a halt due to a disaster. International ShakeOut Day on October 20 is
an opportunity to put plans to the test by practicing Drop,
Cover, and Hold On and drilling other aspects of continuity plans.
"Social science research shows that when people see others
taking action, they are more likely to take action too,"
says Mark Benthien, Outreach Director for the Southern
California Earthquake Center. "National Preparedness Month
and Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drills are ways for all
Americans to come together, inspire action, and improve resilience."
Participants register and find resources for their drills at
ShakeOut.org,
a website managed by the Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC)
at the University of Southern California. With funding from the
National Science Foundation and United States Geological Survey, SCEC
coordinates earth science research at more than 60 universities. With
additional funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency,
SCEC's Communication, Education, and Outreach program coordinates
Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drills globally along with regional leaders
worldwide, which includes nearly every U.S. state and territory.
Contact: Jason Ballmann
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"After
the infamous San Andreas Fault finally gives, triggering a magnitude
9 earthquake in California, a search and rescue helicopter pilot
(Dwayne Johnson) and his estranged wife make their way together from
Los Angeles to San Francisco to save their only daughter.
But
their treacherous journey north is only the beginning. And when they
think the worst may be over…it’s just getting started.
The
action thriller “San Andreas,” from New Line Cinema and Village
Roadshow Pictures, reunites Dwayne Johnson with director Brad Peyton
and producer Beau Flynn, following their collaboration on the global
hit “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.”
The film also
stars Carla Gugino (“Night at the Museum,” TV’s “Entourage”),
Alexandra Daddario (“Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters,” TV’s
“True Detective”), Ioan Gruffudd (“Fantastic Four: Rise of the
Silver Surfer”), Archie Panjabi (TV’s “The Good Wife”), Hugo
Johnstone-Burt (Australian TV’s “Home and Away”), Art Parkinson
(TV’s “Game of Thrones”) and Oscar nominee Paul Giamatti
(“Cinderella Man”).
“San Andreas” is produced by Beau
Flynn (“Hercules,” “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island”).
Richard Brener, Samuel J. Brown, Michael Disco, Rob Cowan, Tripp
Vinson and Bruce Berman serve as executive producers. The screenplay
is by Carlton Cuse, story by Andre Fabrizio & Jeremy
Passmore.
The creative filmmaking team includes director of
photography Steve Yedlin (“Looper”), production designer Barry
Chusid (“The Day After Tomorrow”), editor Bob Ducsay
(“Godzilla”), VFX producer Randall Starr (“Into the Storm”),
VFX supervisor Colin Strause (“The Avengers”), and costume
designer Wendy Chuck (“Twilight”). The music is by Andrew
Lockington.
“San Andreas” was shot on location in The Gold
Coast and Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, and in Los Angeles and San
Francisco.
The film is slated to open in theatres in both 3D and
2D on Friday, May 29, 2015.
New Line Cinema presents, in
Association with Village Roadshow Pictures, a FPC Production, “San
Andreas.” It will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner
Bros. Entertainment Company, and in select territories by Village
Roadshow Pictures."
We are overdue. You
Can Watch This Knowledge Network Video Online Until: May 29. The longer it takes to develop, the bigger it will be.
Seismologists say there is a 37
percent chance a gigantic magnitude 8.0 or 9.0 Megaquake
along the 1,000km long Cascadia Fault, here, on the West Coast of Canada and North West United States, in the next 50 years.
This Megaquake and
subsequent Tsunamis will hit Vancouver Island, Vancouver and Victoria
in British Columbia, Canada and would continue up or down through
Seattle and Portland and all of the United States Pacific North-west
Coast and Northern California.
It's hard to imagine the power of these
earthquakes and tsunamis. When the first megaquake in over 300 years
hits the ground beneath our feet, in 5 minutes of mighty shaking we
will have been thrust 20 meters (66 feet) or so to the West towards
the Pacific Ocean. And, there will be aftershocks. So, let's break
it down with sand. The evidence suggests that the
last Cascadia megaquake here took place at about 21:00 on January 26,
1700. Since then the Cascadia
Fault has been locked and building up pressure. There is
evidence that this is a recurring
event, about every 300 years or so, over the last 10,000 years
and more. Research is ongoing, but most almost everything suggests
that something very, very ugly is about to happen.
During Emergency Week last year I was
advised that a Cascadia Megaquake was the most serious senerio for
us. Since, I have written a Blog/Webpage entitled Cascadia
Megaquake which you can find here.
An
earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the result
of a sudden release of energy in the Earth'scrust
that creates seismic
waves. The seismicity, seismism or seismic activity of an area
refers to the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced
over a period of time.
Since
2004, a series of rare super-earthquakes has been sweeping the
Pacific Rim; among them, the earthquake that triggered the Japanese
tsunami - 15 times bigger than scientists had thought possible.
North America is the only continent that has not yet been hit. Why
are we ostricfied?
(One who tries to avoid disagreeable situations by
refusing to face them).
Are
we next? If so, are we ready? Startling clues show a giant quake off
our west coast is imminent, and could be much worse than anyone has
previously predicted.
earthquakes (before 1901). For Earthquakesin the twentieth century, see Listof 20th century earthquakes. For Earthquakes after 2000, see Listof 21st century.
In Canada currently there is an automatic notification of significant
earthquakes to agencies who need to respond rapidly. Currently dam
operators in Ontario, New Brunswick and Quebec use this service
(“ANHAS”) to prioritize and set the level of dam inspection. You
can learn
more about it on this .pdf file.
Prerequisite:
Introduction
to Emergency Management in Canada – EM110http://www.jibc.ca/course/em110
This seven-hour self-paced course is available part-time online or
by correspondence, and includes an exam. - $49.88 (February,
2015). Note that additional fees and taxes may apply in addition
to listed tuition price. Tuition listed above is for Canadian
students and permanent residents. International students should
contact the Registration
Office to obtain international tuition prices
http://www.jibc.ca/course/em130
This 7-hour course is available online and includes applied
activities, discussions boards and an exam. Total (before taxes):
$222.32 (February, 2015). This new asynchronous online format
offers you the flexibility of a part-time course, while providing
you with the opportunity to interact with and learn from your peers.
You will be able to work at your own pace in order to meet the
weekly course requirements. Students should be prepared to spend
approximately 2.5 hours a week on this course. NOTE:
An email address is required for students taking online courses.
Students will receive their login instructions by email shortly
after completing the registration process. If an email is not
received, please contact the registration office at
register@jibc.ca,
604-528-5590 or 1-877-528-5591. Students must complete the course --
including the discussion boards, exercises, and exam -- within the
scheduled dates.
Emergency
Management Certificate Program. All materials and text books
will be provided in class and no special equipment is required.
Please note that all Emergency Management Division courses require
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Please note that international course
prices are double those listed on The Justice Institutes of British Columbia's website.
Filmed in high definition. This is
mostly not far from my home. The city scenes are of Vancouver.
Enjoy! Amazingly, it was warmer here in the Vancouver area today,
than in New Orleans on the Gulf Coast! But when one is already in
Paradise…!
English: Recent earthquakes from w.United States Geological Survey from the last 8-30 days around the world. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Area of the Cascadia subduction zone, including the Cascade Volcanic Arc (red triangles) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Once an earthquake exceeds 7.0 on the Richter magnitude scale (ML), that scale does not work very well. It had the goal of quantifying medium-sized earthquakes (between magnitude 3.0 and 7.0). The Richter magnitude scale was developed in 1935 by Charles F. Richter
of the California Institute of Technology as a mathematical device to
compare the size of earthquakes. The magnitude of an earthquake is
determined from the logarithm of the amplitude of waves recorded by
seismographs.)
The moment magnitude scale (abbreviated as MMS; denoted as MW or M) is used by seismologists to measure the size of earthquakes in terms of the energy released.[1] The magnitude is based on the seismic moment of the earthquake, which is equal to the rigidity of the Earth multiplied by the average amount of slip on the fault and the size of the area that slipped.[2] The scale was developed in the 1970s to succeed the 1930s-era Richter magnitude scale (ML).
Even though the formulae are different, the new scale retains the
familiar continuum of magnitude values defined by the older one. The MMS
is now the scale used to estimate magnitudes for all modern large
earthquakes by the United States Geological Survey.[3]
>>> Sound On >> Best viewed Full Screen http://youtu.be/Yukp0bPkQxs Countdown to catastrophe: Earthquake in North America - Source: National Geographic
Uploaded on Aug 25, 2011
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Narrated by Bruce Williams,
A-Channel, Victoria, BC
This movie shows a physics-based computer simulation of the tsunami
expected from the next Cascadia Earthquake. The last large Cascadia earthquake happened in January, 1700. It is thought that the fault
is getting toward the final stages in the earthquake cycle and could
break again at any time. The simulation suggests wave run-ups (tsunamis; sometimes erroneously called tidal waves) of as much
as 10 meters (60 feet) could hit most adjacent shores within 30 minutes.
* The
Richter magnitude of an earthquake is determined from the logarithm of
the amplitude of waves recorded by seismographs (adjustments are
included to compensate for the variation in the distance between the
various seismographs and the epicenter of the earthquake). Wikipedia
The moment magnitude scale was introduced in 1979 by Tom Hanks and Hiroo Kanamori as a successor to the Richter scale and is used by seismologists to compare the energy released by earthquakes. sciencedaily.com
Unlike the moment magnitude scale (formerly Richter scale), which measures the energy released by the earthquake, the JMA scale describes the degree of shaking at a point on the Earth's surface, and is analogous to the Mercalli intensity scale. Wikipedia
**In the various subfields of physics, there exist two common usages of the term flux, each with rigorous mathematical frameworks. A simple and ubiquitous concept throughout physics and applied mathematics is the flow of a physical property in space, frequently also with time variation. It is the basis of the field concept in physics and mathematics, with two principal applications: in transport phenomena and surface integrals. The terms "flux", "current", "flux density", "current density",
can sometimes be used interchangeably and ambiguously, though the terms
used below match those of the contexts in the literature.
Take a trip in time back to the Fifties
and relive the culture, the icons and everyday life that made it a
very special time. Also a brief look at the racism and McCarthyism
that marked the era.
We’re having a
hard time deciding whether Michael Grab is an artist or a magician,
because he creates stunning structure from finely balanced rocks
that seem to defy the law of physics.
These seemingly
impossible structures require intense concentration and meditative
focus. In the video below, Grab spends several minutes nearly
frozen, making tiny adjustments until he gets all of the rocks’
centers of gravity just right.
“Over
the past few years of practicing rock balance, simple curiosity has
evolved into therapeutic ritual, ultimately nurturing meditative
presence, mental well-being, and artistry of design,” writes Grab
in his artist statement.
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SOUND ON >> Best viewed on Full SCREEN Inva Mula is perhaps best known to Western filmgoers as the voice of the Diva Plavalaguna (played on-screen by Maïwenn Le Besco) in the 1997 film 'The Fifth Element'.
