Can We Stop An Earthquake? -- Extreme Science #3
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In 1906 a 7.8 magnitude Earthquake hit San Francisco, causing immense damage. Fires burnedfor 4 days, 25,000 buildings were destroyed and an estimated 3000 lives were lost. Thestage for that disaster was set 20 million years ago two tectonic plates came togetherand formed the San Andreas fault, an 800 mile long system of earthquake causing cracks inCalifornia. In fact we are in one right now. But the question is...when are we due forthe next big one? I’m Jake and this is Extreme Science.Let’s imagine that the surface of the Earth is an egg shell, actually, it’s more likea broken egg shell where all of these little pieces are the surface, the tectonic plates.And they are always shifting and moving - about 34 meters every thousand years. When theystop moving,...
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In 1906 a 7.8 magnitude Earthquake hit San Francisco, causing immense damage. Fires burnedfor 4 days, 25,000 buildings were destroyed and an estimated 3000 lives were lost. Thestage for that disaster was set 20 million years ago two tectonic plates came togetherand formed the San Andreas fault, an 800 mile long system of earthquake causing cracks inCalifornia. In fact we are in one right now. But the question is...when are we due forthe next big one? I’m Jake and this is Extreme Science.Let’s imagine that the surface of the Earth is an egg shell, actually, it’s more likea broken egg shell where all of these little pieces are the surface, the tectonic plates.And they are always shifting and moving - about 34 meters every thousand years. When theystop moving,...
