Week #3 Earthquake

   To start of by talking about the difference between magnitude and intensity. Magnitude measures the energy at the source of the earthquake. While intensity measure the shaking produced by the earthquake at a certain location. Now to talk about the seismic waves, so for Spain they where able to figure out where they were happening. They where also able to determine how the rocks where moving and what was shaking and moving on Spain. This helped out Spain a lot because it gave them a sense of where the earthquake where happing. Then for the mitigation strategy where able to help out Spain with there earthquakes. Spain was able to determine the shake and how long and strong they were. This gave them a sense of how to built buildings better and how to reenforce them. They were also to predict where and when the next earthquake was going to happen. The image below shows the magnitude of the earthquake. The two examples at the bottom are real and it shows which day and what time as well as how strong it hit. 

       

Sun, 6 Sep 23:00 UTCM 2.1 / 12 km - [info] Golfo De Valencia (Spain) 
[Map]		IGN
                                  
Sun, 6 Sep 23:00 UTCM 2.1 / 12 km - [info]Spain
[Map]		EMSC


Source : https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=Awr9LvDpJFNfyoAAzCoPxQt.;_ylu=Y29sbwNncTEEcG9zAzEEdnRpZANDMDE1N18xBHNlYwNzYw--/RV=2/RE=1599313258/RO=10/RU=https%3a%2f%2fcourses.lumenlearning.com%2fwmopen-geology%2fchapter%2foutcome-magnitude-and-intensity%2f%23%3a~%3atext%3dMagnitude%2520and%2520Intensity%2520measure%2520different%2520characteristics%2520of%2520earthquakes.%2cproduced%2520by%2520the%2520earthquake%2520at%2520a%2520certain%2520location./RK=2/RS=b2.HEeBE2faTE0FpjIbxjkY4u5Q-

https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/12/3631/2012/nhess-12-3631-2012.pdf

https://www.britannica.com/science/earthquake-geology/Methods-of-reducing-earthquake-hazards

https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/spain-portugal.html

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