RECENT EARTHQUAKE

Magnitude 2.9 - UTAH

Earthquake Date and Time: January 03, 2011 Monday 12:26:58

GMT

A small earthquake shook northern Utah County early Tuesday January 3,

2011 after 1pm.
The epicenter of the magnitude-2.9 earthquake was about three miles
north of Saratoga Springs and four miles southwest of Lehi. The temblor
occurred at 1:08 a.m". This was a small event," said Relu Burlacu, a
seismologist at the University of Utah. "A little bit of shaking but no
damage inflicted." the effects were localized about 15 miles.
Officials in Saratoga Springs, Lehi and Eagle Mountain, as well as the Utah
County Sheriff's Office, said they had received no reports of damage.
The USGS website offers good information on how to prepare for an
earthquake and what to do during and after quakes hit. The site reminds
people to have disaster supplies ready in case of an event, such as can
openers, battery radios, food, money and sturdy shoes.
Causes
The short answer is that earthquakes are caused by faulting, a sudden
lateral or vertical movement of rock along a rupture (break) surface. The
surface of the Earth is in continuous slow motion. This is plate tectonics--
the motion of immense rigid plates at the surface of the Earth in response
to flow of rock within the Earth. The plates cover the entire surface of the
globe. Since they are all moving they rub against each other in some
places (like the San Andreas Fault in California), sink beneath each other
in others (like the Peru-Chile Trench along the western border of South
America), or spread apart from each other (like the Mid-Atlantic Ridge).
Nikhil Ganesh Naikar
 RECENT CYCLONE

Cyclone Toll Reaches 1,100 in Bangladesh

November 16, 2007 Friday 01:10 PM US/Eastern

A cyclone that slammed into the coast with 150 mph winds killed at least 1,100 people, isolating
remote towns and villages swamped by a storm.
Tropical Cyclone Sidr roared across the country's southwestern coast with driving rain and high
waves, leveling thousands of flimsy huts and forcing the evacuation of 650,000 villagers, officials
said.
The cyclone destroyed homes, crops and fish farms in 15 coastal districts, local government
officials and witnesses said. Relief workers struggled to ferry food and medicine to hundreds of
thousands of survivors, officials and aid workers said.
Aid workers struggled through washed-out roads and areas blocked by debris to deliver relief
material to people stranded by the floodwaters. In Bagerhat, one of the hardest hit districts near the
Bay of Bengal, some villagers waited for hours to get some dry biscuits and rice, United News
reported.
Bangladesh, a low-lying delta nation, is prone to seasonal cyclones and floods that cause huge
losses of life and property. The coastal area borders eastern India and is famous for the mangrove
forests of the Sundarbans, a world heritage site that is home to rare Royal Bengal Tigers.
CAUSES
Cyclones, hurricanes and typhoons are caused by warm tropical moister bearing
clouds developing in open oceans or seas, as the atmosphere becomes favorable for
development,(no wind sharing in the higher parts of the atmosphere)normal thunder
storm or clump together, as the system gets larger the pressure fall within it, what
causes a system to go anti clock wise is the earth spinning on its axis(in the southern
hemisphere cyclones and etc, spins in reverse when compared to the northern
hemisphere.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_and_tsunami

Nikhil Ganesh Naikar

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

Date December 26, 2004

Magnitude 9.1 Mw

Depth 30 km (19 mi)

Type Undersea (subduction)

Countries or
Indonesia (mainly in Aceh), Sri Lanka, India
regions
mostly in Tamil Nadu), Thailand, Maldives
affected
Tsunami Yes
230,000+ (the fifth deadliest earthquake in
Causalities
recorded history)

2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake

Nikhil Ganesh Naikar

 1. The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea mega thrust earthquake that
occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on Sunday, December 26, 2004, with an epicenter off
the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.
2. The quake itself is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman
earthquake.
3. The resulting tsunami is given various names, including the 2004 Indian Ocean
tsunami, Asian Tsunami, Indonesian Tsunami, and Boxing Day Tsunami.
4. The earthquake was caused by subduction and triggered a series of devastating
tsunamis along the coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean, killing
over 230,000 people in fourteen countries, and inundating coastal communities with
waves up to 30 meters (100 feet) high.
5. It was one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. Indonesia was the
hardest hit, followed by Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand.
6. With a magnitude of between 9.1 and 9.3, it is the third largest earthquake ever
recorded on a seismograph. This earthquake had the longest duration of faulting
ever observed, between 8.3 and 10 minutes. It caused the entire planet to vibrate as
much as 1 cm (0.4 inches) and triggered other earthquakes as far away as Alaska.
Its hypocenter was between Simeulue and mainland Indonesia.
7. The plight of the many affected people and countries prompted a worldwide
humanitarian response. In all, the worldwide community donated more than $14
billion (2004 U.S. dollars) in humanitarian aid.

Nikhil Ganesh Naikar

The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known by the scientific community as the
great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, an undersea earthquake, occurred at
00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) December 26, 2004, with an epicenter off
the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.

The earthquake triggered a series of devastating tsunamis along the coasts of

most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean, killing large numbers of people
and inundating coastal communities across South and Southeast Asia, including
parts of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand.

The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, and series of catastrophic tsunami that
followed in its wake, had a lesson to teach. The world community needs to put
in place early diction systems, possibly sponsored by the United Nations, that
would undoubtedly same lives. Although this earthquake happened close to
large population centers that had little time to act even with warnings, nations
farther away would have had time to issue life-saving warnings. Poorer nations
are usually in the greatest need of early warning technology but the least able
to pay for it. A United Nations sponsored initiative to put in place early warning
systems for earth quakes, cyclones, typhoons, tornados, and tsunamis would
take the world a great distance closer to creating a safe planet for all people,
rich and poor.

Nikhil Ganesh Naikar