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Earthquake Basics Presentation

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A similar lecture featuring the USA's Pacific Northwest region is available from the Cascadia EarthScope Earthquake and Tsunami Education Program (CEETEP)

This resource is intended for introductory-level geoscience learners from secondary up to adult in a classroom or public lecture. Learners should have some knowledge of plate tectonics (ex. Alaska Plate Tectonics & Geohazards Presentation ). Although specific examples are from Alaska, much of the content is widely applicable.

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Earthquake Magnitude and Intensity

Oct 19, 2019

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Earthquake Magnitude and Intensity. Magnitude is the measurement of the amount of energy released during an earthquake. The Richter scale is a numerical scale based on the size of the largest seismic waves generated by a quake that is used to describe its magnitude.

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Earthquake Magnitude and Intensity • Magnitude is the measurement of the amount of energy released during an earthquake. • The Richter scale is a numerical scale based on the size of the largest seismic waves generated by a quake that is used to describe its magnitude. • Each successive number in the scale represents an increase in seismic-wave size, or amplitude, of a factor of 10. • Each increase in magnitude corresponds to about a 32-fold increase in seismic energy.

How are the Size and Strength of an Earthquake Measured? • Magnitude • Richter scale measures total amount of energy released by an earthquake; independent of intensity • Amplitude of the largest wave produced by an event is corrected for distance and assigned a value on an open-ended logarithmic scale

Earthquake Magnitude and Intensity Modified Mercalli Scale • The modified Mercalli scale, which measures the amount of damage done to the structures involved, is used to determine the intensity of an earthquake. • This scale uses the Roman numerals I to XII to designate the degree of intensity. • Specific effects or damage correspond to specific numerals; the higher the numeral, the worse the damage.

Earthquake Magnitude and Intensity Depth of Focus • Earthquake intensity is related to earthquake magnitude. • The depth of the quake’s focus is another factor that determines the intensity of an earthquake. • An earthquake can be classified as shallow, intermediate, or deep, depending on the location of the quake’s focus. • A deep-focus earthquake produces smaller vibrations at the epicenter than a shallow-focus quake.

Classification According to Focus Depths

What are the Destructive Effects of Earthquakes? Damage in Oakland, CA, 1989 • Building collapse • Fire • Tsunami • Ground failure

Earthquake Destruction Amplitude, duration, and damage increases in poorly consolidated rocks.

EARTH DESTRUCTION Seiches - These are the rhythmic sloshing of water in lakes, reservoirs, and enclosed basins. The waves can weaken reservoir walls and cause destruction. Liquefaction - Unconsolidated materials saturated with water turn into a mobile fluid.

Earth Destruction • Landslides and ground subsidence – Whenever the land moves quickly, as with landslides, there is the potential for a lot of damage and potential loss of life. • Fire – Ruptured gas lines from earthquakes is one of the major hazards. • Ground shaking versus material type – More ground shaking occurs in poorly consolidated (loose) sediments than solid bedrock.

Earth Destruction Ground Rupture ‐ This refers to areas where the land splits apart causing a rupture. These are often long linear features.

Tsunamis • A tsunami is a large ocean wave generated by vertical motions of the seafloor during an earthquake. • These motions displace the entire column of water overlying the fault, creating bulges and depressions in the water. • Long waves that can travel at speed over 800 km/h (500 mph). • When the waves enter shallow water they may form huge breakers with heights occasionally exceeding 30 m (19 ft.).

Formation of a Tsunami Tsunami waves can travel at a speed of over 500 mph.

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New phone app at Navy base in Italy puts info at service members’ fingertips

Naval Support Activity Naples in Italy recently launched a phone app designed to give service members and their families access to information about base services and other topics, such as disaster preparedness.  (Alison Bath/Stars and Stripes)

NAPLES, Italy — A new app aims to be a one-stop source for U.S. sailors and their families in Naples seeking information on base services and instructions on what to do in the event of a natural disaster.

Navy Life Naples has been downloaded almost 280 times in the nearly one month since its March 12 launch, base spokesman Lt. Cody Milam said Wednesday.

It offers direct links to an events calendar, housing information, schedules for shuttle buses and the base movie theater, and other services without the hassle and added time of an internet or website search.

The app also lists emergency contacts and includes a link to the Naples Emergency Management Facebook page.

Eventually, it will provide details about earthquakes and volcanic activity, a significant concern for residents of the Naples area.

Over the past year, Naples has experienced thousands of tremors, the largest being a magnitude 4.2 quake in September.

That event did little damage but spurred fears that a seismic crisis might be underway in Naples for the first time in more than 40 years. The last major seismic event in the region was a magnitude 6.9 earthquake on Nov. 23, 1980, that killed nearly 3,000 people.

The recent quakes revealed an information disconnect between the base, tenant commands and residents, who were eager for more details about how to prepare for an emergency, base commander Capt. John Randazzo said in January.

Since then, the base has worked to fill that gap with bimonthly training, town hall presentations, social media campaigns, videos and a community survey, among other things.

The NSA Naples housing department also is requiring people who are newly leasing homes in areas deemed to be in danger during an earthquake or volcanic eruption to sign a letter acknowledging they understand the risks.

Those areas include the commune of Pozzuoli and the districts of Chiaia, Vomero and Posillipo.

The efforts are paying off, officials say. Informational posts about disaster preparedness garner significantly higher social media interest among followers than others, said Lt. Carolina Fernandez, a spokeswoman for Navy Region Europe, Africa, Central.

Surveys and feedback have helped officials determine where knowledge gaps exist, said Sean Quinn, emergency management director for NSA Naples.

“If the family is prepared or the individual is prepared, then assurance of mission continuity is pretty much in place,” Quinn said.

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A ‘Nature School’ Meets in Brooklyn

A series of workshops hosted by the artist collective Field Meridians will try to get New Yorkers to open their eyes to the nature all around them.

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Nature is all around us, even in New York City. Though it can be difficult to appreciate the magnolia and ginkgo trees when running to catch the subway, we are in fact surrounded.

Field Meridians, an artist collective in Brooklyn, wants to help harried New Yorkers stop and smell the Callery pears . The group recently started a six-month program called Nature School that aims to help New Yorkers bring their natural environment out of their peripheral vision and into focus.

The project invites local artists to host workshops of all kinds — birding , garden cleanups , making batteries out of soil — that encourage its neighbors in Crown Heights to notice the city’s natural landscape, said LinYee Yuan, the founder of Field Meridians and the editor of Mold , an associated food and design magazine. “I think that it is compulsive to leave the city to connect with nature,” she added, “and although I do think that is important, I wanted to remind people that nature is in our cities and that we are nature ourselves.”

Their goal is to keep residents of Crown Heights connected to the ecology of the city by creating space to breathe it all in. On a sunny Saturday afternoon — a reprieve from a week of torrential rain, flooding and an earthquake — Brooklynites gathered at the Brower Park Library in Crown Heights to admire Mother Nature from her good side.

In a room at the back of a brand-new Brooklyn Public Library branch on the ground floor of the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, Nature School students began to gather shortly before 1 p.m. Shirley Cox, 85, and Robin Badger, 61, were the first of 10 participants to arrive at the “Stitching Our Experience” workshop this month led by Megumi Shauna Arai, an artist who works primarily in textiles.

Ms. Cox and Ms. Badger, veterans of the quilting club at the nearby St. John’s Recreation Center, were excited to start sewing, but first they had to embark on a meditative walk in Brower Park, which abuts the museum. Slowly, other Nature School participants began to gather, and soon after Ms. Arai had read a poem by Thich Nhat Hanh , the Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist, they were all traipsing through the park.

Ms. Cox, a retired quality-assurance specialist for the federal government — she once purchased guidance systems for submarines used by the U.S. military and machinery for the stealth bomber — took her time walking the circular pathway of the park, enjoying the brightness of a young spring day. Some students sat in the sun taking in the warmth beneath the breeze. After 20 minutes, the students walked back into the back room of the library, where they were offered mint and green tea to warm their fingers enough to sew.

On a table in the middle of the room lay fabrics in periwinkle; naturally dyed silks in chartreuse, mauve and wine; a color-blocked fabric; and a sandstone-colored canvas. Ms. Cox, who wore gold hoop earrings and had cropped gray hair, picked a melon-colored silk to sew appliqués onto from a designer fabric she had picked up from Fab Scrap , where volunteers help organize fabrics that they can donate or keep for themselves for projects.

“I have always loved nature, the outdoors,” Ms. Cox said as she picked out thread from a red bag in which she keeps her sewing equipment. “I was raised and my family came from the South. My grandmother and my parents were always planting. She always said everything comes from the earth. You have to be thankful.”

Ms. Badger found inspiration during the group’s meditative walk and decided she was going to sew flowers on the chartreuse silk, which she liked because it seemed raw.

“Meditation clears your head,” said Ms. Badger, who came to the workshop to learn how to sew appliqués. “I’m always interested in learning new things. You can always learn different ways of doing things, you know.”

Across the room, in a bright red trench coat, tortoiseshell glasses placed in front of her on the table, was Rita Troyer, 36, who had followed Ms. Arai’s work and was excited to learn with her in the workshop. Ms. Troyer is in her first year in New York, having moved from Indiana by way of California, so she had just survived her first real winter in eight years. She was elated for the first signs of spring and to make community with like-minded people.

“I was really interested in the programing overall and remembering that we live in a great ecological landscape,” Ms. Troyer said as she laid her fabric on the table. “It’s something that I think about all the time. Both of my grandmothers were gardeners. I grew up with my family having a garden, and just seeking more earth-based practices, regardless of where I am.”

“I feel that being in New York, you just have to have a longer taproot,” she added.

For Ms. Arai, who led the workshop, participation in group activities like the Field Meridians Nature School is a lifeline, helping to keep her fulfilled and at peace.

“Working in the world with people, thinking, making together and seeing what happens and what that means in terms of tools for resistance and resilience, those are intertwined,” Ms. Arai said as she watched her students sew in an adapted version of the Japanese sashiko stitching style.

“The workshop is not just a textile course,” Ms. Arai said, adding, “You can find a moment of peace or a moment of being in the present moment, anywhere. Even right here in the middle of the city.”

An earlier version of this article misstated the planned duration of Nature School. The program is expected to continue for six months, not six weeks.

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Have you received any calls from “Medicare” asking you to verify your Medicare number for the new card being sent your way?

If so, hang up. This is a scam.

Medicare will NOT call you, does not need you to verify your number (they already have it), and is NOT sending out new cards to beneficiaries.

This is a growing scam and we’re receiving a rising number of reports of beneficiaries being inundated with calls. One beneficiary recently reported getting at least four calls a day, even after hanging up and telling the person he did not want a new card and that he wasn’t going to give any information.

Another beneficiary reported getting 17 calls in one day, starting at 6 a.m.

Many of these scammers can come across as very professional and some have access to a surprising amount of personal information. In some cases, they may know your address, your doctor’s name, and the types of illnesses or conditions you may have. This is all to try to lure you into trusting them and giving them your Medicare and/or other personal information. They may also falsely tell you that Medicare is issuing an updated or new card – a plastic one, metal one or one with a chip.

While Medicare did start sending new Medicare cards to all beneficiaries in April 2018, all cards had been sent by January 2019. These cards have new numbers which were designed to better protect against identity theft by removing their Social Security number. And although the rollout of these updated cards was completed five years ago, scams around these new cards are continuing and rising.

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● Anyone needing your information so that they can send you an updated Medicare card.

● Anyone claiming that your card is expiring and that you will be charged a fine if you do not get a new one.

● Anyone stating that Medicare is issuing new cards and you need to verify your number.

If you believe you have experienced potential fraud, report it to our California Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) at 1-855-613-7080 .

Become an SMP Volunteer: Empower Others in Medicare Fraud Prevention!

Are you inspired to help stop and prevent Medicare fraud and scams like the one mentioned above? If so, consider joining our team at California Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) and becoming an SMP Volunteer ! This is a purposeful, passionate and community-oriented way to make a difference!

SMP Volunteers work in their community, at senior centers, health fairs and elsewhere educating their peers about health care fraud, how to protect their identity and how to review their Medicare Summary Notices. They work one-on-one with beneficiaries, give presentations to groups and represent SMP at events.

SMP volunteers receive extensive initial and ongoing training, and are a part of a state and nationwide team of dynamic and dedicated volunteers and staff. Plus we have lots of fun!

We’re on a mission, serving with passion, purpose and a smile! Become an SMP volunteer and help empower family, friends and your greater community to prevent, detect and report Medicare Fraud!

Contact us today for more information, or call us at 1-855-613-7080.

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