Dynamic Earth

 Name / Type of Disaster  Trends in locations of occurrence ◦ Place a mark on the world map for each one ◦ Create a KEY that says what the marks mean  Years of occurrence  Describe the disaster / How human life was affected  Primary spheres of Earth involved / responsible 

 Location: Sumatra, Indonesia and also affected India, Sri Lanka, Maldives  Date: December 26, 2004  Death toll: 230,210  Massive tidal wave destroys buildings and life

Height of waves that hit Indonesia

 Hydrosphere – Ocean water creates large waves  Geosphere – An underwater earthquake causes the wave.  Biosphere – Many types of life are changed: aquatic life, human life, terrestrial plant & animal life

 Location: Haiyuan, Ningzia-Gansu, China  Date: December 16, 1920  Death toll: 234,117  Shaking causes building destruction and shifts ground.

 A landslide buried the village of Sujiahe in Xiji County.  Nearly all the houses collapsed in the cities of Longde and Huining.  Damage (VI-X) occurred in 7 provinces and regions.

 Geosphere – landslides, shift in ground  Biosphere – collapsing houses/buildings

 Location: Tangshan, Hebei, China  Date: July 28, 1976  Death toll: 242,419

Struck suddenly, no foreshocks that sometimes occur Struck just before 4 AM, leaving many people asleep and unprepared

 Geosphere – landslides, shift in ground  Biosphere – collapsing houses/buildings

 Location: Antioch, Byzantine Empire (now Turkey)  Date: May 526  Death toll: 250, ,000

 The earthquake was followed by a fire which destroyed most buildings that were left standing after the earthquake

 Geosphere – landslides, shift in ground  Biosphere – collapsing houses/buildings, forest fires

 Location: India  Date: November 25, 1839  Death toll: 300,000  40-foot storm surge  Discuss how life is affected…

Wiped out the harbor city Destroyed 20,000 ships and vessels in its bay Killed 300,000 Survivors never entirely rebuilt the city.

 Geosphere – erosions from excessive rain  Biosphere – flooding decreases oxygen supply for plants and plants die, high winds up-root trees, wind and flooding affects humans  Atmosphere – Swirling winds & clouds  Hydrosphere – increase in water

 Location: Port-au- Prince, Haiti  Date: January, 12, 2010  Death toll: 316,000

Helicopters transfer injured earthquake victims to hospital ship USNS Comfort off the coast of HaitiUSNS Comfort

 Geosphere – landslides, shift in ground  Biosphere – collapsing houses/buildings

 Location: East Pakistan (now Bangladesh)  Date: November 13, 1970  Death toll: 500,000

 Geosphere – erosions from excessive rain  Biosphere – flooding decreases oxygen supply for plants and plants die, high winds up-root trees, wind and flooding affects humans  Atmosphere – Swirling winds & clouds  Hydrosphere – increase in water

 Location: Shaanxi Province, China  Date: January 23, 1556  Death toll: 830,000

 Geosphere – landslides, shift in ground  Biosphere – collapsing houses/buildings

 Location: China  Date: September- October, 1887  Death toll: 900,000- 2,000,000  floods due to the elevated nature of the river

 Geosphere – erosions from water movement  Biosphere – flooding decreases oxygen supply for plants and plants die, flooding affects humans  Atmosphere – excess moisture in the air  Hydrosphere – increase in water

 Location: China  Date: July – November 1931  Death toll: 1,000, ,000,000

 Geosphere – erosions from water movement  Biosphere – flooding decreases oxygen supply for plants and plants die, flooding affects humans  Atmosphere – excess moisture in the air  Hydrosphere – increase in water

 The 10 Worst U.S Natural Disasters ◦ natural-disasters.html natural-disasters.html  Discovery Top 10 ◦ ten/2009/natural-disasters/natural-disasters- 09.html

 The Science of Hurricane  Science of tsunamis  Richter Scale  Floods (meteorology talking)  Other N.D. not covered to have videos ready for ◦ Tornadoes ◦ Wildfires ◦ Blizzards