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The Parkfield Project. By: Jeanine Mejares Christina Washington. Basic Earthquake Info. What causes an earthquake? When plates move over, under or slide past each other Transform Convergent Divergent Where do earthquakes commonly occur?
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The Parkfield Project By: Jeanine Mejares Christina Washington
Basic Earthquake Info • What causes an earthquake? When plates move over, under or slide past each other • Transform • Convergent • Divergent • Where do earthquakes commonly occur? Anywhere in the world- commonly along fault lines • What tools are used to measure an earthquake? • Richter scale- Amplitude of the largest seismic wave recorded. • Mercalli scale- Observations of people
Purpose of our Project • Identify the characteristics (dates, locations, depths, magnitudes) • Scientific reasoning • Inspect recent seismicity • Develop a 3-D visual demonstration organized according to time, location and depth • Draw conclusions: What happened during and after the 2004 Parkfield earthquake?
What’s so Special about the Parkfield Earthquakes? • The sequence of Parkfield earthquakes: 1857, 1881, 1901, 1922, 1934, and 1966 • The 2004 Parkfield earthquake, took place almost a decade later than was predicted
What is the Experiment? • A research project led by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) • Purpose: To discover a basis for earthquake prediction
Procedure • We researched past Parkfield earthquakes • Then we made a prediction of the next giant quake • Next we graphed out earthquakes on a 3-D visualization software • Afterwards we uploaded pictures of Parkfield from before and after the earthquake hit • Finally, we drew conlusions to the main and minor problems of our project 3-D Colorwheel
Along The Way 1990 Earthquake? NO How long? Approximately 14 years Why? No definitive answer Aftershocks? More than a week continuing
Conclusion • Pure logic and simple subtraction. With the continuing repetition of the Parkfield Earthquakes, it was evident that an earthquake would occur in Parkfield in approxamitely 1990 • Scientific reasoning, again is a matter of logic and continuing patterns, scientists noticed a rucurring pattern • During the 2004 Parkfield Earthquake, the San Andreas fault ruptured and created a 6.0 magnitude quake, leaving Parkfield with a month of aftershocks
Acknowledgments Pictures: http://search.msn.com/images/details.aspx?q=scientists++parkfield&color=both&size=1p&ht=286&wd=394&tht=92&twd=128&su=http%3a%2f%2fwww.geotimes.org%2fsept02%2fWebExtra091802.html&iu=http%3a%2f%2fwww.geotimes.org%2fsept02%2fparkfield_people.jpg&tu=http%3a%2f%2fimages.picsearch.com%2fis%3fhVRnqjT8nuE4YbwM8GbN4NyW5SsrAubpx3-gTUQ5sgw&sz=104 The Video Clip: USGS Website History: http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/research/parkfield/index.html And a special thanks to our teacher fellows: Dr. Lederman P. Benson Shing Andreas Stavridis Bridget Smith Allison Jacobs Jon Deck THANK YOU!!!