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The globe in the middle spins and the projection follows it allowing you to see all sides of the earth. The outer ring turns ands allows you to move time back and forth.
All we need now are UI applications that map to this!
This seismogram is from the Incheon seismic station in South Korea. The noise was caused by a magnitude 9.1 earthquake offshore from central Japan. The quake occurred at 2:46 PM, local time, on 11 March 2011. The epicenter was about 71 kilometers due east of (offshore from) Kinkasan Island. The hypocenter was about 29 kilometers deep (below sea level). Shaking resulted from thrust faulting along an almost north-south striking fault zone. The quake and its subsequent tsunami resulted in about 20 thousand casualties.
This was a subduction zone earthquake. Japan is situated atop a subduction zone complex, involving one tectonic plate composed of oceanic lithosphere diving beneath another plate. In southern Japan, the Philippines Plate is subducting beneath the Amur Plate. In northern and central Japan (where this particular quake occurred), the Pacific Plate is subducting beneath the Okhotsk Plate. Two deep seafloor troughs called the Japan Trench and the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench are the surface expressions of these subduction zones.
This event has been nicknamed the "Great Tohoku Earthquake" or "Great East Japan Earthquake". It was one of only five magnitude 9+ earthquakes on Earth since seismometers were invented. The other magnitude 9+ events were offshore Kamchatka in 1952, Chile in 1960, Alaska in 1964, and offshore Sumatra in 2004.
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Info. from the United States Geological Survey:
The March 11, 2011, magnitude 9.1 Tohoku Earthquake, which occurred near the northeast coast of Honshu, Japan, resulted from shallow thrust faulting on the subduction zone plate boundary between the Pacific and North America Plates. At the location of this earthquake, the Pacific plate moves roughly westward relative to the North America plate at a velocity of 83 millimeters per year, and begins its westward descent beneath Japan at the Japan Trench, east of the March 11th earthquake. Note that some authors divide this region into several microplates that together define the relative motions between the larger Pacific, North America, and Eurasia plates; these include the Okhotsk and Amur microplates that are part of North America and Eurasia, respectively.
The location, depth (about 25 kilometers), and focal mechanism solutions of the March 11th earthquake are consistent with the event having occurred on the subduction zone plate boundary. Modeling of the rupture of this earthquake indicates that the fault moved as much as 50–60 meters, and slipped over an area approximately 400 kilometers long (along strike) by 150 kilometers wide (in the down-dip direction). The rupture zone is roughly centered on the earthquake epicenter along strike, while peak slips were up-dip of the hypocenter, towards the Japan Trench axis. The March 11th earthquake was preceded by a series of large foreshocks over the previous 2 days, beginning on March 9 with a magnitude 7.4 event approximately 40 kilometers from the epicenter of the March 11th earthquake, and continuing with another three earthquakes greater than magnitude 6 on the same day.
The Japan Trench subduction zone has hosted nine events of magnitude 7+ since 1973. The largest of these, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake approximately 260 kilometers to the north of the March 11th epicenter, caused 3 fatalities and almost 700 injuries in December 1994. In June 1978, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake 35 kilometers to the southwest of the March 11th epicenter caused 22 fatalities and more than 400 injuries. Large offshore earthquakes have occurred in the same subduction zone in 1611, 1896, and 1933 that each produced devastating tsunami waves on the Sanriku Coast of Pacific northeast Japan. That coastline is particularly vulnerable to tsunami waves because it has many deep coastal embayments that amplify tsunami waves and cause great wave inundations. The magnitude 7.6 subduction earthquake of 1896 created tsunami waves as high 38 meters and caused 27,000 fatalities. The magnitude 8.6 earthquake of March 2, 1933, produced tsunami waves as high as 29 meters on the Sanriku Coast and caused more than 3,000 fatalities. Unlike the recent magnitude 9.1 earthquake, the 1933 earthquake did not occur as the result of thrust faulting on the subduction zone plate interface, but rather within the Pacific plate just seaward of the Japan Trench.
The March 11, 2011, earthquake was much larger than other post-1900 plate boundary thrust fault earthquakes in the southern Japan Trench, none of which attained magnitude 8. A similarly-sized predecessor may have occurred on July 13, 869 A.D., when the Sendai area was swept by a large tsunami that Japanese scientists have identified from written records and a sand sheet.
Continuing readjustments of stress and related aftershocks are expected in the region of this earthquake. The exact location and timing of future aftershocks cannot be specified. Numbers of aftershocks will continue to be highest on and near to fault-segments on which rupture occurred at the time of the mainshock. The frequency of aftershocks will tend to decrease with elapsed time from the time of the main shock, but the general decrease of activity may be punctuated by episodes of higher aftershock activity. Beyond the ongoing aftershock sequence, the earthquakes in Japan have not significantly raised the probability of future major earthquakes. While the probability of future large earthquakes far from northern Honshu has not increased, neither has it decreased; large global earthquakes will likely continue to occur just as we have observed in the past.
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Info. at:
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/official2011031...
and
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Tōhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami
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An earthquake is a natural shaking or vibrating of the Earth caused by sudden fault movement and a rapid release of energy. Earthquake activity is called "seismicity". The study of earthquakes is called "seismology". The actual underground location of an earthquake is the hypocenter, or focus. The site at the Earth's surface, directly above the hypocenter, is the epicenter. Minor earthquakes may occur before a major event - such small quakes are called foreshocks. Minor to major quakes after a major event are aftershocks.
Most earthquakes occur at or near tectonic plate boundaries, such as subduction zones, mid-ocean ridges, collision zones, and transform plate boundaries. They also occur at hotspots - large subsurface mantle plumes (Examples: Hawaii, Yellowstone, Iceland, Afar).
Earthquakes generate four types of shock waves: P-waves, S-waves, Love waves, and Rayleigh waves. P-waves and S-waves are body waves - they travel through solid rocks. Love waves and Rayleigh waves travel only at the surface - they are surface waves. P-waves are push-pull waves that travel quickly and cause little damage. S-waves are up-and-down waves (like flicking a rope) that travel slowly and cause significant damage. Love waves are side-to-side surface waves, like a slithering snake. Rayleigh waves are rotational surface waves, somewhat like ripples from tossing a pebble into a pond.
Earthquakes are associated with many specific hazards, such as ground shaking, ground rupturing, subsidence (sinking), uplift (rising), tsunamis, landslides, fires, and liquefaction.
Some famous major earthquakes in history include: Shensi, China in 1556; Lisbon, Portugal in 1755; New Madrid, Missouri in 1811-1812; San Francisco, California in 1906; Anchorage, Alaska in 1964; and Loma Prieta, California in 1989.
A member of Big Ship staff with mangrove saplings.
Mangroves are vital ecosystems that straddle the interface between land and sea, thriving in coastal zones characterised by brackish water. Their significance extends far beyond their seemingly modest presence, as they play a crucial role in maintaining ecological balance, serving as nurseries for various marine species, protecting coastlines from erosion, and mitigating the impacts of climate change by efficiently storing carbon in their biomass and soils. Furthermore, mangroves are invaluable to societies and economies, contributing to fisheries, tourism, and shoreline stabilisation.
Despite their critical role, mangroves face numerous threats, including deforestation, pollution, and climate change. Coastal development often leads to the clearing of mangrove forests for urban expansion or aquaculture, disrupting the delicate balance of these ecosystems. Pollution from industrial activities and improper waste disposal further jeopardises their health, while climate change exacerbates the risks through rising sea levels and extreme weather events. Most notably, illegal cutting of mangroves for fuel wood or charcoal production, a proportion of which is sold in major cities, is common along the Swahili coast and deeply related to insufficient livelihood opportunities for local communities.
In Tudor Creek, Mombasa, AKF is working with a local youth-led NGO called Big Ship to build on community-led mangrove conservation and restoration efforts, and to share knowledge about holistic approaches to environmental solutions.
Mombasa in a coastal city in Kenya with around 3,700 hectares of mangroves. Rapid urbanisation and urban sprawl, poor waste management, illegal logging, pollution, and lack of awareness have led to the loss of these vital peri-urban forests.
“The mangrove forest belongs to the community,” said Susan, Head of Programmes at Big Ship. “We ensure that the community can own the process. We work with communities to look for ways to improve living standards and provide alternative sources of livelihoods because they used to rely on mangrove forests.”
By offering alternative sources of employment like beekeeping, nursery management, and waste collection for recycling , Big Ship is helping communities realise that mangrove restoration and conservation can open new opportunities. “People who were logging are now trained scouts doing beekeeping – they’ve seen the importance of beekeeping and planting trees. [Restoring the mangroves] has opened opportunities for crab hunting, and the size of crabs are larger than what they used to be. The forest cover has also increased,” said Susan.
Mangrove initiatives are also bringing new opportunities to unemployed Kenyan youth. As part of AKF’s Green Champions programme, young Kenyans and unemployed technicians are connected to local organisations like Big Ship to build their skills and knowledge in mangrove conservation and restoration.
Learn more: www.akf.org.uk/the-mangrove-forest-belongs-to-the-communi...
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Interface is a magazine targeted towards a 55+ age group. Its purpose is to fill a gap in learning simple technology such as using a digital camera, downloading pictures, sending emails etc. It also provides reference to online and printed learning materials, how to protect yourself against fraud and identity theft. In addition to the that Interface will provide a way to gap the divide between generations giving insight into what is hot for younger generations and why there is such a need and desire for all this new technology.