Notable Historic and Future Threatening Events Along The Pacific Ring of Fire
Notable Historic and Future Threatening Events Along The Pacific Ring of Fire
Notable Historic and Future Threatening Events Along The Pacific Ring of Fire
4:31
4:31 AM
AM ON
ON JANUARY
JANUARY 17,
17, 1994
1994
M
M 6.8
6.8
NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE
57 DEATHS
9,000 INJURIES
OVER $50
BILLION
DAMAGE
TRANSPORT-
ATION SYSTEMS
FAILED
CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND: SEPT
2010 & FEB 2011 EARTHQUAKES
TWO EARTHQUAKES
SEVERELY CUT NEW
ZEALANDS 2011
ECONOMIC GROWTH
A DEEP (33 KM) M7.1 AND A
SHALLOW (4 KM) M6.3 QUAKE SIX
MONTHS APART COMBINE TO
HALF NEW ZEALANDS ECONOMIC
GROWTH
M9.0 TOHOKU
EARTHQUAKE/TSUNAMI
IMPACTED JAPAN WITH THE
TSUNAMI WAVES REACHING
PACIFIC RIM COUNTRIES
4TH
LARGEST QUAKE EVER 3
40 M TSUNAMI WAVES
2:46 pm MARCH 11, 2011
JAPAN: TSUNAMI FOLLOWING
M9.0 EARTHQUAKE
CHILES VOLCANO
PUYEHUE ERUPTED WITH A
MASSIVE ASH CLOUD AND
SPECTACULAR LIGHTNING
JUNE 4, 2011
VOLCANO PUYEHUES ASH
CLOUD: JUNE 4, 2011
PUYEHUES ASH CLOUD
MEXICO: POPOCATEPETL
USA: MOUNT RAINIER
ECUADOR: SANGAY
VANUATU: MOUNT YASUR
GUATEMALA: SANTA MARIA
MEXICOS POPOCATEPETL: APRIL 20
An estimated 5 million people in
the states of Mexico, Puebla,
and Morelos would be affected
by a major eruption of the
17,778 ft Popocatepetl
MT RAINIER: TACOMA, WA
Tacoma, the capital city is
at high risk when Rainier
erupts
SANGAY, ECUADOR
Sangays steep-sided volcanic
cone, which reaches a height of
17,158 feet (5,230 meters), has
been characterized by:
1) a historical eruption in 1628, 2)
more or less continuous eruptions
from 1728 until 1916, and 3)
continuous eruptions again from
1934 to the present.
MOUNT YASUR, VANUATU
Mount Yasur, an active volcano on
Tanna Island and a part of the
archipelago nation of Vanuatu in the
South Pacific, has been erupting
nearly continuously for over a
century with strombolian- type
eruptionsk, often occurring several
times an hour.
SANTA MARIA, GUATEMALA
Santa Maria, a 12,375-foot (3,772-
meter) tall stratovolcano, had a
catastrophic eruption in 1902, one
of the largest eruptions of the 20th
century, that caused severe damage
throughout southwestern
Guatemala
SO---
ITS STILL ALL ABOUT THE ART
AND SCIENCE OF MAKING ALL
CIRCUM-PACIFIC
COMMUNITIES RESILIENT TO
EARTHQUAKES AND
VOLCANOES
MAKING THE RING OF FIRES
FUTURE BETTER THAN ITS PAST
PERIOD OF WINDOW OF PERIOD OF
INTEGRATION OPPORTUNITY IMPLEMENTATION
1988-2012 2012
NOW
HEAR
HEAR
UNDER-
UNDER-
STAND
STAND
PERSON-
PERSON-
ALIZE
ALIZE
ACT
ACT
IDENT-
IDENT-
IFY
IFY