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my earthquake didn't  go so well but i learned that u need to help each other also my tower didn't work both of them  rayne

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i also learned that the first wasnt that good but me and my team made another one and it was Brillent. swagger man

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i also learned that the first wasnt that good but me and my team made another one and it was Brillent. swagger man

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I learned that parts of the earth can case a Earthquake.

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1 That marshmellos can withstand alote
2 I would have made it even on both sides.
3 Im wondering nothing.

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something i learned was that the first time we built are tower the time wasent as good as the second time.we rebuit the tower better then the first time.im wondering about how i could make my teams tower better.

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i learned that in a earthquake you can fall in to it if you dont get away from it quick. swagger man

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i learned that in a earthquake you can fall in to it if you dont get away from it quick. swagger man

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Based on what i saw if you use length and height it will fall but if its close to the ground it is more stable and if it is not that wide or fat it works better

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Earthquake lab Garrett A                 based on what i saw  that if an earthquake happens the buillding will shake and possibly fall over

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Earthquake lab Garrett A                 based on what i saw  that if an earthquake happens the buillding will shake and possibly fall over

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Earthquake lad i learned your tower tips in min.We change it by putting toothpick the top. I wonder if i was in a earthquake?

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I learned that a earthquake even if it is small will do a lot of damage to the ecosystem.Something I would change is the 2nd tower we had built because inside of it being a normal house it was an upside down house.What I am wondering right now  is if we could do a tsunami lab.

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It is  hard to to build a house to
stay in the ground and it i will try next time to make it better.

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based on what i saw support is always key

based on what we did we added bottom support

im wounderig more about tsunamis

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I learned
1.an earthquake can move a house
.you have to make sure your house is stable
2  more toothpicks and marshmallows
3 how to make a tsunami

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I learned that it's not easy to build a earthquake proof house.
I

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Somthing i learnd from this lab was that we suksed when we stuck the tooth pick in the jellow.We improve ar towwer the seconedtime.I am wondering about tornados.

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if it is to tall then it will be unstable an it will FALL!!!!!!!!!be careful kids

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i learned that you half to have a better structured building. and you have to have lots of support. i wold change is the way we made the building,the support, and i wold make it more squared..

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1 i learned that serviving an earthquake is hard for an engenere
2 i would change the emount of jello
3 i ame wondering if I shuld try this on my one

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I learned that if a earthquake happens that when its shaking it will start crashing down then it will put dust in to the environment.

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1. that the tawer go so fast
2. a suerdy one
3.what if it would be a rll tawer

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1.i learned how much a earthquke can acutlly do! :o
2.my tower looks like the ywin towers but shorter XD
3how dose a earthquke happen

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i learnt that earthquakes are very massive.we had to change the weight and number of marshmallows it was to big.what is a titanic plate.

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I Learned that parts of the earth move that what can

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The things I learned from my lab wear  you have to have a very very stable house in order for you to survive an earthquake

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1. I learned that earthquakes are like black holes in the ground. 2. Our tower was like a pyramid except without the top and it looked like a house. 3. Can an earthquake suck in a state.

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earthquakes can destroy thousands of homes in minutes.Make my tower stronger.When will it happen again.

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Things I learned were EARTHQUAKES seem harsh. Especially when I simulate one. Earthquakes are terrible. Something I Improved in my tower was I made it wider and sturdier. I'm now wondering what it's like to be in a real EARTHQUAKE now. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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1 I learned that if a earthquake comes you will want to go into a  stable building that's in the ground
2 i would not make any improvements to my building
3 I am wondering how does the earth crack

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1)something I learned was wider base = better tower.
2) one thing we did to improve the tower was  we but less walls and made a small house.
3)one thing I am thinking about is how to make it better.

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1)Something I learned was I put a smaller base and stuck the toothpicks in the jello

2)Something I improved was to make a smaller base to the project

3)What I am wondering is can an Earthquake destroy the world

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1.Something I learned is that you need to have a stable foundation to survive and earthquake.
2.Something that I would improve to my tower is that we should have put toothpicks in the jello.
3.What I am wondering know is what would happen to a car in an earthquake.I am also wondering how to rate an earthquake

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1) one thing I learned is to make sure you don't have your structure be knocked over is you have to have some tooth picks in the ground and a structure around your big structure.2) Something i changed is making my structure bigger and more stable.3) i am wondering if how deep you dig to build a real tower without it falling over.

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I lerned that I can do more than it looks like.I changed the bottom and made it round.I'm wondering how can I biled the house that I bilt for the progect.

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1.I learned that earth quakes can destroy house's in a 2 minutes  to ten minutes.
2.it was to make my base stronger.
3. Im wondering how it fits all of the earth that it pulls in.

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1.)I learned that a wider base makes a tower more stable. 2.)I changed the shape to improve my tower.3.)I am wondering if people do that.

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1. One thing that I learned is that you need to take your time.
2.  One thing that I changed is put more effort
3. I would not change anything.

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Before and after pictures of the Nepal earthquake

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Here are before and after photos of Kathmandu and Bharatpur's most well-known landmarks. Hundreds of ancient temples and monuments dating from the 17th century were destroyed by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake. (--> How you can help and donate to relief efforts )

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1 i learned that even if the structure doesn't fall it will still hurt the people inside if it shakes it will hurt the people 2 the first tower changed by adding a floor base around the building 3 how is jello like a outside ground !!!!!!!!!!!Q!!Q!

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The magnitude 8.2 earthquake that ravaged southern Mexico on Sept. 7 was the largest to shake the country in nearly a century.

Like California, Mexico is a seismically active region that has seen smaller quakes that have caused death and destruction. But the Sept. 7 temblor is a reminder that even larger quakes - while rare - do occur.

Scientists say it's possible for Southern California to be hit by a magnitude 8.2 earthquake. Such a quake would be far more destructive to the Los Angeles area because the San Andreas fault runs very close to and underneath densely populated areas.

The devastating quakes that hit California over the last century were far smaller than the Sept. 7 temblor, which Mexican authorities set at magnitude 8.2 and the U.S. Geological Survey placed at 8.1. Mexico's earthquake produced four times more energy than the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake, a magnitude 7.8, which killed 3,000 people and sparked a fire that left much of the city in ruins.

Southern California's most recent mega-quake was in 1857, also estimated to be magnitude 7.8, when the area was sparsely populated. (That was considerably stronger than the 7.1 quake that hit Mexico on Tuesday, causing buildings to collapse and leading to a significant loss of life).

Here's what a hypothetical magnitude 8.2 earthquake would look like in Southern California -- a quake that begins near the Mexican border and moves north and west through L.A. County into central California. (Los Angeles Times)

A magnitude 8.2 earthquake would rupture the San Andreas fault from the Salton Sea - close to the Mexican border - all the way to Monterey County. The fault would rupture through counties including Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino.

An 8.2 earthquake would be far worse here because the San Andreas fault runs right through areas such as the Coachella Valley - home to Palm Springs - and the San Bernardino Valley, along with the San Gabriel Mountains north of Los Angeles. The fault is about 30 miles from downtown Los Angeles.

The Sept. 7 earthquake occurred in the ocean off the Mexican coast and began about 450 miles from Mexico City - and it was relatively deep, starting about 43 miles under the surface.

In Mexico, "you've got [many] people a pretty long way aways from it," seismologist Lucy Jones said. But in Southern California, "we'd have a lot of people right on top of it. It would be shallow, and it runs through our backyard."

A magnitude 8.2 on the San Andreas fault would cause damage in every city in Southern California, Jones has said, from Palm Springs to San Luis Obispo.

Intense shaking would be worse

Southern California would feel even worse shaking if a magnitude 8.2 earthquake hit here than what was experienced in Mexico on Sept. 7. Mexico's earthquake struck under the ocean and was deep; "violent" shaking - calculated as intensity 9 shaking by the USGS - struck only a relatively small part of the country that happens to be sparsely populated.

The worst shaking intensity felt on land was intensity level 9, or "violent" shaking, shown in red in this map of Thursday's south Mexico earthquake. The epicenter is noted by the star, and the area of fault that moved is represented by the rectangle. (U.S. Geological Survey)

That's the same intensity that was felt in the worst-hit neighborhood in the 1994 magnitude 6.7 Northridge earthquake.

Even though the Northridge and Mexico seismic events vary widely in magnitude - the Mexico earthquake on Sept. 7 produced 178 times more total energy - Angelenos also felt "violent" shaking in 1994 because the Northridge earthquake struck directly underneath heavily populated areas and was extremely shallow, striking between just four and 12 miles under the surface.

The magnitude 6.7 Northridge earthquake in 1994 produced intensity level 9 shaking - violent shaking - in a small section of the San Fernando Valley. (U.S. Geological Survey)

A magnitude 8.2 earthquake on the San Andreas would produce shaking more intense than either the Mexico or Northridge earthquakes.

It would bring intensity level 10 shaking, which is perceived by humans as "extreme." Such shaking would blanket huge swaths of Southern California - an earthquake that no one alive today has experienced in this region.

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake would bring intensity level 10 shaking - extreme shaking - to a vast area of Southern California. (U.S. Geological Survey)

The ShakeOut scenario envisioned the earthquake beginning to move the San Andreas fault at the Salton Sea close to the Mexican border, then moving rapidly to the northwest toward L.A. County.

This animation shows how intense shaking is directed from the San Andreas fault into the Los Angeles Basin. Areas of yellow indicate strong shaking; orange is "very strong" shaking and red is "violent" or "extreme" shaking, causing collapses. (U.S. Geological Survey / Southern California Earthquake Center)

Mexico City rode out the Sept. 7 earthquake better than a devastating 1985 temblor that killed thousands of people there, in large part because the capital was so far away from the epicenter of this week's quake. The capital is about double the distance from the Sept. 7 epicenter as it was from the earthquake that struck 32 years ago.
How you protect yourself when a quake hits might be all wrong "
A mega-earthquake in the Southland

The U.S. Geological Survey published a hypothetical scenario of what a magnitude 7.8 earthquake on the San Andreas fault would look like. The scenario is still a useful look to imagine what an 8.2 would do to much of Southern California. Both earthquakes would bring generally the same intensity of shaking to Los Angeles, but the 8.2 earthquake would send more intense shaking to areas farther north and west, such as Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo.

Here's what could happen if it struck at 10 a.m. on a dry, calm Thursday in November, based on an earlier interview with Jones and according to the ShakeOut report:

The death toll could be one of the worst for a natural disaster in U.S. history: nearly 1,800, about the same number of people killed in Hurricane Katrina.

More than 900 could die from fire; more than 400 from the collapse of vulnerable steel-frame buildings; more than 250 from other building damage; and more than 150 from transportation accidents, such as car crashes due to stoplights being out or broken bridges.

Los Angeles County could suffer the highest death toll, more than 1,000; followed by Orange County, with more than 350 dead; San Bernardino County, with more than 250 dead; and Riverside County, with more than 70 dead. Nearly 50,000 could be injured.

Freeways, water threatened

Main freeways to Las Vegas and Phoenix that cross the San Andreas fault would be destroyed in this scenario; Interstate 10 crosses the fault in a dozen spots, and Interstate 15 would see the roadway sliced where it crosses the fault, with one part of the roadway shifted from the other by 15 feet, Jones said.
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"Those freeways cross the fault, and when the fault moves, they will be destroyed, period," Jones said. "To be that earthquake, it has to move that fault, and it has to break those roads."

The aqueducts that bring in 88% of Los Angeles' water supply and cross the San Andreas fault all could be damaged or destroyed, Jones said.

A big threat to life would be collapsed buildings. As many as 900 unretrofitted brick buildings close to the fault could come tumbling down on occupants, pedestrians on sidewalks and even roads, crushing cars and buses in the middle of the street.

Fifty brittle concrete buildings housing 7,500 people could completely or partially collapse. Five high-rise steel buildings - of a type known to be seismically vulnerable - holding 5,000 people could completely collapse.

Some 500,000 to 1 million people could be displaced from their homes, Jones said.

Flames billow from a ruptured gas main beyond a crater in Granada Hills after the 1994 Northridge earthquake. (Los Angeles Times)

Southern California could be isolated

Southern California could be isolated for some time, with the region surrounded by mountains and earthquake faults. The Cajon Pass - the gap between the San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountains through which Interstate 15 is built, and the main route to Las Vegas - is also home to the San Andreas fault and a potentially explosive mix of pipelines carrying gasoline and natural gas, and overhead electricity lines.

All it would take is for the fuel line to break and a spark to create an explosion. "The explosion results in a crater," the report says.

ShakeOut co-author Keith Porter, research professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, warned in a 2011 study in the journal Earthquake Spectra that under certain conditions, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake could create such a sudden interruption of high-voltage interstate transmission of electricity that "potentially all of the western U.S. could lose power."

Power could be restored within hours in other states, the scenario said. But restoring power in Southern California could take several days.

There could be up to 100,000 landslides, scientists say, based off how many landslides have occurred in past magnitude 7.8 earthquakes. "The really big earthquakes ... are much more destabilizing to the hillsides," Jones said.

Patients are evacuated after a San Fernando Valley hospital collapsed in the 1971 Sylmar earthquake. (Los Angeles Times)

Death toll could be high in fire

Thousands could be forced to evacuate as fires spread across Southern California; 1,200 blazes could be too large to be controlled by a single fire engine company, and firefighting efforts would be hampered by traffic gridlock and a lack of water from broken pipes. Super-fires could destroy hundreds of city blocks filled with dense clusters of wood-frame homes and apartments.

The death toll could mount as hundreds of people trapped in collapsed buildings are unable to be rescued before flames burn through. Possible locations for the conflagrations include South Los Angeles, Riverside, Santa Ana and San Bernardino.

"If the earthquake happens in [hot] weather ... or in a Santa Ana condition, the fires are going to become much more catastrophic. If it happens during a real rainy time, we're going to have a lot more landslides," Jones said.

Several dams could be shaken so hard that "they would be so compromised that they would require emergency evacuation," Jones said. Even damage to just a single dam above San Bernardino could force 30,000 people out of their homes, the ShakeOut report said.

(Paul Duginski)

System could give Southern California life-saving seconds to prepare

A seismic warning system for the West Coast has been under development for years by the U.S. Geological Survey, the nation's lead earthquake monitoring agency. President Trump 's budget would have ended the system before it launched. Officials were looking for "sensible and rational reductions and making hard choices to reach a balanced budget by 2027," according to the administration's proposal.

But the proposal to end the funding raised bipartisan complaints up and down the coast. Twenty-eight lawmakers in the California Legislature, including leaders from both parties, urged officials to protect the earthquake early warning system. Members of Congress from Southern California to the Canadian border say the system is crucial to public safety.

In July, a congressional committee voted to keep funding. The proposal awaits a full vote by both houses of Congress.

The earthquake early warning system works on a simple principle: The seismic waves from an earthquake travel at the speed of sound through rock - slower than today's communications systems.

For example, it would take more than a minute for a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that started at the Salton Sea to shake up Los Angeles, 150 miles away, traveling along the state's longest fault, the San Andreas.

A damaged apartment building is seen in San Francisco's Marina District after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. (Jonathan Nourok / AFP/Getty Images)

ron.lin@latimes.com Twitter: @ronlin ALSO Mexico got early warning before deadly earthquake struck. When will California get that system? Patience in short supply as desperation sets in among South Florida residents still in Hurricane Irma's path After Irma, calls for help from the Caribbean: 'The island is debris, that's all it is' UPDATES:
3 p.m.: Updated with information about quake early warning system.

Sept. 19 at 2 p.m.: Updated with comparison to Tuesday's 7.1 magnitude quake.

6:50 p.m.: This article was updated to reflect that intensity 9, or "severe," shaking has been recorded in Mexico, the same level of shaking intensity felt in the worst-hit region in the Northridge earthquake.

4:45 p.m.: This article was updated with additional historical images.
This article was originally published at 3:20 p.m. on Sept. 8, 2017.

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California could be hit by an 8.2 mega-earthquake, and it would be catastrophic

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1) one thing i learned is that a triangle is stronger than a square.
2)we made a bigger base then that stayed up a little longer.
3)If you just build up will the base just fall or not??????.

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1.I learnt that Jello can make a good ground substitute during an earthquake because it cracks and wobbles just like the real ground does during an earthquake.
2.I changed how the base of the tower was at first we put toothpicks at the bottom and called it the leaning tower of marshmellows because the toothpicks at the bottom we stuck them in the jello but it was not stable.
3.Now I am wondering why the why the plates rub against each other and why it causes an earthquake.

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1)what i learned on this lab was that if you don't have  a strong bottom and a wide  building it would be fine.

2)if i could change my tower i would change the whole bottom  like the picture(look at picture down below.)

3)i am wondering is, what if a person was in open land in an earthquake would they survive?

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1) I learned that we should of made the bottom more sturdy.
2) One thing I would of changed is to make our house sturdy.
3) I wonder if we built our bottom big and then built up if it would be more sturdy????????????????????

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I learned that your house has to be very strong to stay for an earthquake. I would take more time to improve my tower. I am not wondering anything.9

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I learned we need to make a base next time. would change, we  should has made a stronger tower .I was wondering how long it would take for a earthquake to damage a whole city.

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I learned that you need to have a strong base.I would make the tower shorter than I did.I wonder our building would survive in real life .

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1)I learned that earthquakes can knock something down really easy and you need a strong foundation to keep a building up.
2)I would improve are foundation and make it bigger.
3)I wonder what would happen to a skyscraper during a earthquake?