CHEM
Ned McCann
April 30, 2015
Current Event 9
Sumner, Thomas. "Nepal Earthquake Offers Hints of Worse to Come." Student Science. N.p., 29 Apr. 2015. Web. 30 Apr. 2015.
In the article, Nepal Earthquake Offers Hints of Worse to Come by Thomas Sumner, it explains the recent 7.8 Earthquake in Nepal and the magnitude it has had on the world. It explains how the earthquake has killed thousands of people and that even larger earthquakes could be coming soon. The article explains what an earthquake is, saying that they happens along fractures in Earth’s crust which are called faults. It mentions that a few faults label the boundaries between tectonic plates. Earthquakes relieve stress in the Earth’s tectonic plates, and the earthquake in Nepal only relieved on some stress. This means that relieving stress of the nearby tectonic plates will cause even more harmful earthquakes. Kristen Morell, a geologist of the University of Victoria in Canada says, “The hazard isn’t gone... And strain is still building up in all the other regions from Pakistan all the way to eastern Tibet.” In the region of Nepal, the area has been building stress since its last devastating earthquake in 1505.
I choose this article because I wanted to learn more about the recent earthquake in Nepal and also about Earthquakes in general. The earthquake in Nepal has been all over the news and has affected thousands of people worldwide. This earthquake devastated the world and the people in the region. By reading this article I learned much more about earthquakes, and it has also encouraged me to try and see how I can help donate or help. In the past few days the entire world has watched the country of Nepal, and with articles like this, we can learn more about them.
The article was very well written, and Thomas Sumner did a very good job. He did a great job explaining what an earthquake was and why they happened. Also he did a really good job not only talking about earthquakes in general but the one in Nepal as well. I was also very interested in learning that there could be even worse earthquakes in years to come. The article consisted of informative details and vocabulary.
This was a very interesting and frightening article. Being on the east coast of the United States, we do not experience the chaotic environment of a magnitude eight earthquake, so when we hear news of the damage that has been done from the earthquakes, it is unbelievable. There were many things that Ned well in his current event. For example, he gave a nice introduction to what the article was about. As a result of giving a good summary of the article, the reader did not have to go back and read the article to get an understanding of what the article mentioned. Also, Ned did a nice job explaining what happens in an earthquake. Many people don’t know what causes earthquakes and after reading Ned’s explanation the reader would gain an understanding on the topic. Finally, Ned did a nice job mentioning why he chose this article and how reading this article impacted him. Although Ned did many things well, there is always room for improvement. In order to make the current event flow better, Ned should’ve carefully reread what he wrote before handing it in. This would avoid grammatical and tense errors that appeared in his writing. Also, if Ned included more statistics and quotes from geologists, the reader would have a better understanding about how geologists are afraid of the more powerful earthquakes that will take place in the future. One thing that shocked me in this article was how powerful these earthquakes in Nepal are. The article stated that the stress of some of the tectonic plates have been accumulating since 1505 and that the future earthquakes will be over a magnitude eight. Seeing what a magnitude 7.6 earthquake does, I can’t image what kind of an impact these future earthquakes will have on the people of Nepal.
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