Isingeniso
I-Memphis ihlezi ngokubanzi emkhakheni wokulimala we-New Madrid Fault Zone, iphutha elibi kakhulu empumalanga yeRockies. Ukuzamazama komhlaba okuphazamisa kakhulu okwenzekile kwenzeka cishe eminyakeni engaba ngu-200 eyedlule, kushiya izibalo ze-seismologists ukuba zicabange ngokuthi "omkhulu" olandelayo ungase ube khona eduze kwekhoneni.
Indawo
Indawo yase-New Madrid Seismic iphakathi nendawo ye-Mississippi Valley, inamamitha angu-150 ubude, futhi ithinta izihlanu.
Iphuzu elisenyakatho ye-Illinois lingeningizimu ye-Illinois futhi libheke eningizimu empumalanga ye-Arkansas nasentshonalanga eTennessee.
Noma yikuphi ukuzamazama komhlaba okwenzeka kule ndawo ye-Seismic kungase kuthinte izingxenye zezifunda eziyisishiyagalombili, kuhlanganise ne-Arkansas, i-Illinois, i-Indiana, iKentucky, i-Missouri, i-Mississippi, i-Oklahoma, kanye ne-Tennessee.
Umlando
Kusuka ngo-1811 kuya ku-1812, iNew Madrid Fault Zone yabona ukuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu kunazo zonke emlandweni waseNyakatho Melika. Phakathi nenyanga ezine, ukuzamazama komhlaba ezinhlanu okulinganiselwe kwamanani angu-8.0 noma ngaphezulu kubhalwe endaweni. Lezi zithikithi zazibophezelekile ukudala uMfula iMississippi ukuba uphenduke ngokushelela emuva, okuholela ekwakheni iReelfoot Lake.
Umsebenzi
I-New Madrid Fault Zone inokuzamazama komhlaba okungenani oyedwa ngosuku, nakuba iningi lalezi zinhlupho zibuthakathaka kithi ukuba sizizwe. Izakhamuzi zesikhathi eside zakwaMemphis zingase zikhumbule u-5.0 okwenzeka ngoMashi ka-1976 noma ngo-4.8 ngoSepthemba ka-1990.
Ososayensi bathi kungenzeka ukuthi ukuzamazama okukhulu okungaba ngu-6.0 noma ukuzamazama okukhulu okwenzeka eNew Madrid Fault eminyakeni engama-50 ezayo kungamaphesenti angu-25 no-40.
Ngo-2012, i-United States Geological Survey ibike ukuzamazama komhlaba okungu-4.0 magnitude endaweni yaseMidal Seismic ene-epicenter yaseParkin, e-Arkansas, okungahle kuvezwe ngabomakhelwane baseMemphis.
IYunivesithi yaseMemis ibamba Isikhungo Sokucwaninga Kokuzamazama komhlaba kanye nolwazi (CERTI), inhlangano eyasungulwa ngo-1977 ukuqapha umsebenzi wokuzamazama komhlaba eMid-South esebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obunqenqemeni. Banikeza izibuyekezo nolwazi mayelana nokuzamazama komhlaba kanye nemikhuba emihle, kanye nokufundisa abafundi abaqeqeshwe emkhakheni.
Ukulungiswa Komhlaba
Kunezindlela eziningana zokuhlala ulungele ukuzamazama komhlaba eMemphis. Okokuqala, ungagcina ikhi lokuphila lokuzamazama komhlaba ekhaya lakho nasemotweni yakho. Kungumqondo omuhle ukuthi ufunde ukuthi ungavala kanjani igesi, amanzi, negesi ekhaya lakho. Uma unezinto ezinzima ezilenga ezindongeni zendlu yakho, qiniseka ukuthi zivikelekile ngokuqinile. Okulandelayo, yenza uhlelo nomndeni ukuhlangana emva kokuzamazama komhlaba (noma yimuphi umonakalo). Okokugcina, ungakwazi ukwengeza ukuthungathwa kwenhlabathi kumgomo womshuwalense womninikhaya.
Esikhathini Sokuzamazama komhlaba
Ngesikhathi sokuzamazama komhlaba, faka ingubo ngaphansi kwefenisha enzima noma uzibophe emnyango. Kufanele uhlale kude nezakhiwo, izihlahla, imigqa yamandla, nokuningi. Qinisekisa ukuthi ulalele umsakazo noma ithelevishini nganoma yiziphi iziyalezo ezivela ezikhungweni eziphuthumayo.Uma ukuzamazama kumile, hlola ukulimala wena nabanye.
Ngemuva kwalokho, hlola ukukhathazeka kokuphepha: izakhiwo ezingaguquki, ukuvuza kwegesi, imigqa yamandla, njll.