TITLE:
Mitigation of Ecuadorian Earthquake Impact
AUTHORS:
Tai-Jin Kim
KEYWORDS:
Ecuador, Earthquake, Volcano, Mitigation, Hole
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Earthquake Research,
Vol.7 No.3,
August
20,
2018
ABSTRACT: The mechanism of “Bing-Bang-Channeling-Cut” was proposed to reduce the
volcanic energy (“Bing”) from the Galapagos Hot Spot (GHS) for the mitigation
of Ecuadorian earthquake impact (“Bang”). The lag time between the
volcanic eruptions in the GHS and Ecuadorian earthquake was probably
caused by the undersea seamounts of the Carnegie Ridge (CAR) (“Channeling”).
Experimental results from the water reservoir showed that the lag time
decreased when increasing the number of drilled holes (“Cut”) in the bottom
of reservoir. The present study showed that there was an additional vector initiating
the Ecuadorian earthquake from the volcanic eruption in the GHS
through the CAR. It was concluded that the harmful effects of Ecuadorian
earthquakes could be mitigated by releasing the volcanic energy through the
enlarged exit diameters in Holes of Site 1239 (A, B, C) with the presently
productive upwelling chlorophyll system at the northeastern CAR.