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    #7 Earthquakes and Effects

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    Jerry Wong
    A powerpoint about the effects of earthquakes

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    Earthquakesand

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    GSC350
    NaturalDisasters

    Notallfaultscausedamagevia
    earthquakes
    Somefaultsphysicallyslide(creep)and
    motioniscontinuous(butslow),wecall
    thisfaultcreep
    Thisisdueto
    severalfactors,
    butconsider
    geology.Some
    rocksare
    slippery

    GSC350
    NaturalDisasters

    HaywardFault

    GSC350
    NaturalDisasters

    GSC350
    NaturalDisasters

    Soilsthatarestablebecomeliquiddue
    towatersaturation
    Compactionoccursinsedimentsdueto
    shakingandfluidsareexpelledtothe
    surface

    GSC350
    NaturalDisasters

    GSC350
    NaturalDisasters

    Phillipines October15th,2013
    Magnitude7.1
    Depth 20km
    Locatedinanarea
    nearsubduction
    interface,butis
    shallow

    GSC350
    NaturalDisasters

    Phillipines October15th,2013
    156dead;22missing;
    374injured(asof10
    1713)

    Buildingquality?
    EmergencyResponse?

    GSC350
    NaturalDisasters

    CostaRicaSeptember5th,2012
    Magnitude7.6,Depth40.2km,located
    onsubduction interface

    GSC350
    NaturalDisasters

    CostaRicaSeptember5th,2012
    ~1death,minor
    injuries

    Seismologistsstate we
    havedodgeda bullet
    Potentialthatnotall of
    thesubduction interface
    ruptured

    GSC350
    NaturalDisasters

    AlaskaMarch27th,1964
    Magnitude9.2,Depth 23km
    Subduction earthquake
    Secondlargestearthquakeinrecorded
    history(firstis Chile
    1960(9.5))

    GSC350
    NaturalDisasters

    Tsunami

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