OTHER GEOLOGIC

HAZARDS
What are geologic hazards?
• Geologic Hazard is one of several types of adverse geologic conditions
capable of causing damage or loss of property and life.
• Geologic hazards consist of sudden phenomena and gradual or slow
phenomena.
Sudden Geologic Phenomena
• Include avalanches, earthquakes, tsunamis, forest fires, Volcanic
eruptions, landslides, and flash floods.
Gradual geologic phenomena
• Include development of caldera in volcanoes, geyser deposits,
sinkholes, sand dune migration, erosion and weathering.
• Earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions are the geologic
hazards that our country has experienced.
• Through the years, some of these natural events have had devastating
effects.
• Sudden major geologic events almost always result in huge losses of
lives and property, as well as social and economic disruption. The
catastrophic results of natural phenomena can only be mitigated with
appropriate safety measures.
LANDSLIDES
• The word landslide was first used on 1841, coined in the United States
of America, but the disaster was first called landslip during the 1670
in Great Britain
• A landslide is the down-slope movement of a mass of rock, debris,
mud, or soil due to the direct influence of gravity.
• Landslides occur in places characterized by steep or gentle slope
gradients– on mountain ranges coastal cliffs, and even underwater.
• They are often triggered by a heavy rainfall, an earthquake, a slope
cut to build a road, and many other natural events or human
activities.
• Landslides create five different slope movements: Falls, topples,
slides, spreads and flows.
• Landslides can