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Anearthquake(also known as
aquake,tremorortemblor) is
the perceptible shaking of the
surface of the Earth, which can be
violent enough to destroy major
buildings and kill thousands of
people.
Earthquakes have destroyed whole
cities. They result from the sudden
release of energy in theEarth's
crustthat createsseismic waves.
Seismographs record
earthquake events
At convergent boundaries,
focal depth increases
along a dipping seismic
zone called a Benioff
zone
Damage: Causes
Ground motion
Duration of Shaking
Surface Rupture
Poor building design
Effects
Fires
Liquifaction
Landslides
Response of material to
the arrival of energy
fronts released by
rupture
Two types:
Body waves
P and S
Surface waves
R and L
Surface Waves
Travel just below or along the grounds surface
Slower than body waves; rolling and side-to-side
movement
Especially damaging to buildings
Magnitude
Richter scale measures
total amount of energy
released by an
earthquake;
independent of
intensity
Amplitude of the
largest wave produced
by an event is
corrected for distance
and assigned a value
on an open-ended
logarithmic scale
Earthquake Safety
Stay There! Do NOT Run
Outside
Stay Calm & Remember the
Phase, Duck, Cover, and
Hold
Duck And Look for
Cover
Cover Under a Sturdy
Desk or Table
Hold Onto the
Furniture Leg Until
Shaking Stops
Emergency Food
Camp or backpacking stove
propane tank
Canned foods
manual can opener
MREs
Granola bars
Energy bars
EARTHQUAKES
In what ways are earthquakes predictable?
To what other hazards are earthquakes linked?
What are the potentially disastrous consequences of
earthquakes?
In what ways has human activity made earthquake
hazards catastrophic?
How can the hazardous consequences of earthquakes
be minimized?
THANK YOU
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