PPT-Costing the Canterbury Earthquake’s Damage

David Baird VSN amp George Hooper EQC email Davidvsnconz 4 th September 2010 Earthquake 71 magnitude earthquake 40km south west of Christchurch Happened at 430am No loss of life. :. What You Need To Know. Tsunami Outreach Oregon. Oregon Department of . Geology . and Mineral Industries . Cascadia Earthquake: Key Messages. A local Cascadia earthquake will probably happen in most people’s lifetime or their children’s lifetime.. Locating Earthquakes. How do seismologists know when and where earthquakes begin? . They depend on earthquake-sensing instruments called seismographs. . Seismographs. are instruments located at or near the surface of the Earth that record seismic waves. . Occurred just before midday on 25 April 2015. 7.8 Magnitude at a depth of around 15 . kilometres. The . epicentre. was the village of . Barpak. in the . Gorkha. district. The tremors were felt as far away as India, Pakistan and Bhutan.. Base Isolators. These pads separate, or isolate, a building from it’s foundation and prevent some of an earthquake’s energy from entering the building.. Base Isolators. Japan testing base isolators . Brian Blake. Central U.S. Earthquake Consortium. MEMA SAR Planning Meeting. July 24, 2013. Senatobia, Mississippi . Overview of CUSEC. . Formed in 1983. Result of a growing body of research . Partnership effort between State and Federal Government. Magnitude and Intensity: M. w. 6.0 & 5.8; MMI VI-VII. Date: May 20. th. and 29. th. 2012. Today’s Presentation:. A short lecture activity sequence designed to engage students in learning about EQ epicenter location . Earthquake Risk. Earthquakes are likely wherever plate movement stores energy in the rock along faults.. Geologists can determine earthquake risk by locating where faults are active and where past earthquakes have occurred.. earthquake. (also known as a . quake. , . tremor. or . temblor. ) is the result of a sudden release of energy in the . Earth's. . crust. that creates . seismic waves. . . The . seismicity. , . seismism. More than one or two – it’s a dangerous surface. Richter . Scale - logarithmic. . Earthquake Magnitudes . Effects.  . Less than 3.5. . Generally not felt.  . 3.5-5.4. . S. eries . E. arthquake.’. 1989 San Francisco Earthquake. The Epicentre. The epicentre of the quake was in the . Forest of . Nisene. Marks States Park . in Santa Cruz County. The San Francisco Earthquake occurred on October 17. THE 1908 MESSINA 100-YEAR RETROSPECTIVERMS SpecialReport 2008Risk Management Solutions Inc2THE 1908 MESSINAEARTHQUAKETheMessina Earthquake of December 28 1908occurred before the advent of a global sei . CEETEP. Sue Graves ~ August 2015. Local Cascadia Earthquake. 10,000-Year History of . Cascadia. 41 ruptures = average of 243 years. Damage to Homes. Damage to Schools. Structural Damage. Non-structural Damage. Do Now. What is an earthquake?. How many seconds are in a minute?. 4 minutes 30 seconds minus 2 minutes 40 seconds is?. Shaking of earth. 60. 1 minute 50 seconds. Seismograph. Shadow Zone. Area that receives no seismic waves. travels as seismic waves in all directions through the. Earth’s layers, reflecting and refracting at each. interface. These waves are of two types - . body waves. and . surface waves; the latter are restricted to near the.