PPT-The Lomo Prieta earthquake, also known as The Quake of ’89’ and ‘The World

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. Are You Prepared To Ride It Out? We have heard it so many times –the “big one” is coming. In our lifetime, we still haven’t seen or felt that huge earthquake. That shouldn’t stop us from preparing. 5 and 210 interchange. Global tour of quakes. California. Rest of country. Biggest quakes. 1960 Chile, 1964 Alaska, 2004 Sumatra. Rest of world. Japan, Turkey, India. 1755 Lisbon. Big Cal quakes. Mainly near San Andreas fault. a . closer look at the carnage. Madison river valley. Near the corner where Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming join together at west Yellowstone, there is a valley of lakes that to many is unknown. It consists of . By: Conrad Ricks, Liz Anderson, Melissa Prater & Michelle Carleton. Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011vg9w. Source: http://cempaka-nature.blogspot.com/2009/12/indonesias-next-big-quake-due-under.html. Shanese Breitkreitz. 1906 San Francisco . Earthquake. The Great San Francisco Earthquake is also known as The Great Quake and Fire, and The Great Shake. .. The Great San Francisco Earthquake happened at 5:12 am on April the 18. January 12. th. 2010. simulator. In Italy it was one town, and a few villages - not a large urban area. . In China, it affected a large area and big towns, but. . no city. . In Haiti, in a big city like Port-au-Prince, with so many structures coming down, the falling. Seismic Shock. Nine people were killed by the May 1940 Imperial Valley earthquake. At Imperial, 80 percent of the buildings were damaged to some degree. In the business district of Brawley, all structures were damaged, and about 50 percent had to be condemned. The shock caused 40 miles of surface faulting on the Imperial Fault, part of the San Andreas system in southern California. Total damage has been estimated at about $6 million. The magnitude was 7.1.. That was the year* that Lisbon town. Saw the earth opened up and gulp her down.. . (*1755). - Oliver Wendell Holmes. (The Deacon’s Masterpiece). Earthquakes . Webpage for course (daytime). Seismic Shock. Nine people were killed by the May 1940 Imperial Valley earthquake. At Imperial, 80 percent of the buildings were damaged to some degree. In the business district of Brawley, all structures were damaged, and about 50 percent had to be condemned. The shock caused 40 miles of surface faulting on the Imperial Fault, part of the San Andreas system in southern California. Total damage has been estimated at about $6 million. The magnitude was 7.1.. Fukushima-. Daichi. nuclear power plant. Airport, Sendai, Japan. Earthquakes Past and Present. Sendai, Japan (8.9 magnitude). historical Seismicity Map. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/. Part 3: Earthquakes.   . outline differences in P, S and L energy waves produced by an earthquake .   . identify energy transfers and transformations involved in L waves as they travel along the earth’s crust . Why you need to prepare for the next earthquake . Alaska has more earthquakes than any other region of the U.S. . And in fact is one of the most seismically active area of the world.. Great earthquakes (Earthquakes larger than magnitude 8) rock the state on average every 13 years since the 1900. . ". Strong Shaking Case Studies" . areas to . search first for earthquake survivors and casualties. . Which . area . (N1, N2, E1, or E2) should . get priority? Why?. 2. Structural Damage, 1989 Loma . Prieta. Amount and duration are related to the amount of energy released. Which hazards do you know?. Earthquake Hazards. Tsunami: displacement of a large volume of water. Shallow hypocenter, large volume of displaced crust, large earthquake.