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Geology 15 Fall 2013 Lecture 13

Geology 15 Fall 2013 Lecture 13. Mid Term I Review Schedule Review Field Trip(s) Today’s Material Earthquake Size (Magnitude). Schedule Review 7 Earthquake Size 7,8 Earthquake Cycles 8,9 Focal Mechanisms (Beach Balls) 9,10 Geodesy 11 Paleoseismology 12 Tsunamis 12 Mid Term II

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Geology 15 Fall 2013 Lecture 13

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  1. Geology 15 Fall 2013 Lecture 13 • Mid Term I Review • Schedule Review • Field Trip(s) • Today’s Material • Earthquake Size (Magnitude)

  2. Schedule Review • 7 Earthquake Size • 7,8 Earthquake Cycles • 8,9 Focal Mechanisms (Beach Balls) • 9,10 Geodesy • 11 Paleoseismology • 12 Tsunamis • 12 Mid Term II • 13 Hazard Mitigation • 14 Landslides • 14 Volcanoes • 15 Catch up / Course Review • 16 Final

  3. Earthquake Size (Magnitude) MAGNITUDE SCALES ML = Local Magnitude scale of Richter uses any wave’s amplitude with T = .1 to 2 seconds Mb = body wave magnitude, T = 1 to 10 seconds Ms = Surface wave magnitude, T = 18 to 22 seconds Md = duration magnitude, usually used for microearthquakes Mw = Moment magnitude, the best estimate of true energy released where moment is Mo = μAd

  4. Saturation of the scales with large earthquakes is a problem except for the Mw scale

  5. MAGNITUDEMs vs Mw Earthquakearea of fault rupturedurationMsMw 1906 San Francisco 5,000 square km 40 seconds 8.3 7.8 1960 Chile 100,000 square km 7 minutes 8.5 9.5 1964 Alaska 50,000 square km 5 minutes 8.4 9.2

  6. One of Dr. Charles F. Richter's most valuable contributions was to recognize that the seismic waves radiated by all earthquakes can provide good estimates of their magnitudes. He collected the recordings of seismic waves from a large number of earthquakes, and developed a calibrated system of measuring them for magnitude. http://crack.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/class/100/magnitude.html

  7. Richter showed that, the larger the intrinsic energy of the earthquake, the larger the amplitude of ground motion at a given distance. He calibrated his scale of magnitudes using measured maximum amplitudes of shear waves on seismometers particularly sensitive to shear waves with periods of about one second. A nomogram is a 2-D graphical calculating device, designed to allow the approximate graphical calculation of a function. ML = log10A(mm) + (Distance correction factor) http://crack.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/class/100/magnitude.html

  8. Amplitude is measured in millimeters (mm) from the center of the seismic record to the maximum on the trace. In this case the amplitude is 180 mm

  9. Note that an earthquake of magnitude 4 on the Richter scale at 100 km distance would have an amplitude of 10 mm, whereas one of magnitude 5 at the same 100 km distance would have an amplitude of 100 mm.

  10. Prior to 1935 the estimation of the intensity of an earthquake was base on a qualitative and subjective interpretation of the Mercalli Intensity Scale. • Charles Richter (1935) devised a quantitative • method based on the amplitude of the largest waves recorded on a seismogram. • The size of the amplitude depends on: • The distance from the epicenter. • The intensity or magnitude of the earthquake. (Note - the amplitude can vary many thousands of • times)

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