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SHAK’N UP SOUTH CAROLINA

SHAK’N UP SOUTH CAROLINA. Earthquakes in South Carolina By: Jenny Smith. EARTHQUAKES ARE:. Vibrations of the earth Movement of tectonic plates Release of stress built up in rocks Seismic waves: P-wave – compressional S-wave – shears rock Surface – ripples on ground.

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SHAK’N UP SOUTH CAROLINA

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  1. SHAK’N UP SOUTH CAROLINA Earthquakes in South Carolina By: Jenny Smith

  2. EARTHQUAKES ARE: • Vibrations of the earth • Movement of tectonic plates • Release of stress built up in rocks • Seismic waves: P-wave – compressional S-wave – shears rock Surface – ripples on ground

  3. SEISMIC STATIONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA

  4. Middleton Place-Summerville Bowman Ravenel-Adams Run-Hollywood 5 occurrences in 2002 31 in 2001 40-60% chance of a magnitude 6 within the next 30 years. SOUTH CAROLINA70% of Earthquakes occur:

  5. POTENTIAL FOR SEISMIC ACTIVITY

  6. CHARLESTON, 1886 • 9:51 p.m. (EST) • 7.6 Richter Scale • 110 deaths • 90% brick structures damaged • $5.5 million damages • Damages to structures within 200 miles of Charleston

  7. DAMAGES FROM THE 1886 CHARLESTOWN EARTHQUAKE

  8. INTENSITIES FELT BY 1886 CHARLESTOWN EARTHQUAKE

  9. ARE WE PREPARED? • General public is not well aware of risks of earthquakes. • Lack of detailed geologic info on area. • Section 1206 of Building Code requires seismic reinforcement on buildings • Proposal for earthquake oriented awareness/mitigation efforts.

  10. WORKS CITED • www.csuniv.edu/Academics/Quake/scebrochure.htm • http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/qed/qed.html • http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/history/ • http://earthquake.usgs.gov • http://quake.usgs.gov/prepare/structures.html

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