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Earthquake Hazards and Damage -Ground Motion -Ground Failure -Tsunamis -Fire/Infrastructure

Earthquake Hazards and Damage -Ground Motion -Ground Failure -Tsunamis -Fire/Infrastructure. Ground Motion. Northridge, California Earthquake January 17, 1994 Magnitude 6.7. Loma Prieta earthquake, October 17, 1989 Oakland, California Magnitude: 6.9.

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Earthquake Hazards and Damage -Ground Motion -Ground Failure -Tsunamis -Fire/Infrastructure

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  1. Earthquake Hazards and Damage -Ground Motion -Ground Failure -Tsunamis -Fire/Infrastructure

  2. Ground Motion Northridge, California Earthquake January 17, 1994 Magnitude 6.7

  3. Loma Prieta earthquake, October 17, 1989 Oakland, California Magnitude: 6.9

  4. Armenian Earthquake December 7, 1988 Spitak, Armenia Magnitude 6.9

  5. 1985 Mexico City: Steel Frame Building

  6. 1985 Mexico City

  7. 1985 Mexico Railroad System

  8. San Francisco, CA, October 18, 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake Magnitude 6.9

  9. Izmit (Kocaeli) earthquake, August 17, 1999 Izmit, Turkey Magnitude 7.4

  10. Ground failure Imperial Valley, California, Earthquake October 15, 1979 Magnitude 6.5

  11. Motagua, Guatemala February 4, 1976 Magnitude 7.5

  12. Anchorage, AK April 1964

  13. Government Hill School, March 27, 1964 Anchorage, Alaska Magnitude 9.2

  14. Anchorage, AK April 1964

  15. El Salvador January 13, 2001 Magnitude 7.6

  16. Puget Sound, Washington May 2,1996 Magnitude 5.3

  17. Alaska Earthquake March 27, 1964 Magnitude 9.2

  18. Niigata, Japan June 16, 1964 Magnitude 7.4

  19. San Francisco 1906

  20. Fire Great Alaska Earthquake March 28, 1964 Valdez, Alaska Magnitude 8.4

  21. Secondary Events: Fire San Francisco 1906

  22. Tsunami Alaska Earthquake March 28, 1964 Whittier, Alaska Magnitude 9.2

  23. Flores Island, Indonesia September 1, 1992 Magnitude 7.0

  24. Kodiak, AL 1964 Tsunami Damage

  25. Tectonic Setting USGS

  26. Main shock and aftershocks ~1200 km of the plate boundary moved, max. displacement ~ 15 m (?, preliminary est.) USGS

  27. Earthquake and Tsunami Damage, Banda Aceh, Sumatra

  28. Earthquake and Tsunami Damage, Sri Lanka

  29. Tsunami wave trough, Sri Lanka coast

  30. Tsunami wave, Sri Lanka; note strong current

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