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Earthquake Hazards: Collapsed Buildings, Infrastructure, Landslides, and Dam Failures

This article explores various earthquake hazards including collapsed buildings, infrastructure damage, landslides, and dam failures. It provides historical examples and images to illustrate the destructive impact of earthquakes.

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Earthquake Hazards: Collapsed Buildings, Infrastructure, Landslides, and Dam Failures

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  1. “SEISMOSCOPE” INVENTED IN CHINA IN 133 BC (HAN DYNASTY) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/EastHanSeismograph.JPG

  2. Collapsed buildings: Dec. 7, 1988, Armenia, M6.9, ~25,000 people died http://www.pep.bc.ca/images/hazard_prep/Earthquake_Photos/11_236.jpg

  3. Collapsed buildings: January 17, 1995, Kobe, Japan, M6.9, depth ~5 km http://www.pep.bc.ca/images/hazard_prep/Earthquake_Photos/21_430.jpg

  4. Parking structure at Cal State Northridge, collapsed by Northridge earthquake (01/17/94) http://i.livescience.com/images/ig14_earthquake_13_02.jpg

  5. September 21, 1999 M 7.6 Taichung, Taiwan, killing 2,375 people. The quake toppled 13,000 high-rise apartments http://911research.wtc7.net/wtc/analysis/compare/docs/taiwan_six.jpg

  6. Collapsed Buildings: 1985 Mexico City http://pro.corbis.com/images/OF008330.jpg?size=67&uid=%7BEE6BD845-A8E9-4559-ABB5-6965E039DF17%7D

  7. Building collapse styles, Mexico City earthquake, 1985

  8. Skyscraper swaying

  9. Collapsed transportation infrastructure: Kobe 1995 http://www.maelor-humanities.org.uk/GCSEhum/Resources/PP-photos/pp-KeyIss-1/kobe-earthquake.jpg

  10. Collapsed freeway, 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, CA http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/3Dgeologic/images/Cypress_LCluff_sm.jpg

  11. Collapsed freeway, 1971 San Fernando CA earthquake

  12. Freeway damage, 1971 San Fernando earthquake (CA)

  13. Earthquake retro-fitting on a bridge over the Willamette river, Oregon.

  14. Collapsed freeway, 1971 San Fernando CA earthquake

  15. Collapsed Infrastructure: 1964 Good Friday earthquake, Alaska http://www.pep.bc.ca/images/hazard_prep/Earthquake_Photos/7_155.jpg

  16. COMPRESSED RAILROAD, 1964 GOOD FRIDAY EARTHQUAKE, ALASKA http://www.johnmartin.com/earthquakes/eqshow/images/64700405.GIF

  17. COLLAPSED BRIDGE, NIIGATA, JAPAN, JUNE 16, 1964, M=7.4 http://www.johnmartin.com/earthquakes/eqshow/images/64700409.GIF

  18. Soil Liquefaction: magnitude 7.4 earthquake on June 16, 1964 in Niigata, Japan http://www.pep.bc.ca/images/hazard_prep/Earthquake_Photos/1_25.jpg

  19. Ground moving and liquefaction on street Ground moving and liquefaction in park

  20. Foundered/fractured ground: 1964 Good Friday earthquake, Anchorage hts., AK http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/AlaskaQuake-Turnagain.jpg

  21. Foundered/fractured ground: 1964 Good Friday earthquake, Anchorage hts., AK http://www.pep.bc.ca/images/hazard_prep/Earthquake_Photos/1_24.jpg

  22. Surface Rupture: magnitude of 6.8 1968 near Meckering, Australia http://www.pep.bc.ca/images/hazard_prep/Earthquake_Photos/1_28.jpg

  23. LANDSLIDING UNDER RAILROAD, SEATTLE, WA, APRIL 29, 1965, M=6.5 http://www.johnmartin.com/earthquakes/eqshow/images/64700410.GIF

  24. Landslides: 1994 Northridge earthquake, CA http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1995/ofr-95-0213/fig16tmb.gif

  25. Landslides: photo shows dust rising from landslides in Simi valley, CA after the 1994 Northridge earthquake http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1995/ofr-95-0213/fig20vga.jpg

  26. Landslides: aftershock of 2008 Seichuan earthquake, China http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/00672/landslide-flee1_672381n.jpg

  27. Landslides: 2008 Seichuan earthquake, China http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/15/xin_00205051509394532409750.jpg

  28. Landslides: 2008 Seichuan earthquake, China http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a2JvElU8gh4/SCgx2yl8BbI/AAAAAAAAAF0/HTAxwpUnrwc/s1600/PICT3094%2Bcorrected.jpg

  29. Dammed rivers: 2008 Seichuan earthquake, China http://scienceblogs.com/highlyallochthonous/2008/05/chengdhu_for_2008135.jpg

  30. http://www.geonet.org.nz/images/news/2008/landslide_view.jpg

  31. Cracked earthen dam: after 1994 Northridge earthquake http://www.emporia.edu/earthsci/student/dahms3/los_angeles_dam.jpg

  32. Slumped earthen dam: 1971 San Fernando earthquake

  33. Slumped earthen dam: 1971 San Fernando earthquake Photo by Al Boost, taken from: Natural Disasters, by Patrick Abbot (used w/o permission)

  34. Slumped earthen dam: 1971 San Fernando earthquake USGS Fact Sheet 096-95

  35. Sand blow: http://topex.ucsd.edu/es10/lectures/lecture12/sand_blow.jpg

  36. Sand blow in Rann southwest of Khadir Island. New salt marks area of vented water following the earthquake. Photograph by M. Tuttle http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/gujarat/images/Photo8.jpg

  37. SAN FRANCISCO, ~1 MONTH AFTER THE 1906 EARTHQUAKE. MOST BUILDINGS THAT WERE NOT DAMAGED BY THE EARTHQUAKE ITSELF BURNED. HERE, MUCH OF THE RUBBLE HAS BEEN CLEARED AWAY http://www.johnmartin.com/earthquakes/eqshow/images/64700220.GIF

  38. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

  39. http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/seismic/volcweb/earthquakes/index.php

  40. http://pods.binghamton.edu/~ajones/SeismicEruptionSetup.exe

  41. http://www.celestialaffairs.com/SkyWatch/EarthquakeDream.htm

  42. http://www.brown.edu/Courses/GE_0001/images/EQsFigs/EQs2/TimeSeqEQ.GIFhttp://www.brown.edu/Courses/GE_0001/images/EQsFigs/EQs2/TimeSeqEQ.GIF

  43. From: Natural Disasters, by Patrick Abbot (used w/o permission)

  44. From: Natural Disasters, by Patrick Abbot (used w/o permission)

  45. From: Natural Disasters, by Patrick Abbot (used w/o permission)

  46. From: Natural Disasters, by Patrick Abbot (used w/o permission)

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