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Earthquake overview and Earthquake Engineering activity. What is an Earthquake?. Pattern of earthquakes defines the boundaries of tectonic plates There are about 23 major plates. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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What is an Earthquake?What is an Earthquake?

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Pattern of earthquakes defines the boundaries of tectonic platesPattern of earthquakes defines the boundaries of tectonic platesThere are about 23 major platesThere are about 23 major plates

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Three types of interactions between plates as they move around:Three types of interactions between plates as they move around:

Sliding past one another - transform boundarySliding past one another - transform boundaryRunning into one another - convergent boundaryRunning into one another - convergent boundaryMoving away from one another - divergent boundaryMoving away from one another - divergent boundary

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Where are earthquakes likely to occur?Where are earthquakes likely to occur?

• Tectonic development of the New Madrid rift complex, Mississippi embayment, North America:

• A rift was splitting apart the North American continent 600 million years ago

• Rifting stopped• The continent has been

under compression for at least 150 million years

• The ancient faults may have been reactivated but are moving in the opposite sense

by Lawrence W. Braile, William J. Hinze, G. Randy Keller, Edward G. Lidiak, and John L. Sexton; 1986; in Tectonophysics, Volume 131 (1986).

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How strong will the ground shake?How strong will the ground shake?

•http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/prepare/factsheets/NewMadrid•U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet-168-95 1995

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What determines the level of shaking?What determines the level of shaking?

• Magnitude– More energy released

• Distance– Shaking decays with distance

• Local soils– amplify the shaking

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P and S WavesP and S Waves

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• It is estimated that there are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year. 100,000 of those can be felt, and 100 of them cause damage.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/facts.php

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• The magnitude of an earthquake is a measured value of the earthquake size. The magnitude is the same no matter where you are, or how strong or weak the shaking was in various locations. The intensity of an earthquake is a measure of the shaking created by the earthquake, and this value does vary with location. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/facts.php

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Richter magnitude scaleRichter magnitude scale

• Because of the logarithmic basis of the scale, each whole number increase in magnitude represents a tenfold increase in measured amplitude; as an estimate of energy, each whole number step in the magnitude scale corresponds to the release of about 31 times more energy than the amount associated with the preceding whole number value.

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Taken from: http://www.sdgs.usd.edu/publications/maps/earthquakes/rscale.htm

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The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake (M~7.8) ~3 m right lateral offset on the San Andreas fault

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The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake (M~7.8) San Francisco after the Earthquake and fire.

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The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake (M~7.8) Comparison of fault lengths for selected significant events on the San Andreas.

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Soft first story failureSoft first story failure

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Building shifted off foundationBuilding shifted off foundation

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Olive View Hospital, 1971 Olive View Hospital, 1971 San Fernando EarthquakeSan Fernando Earthquake

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Olive View Hospital, 1971 Olive View Hospital, 1971 San Fernando EarthquakeSan Fernando Earthquake

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Dec. 26, 2003M6.6 Earthquake,Bam, Iran,~80% of buildingsdestroyed

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Earthquake Engineering ActivityEarthquake Engineering Activity::

• Supplies: (per group)– 1 sheet of card stock (cut into 1” wide 8 “ long

strips)– 1 3x5 note card– 1 meter of tape– 1 tray– 1 golf ball– Ruler

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Earthquake Engineering ActivityEarthquake Engineering Activity::

• Rules:– Must use only the materials provided– Structure must be 15 cm in height (the bottom

of the ball must be 15 cm off the tray)– Structure must hold the golf ball (the ball

cannot be taped down)

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http://www.earthquakecountry.info/roots/steps.html

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Magnitude Earthquake Effects Estimated NumberEach Year

2.5 or lessUsually not felt, but can be recorded by

seismograph.900,000

2.5 to 5.4 Often felt, but only causes minor damage. 30,000

5.5 to 6.0Slight damage to buildings and other

structures.500

6.1 to 6.9May cause a lot of damage in very

populated areas.100

7.0 to 7.9 Major earthquake. Serious damage. 20

8.0 or greaterGreat earthquake. Can totally destroy

communities near the epicenter.One every 5 to 10 years