Earthquakes

Sounds of Earthquakes

• http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/listen/allsounds.php

• http://www.cisn.org/special/evt.04.09.28/sounds/pkfpilot_16x_10.wav

• http://www.dosits.org/gallery/othrntrl/3.htm

Animation• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4126809.stm

Puget Sound Earthquake Origin and Occurrence

http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/ships/pastquak.html

Puget Sound Earthquakes

Puget Sound Earthquakes

Puget Sound Earthquakes

Puget Sound Earthquakes

The Seattle Fault

The Seattle Fault

Seismic Profile at right angles to the Seattle Fault Zone.

The Seattle Fault

View in a trench along the Seattle Fault.

The Seattle Fault

Source:

Earthquake Engineering Institute and Washington Military Department, Emergency Management division (2005). Scenario for a Magnitude 6.7 Earthquake on the Seattle Fault.

Scenario

Magnitude 6.7 Earthquake on the Seattle Fault

The Nisqually Earthquake

The Nisqually Earthquake

Other Earthquakes

Seattle Fault and “Lifelines”

Source:

Seattle Police Department (2004). Hazard Identification and Vulnerability Analysis.

Transportation infrastructure at

risk on soils prone to

liquefaction

Bridges at Risk

Could this Happen to the Alaskan Way Viaduct?

Puget Sound Earthquakes

Juan de Fuca faults

Pakistan Earthquake October 2005

Magnitude 7.3

Pakistan Earthquake October 2005

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/south_asia/2005/south_asia_quake/default.stm

http://www.pakquake2005.com/

Pakistan Earthquake October 2005

Map of Collapsed Schools as of march 2006

Pakistan Earthquake October 2005

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Photos/PAK/2005-Earthquake/default.asp

Pakistan Earthquake October 2005

Pakistan Earthquake October 2005

Map of Internally Displaced Persons

Pakistan Earthquake October 2005

Map of Migration Intensity and Location of Camps

Pakistan Earthquake October 2005

Map of Tents Delivered