'Fault rupture' presentation slideshows

Lecture 31

Lecture 31. EARTHQUAKES. About Earthquakes Earthquakes can be understood in terms of the basic mechanisms of deformation. Most earthquakes occur at plate boundaries (convergent, divergent, and sliding). Earthquakes cannot yet be reliably predicted or mitigated. Basics.

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Decustering , Rates, and b -values or Declustering : the Necessary Evil of Statistical Seismology

Decustering , Rates, and b -values or Declustering : the Necessary Evil of Statistical Seismology. Andy Michael. Gardner and Knopoff Declustering. Method: Gardner and Knopoff (BSSA, 1974): Magnitude-dependent spatial circles and time windows

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Introduction

Introduction. Stress versus strain : The two most important terms used throughout this course are STRESS and STRAIN .

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Weapons of Mass Destruction

Weapons of Mass Destruction. Disaster management 2009-2010. Objectives. Definition Definition Types of Rockets & Missiles Symbols Weapons of Mass Destruction Nuclear Weapon Effects. Objectives continued. Hiroshima and Nagasaki Russian bomb now the strongest one Earthquake.

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1958 Lituya Bay, Alaska Earthquake Magnitude 7.9 Rupture Length 90 to 280 km Surface Displacement 3.5 to 6.5 m

1958 Lituya Bay, Alaska Earthquake Magnitude 7.9 Rupture Length 90 to 280 km Surface Displacement 3.5 to 6.5 m. Photographs by Lloyd Cluff and George Plafker. Fairweather fault. 1958 Lituya Bay Earthquake, M 7.9 Rupture length 95 to 280 km Fairweather fault 6.2 m RL. Lituya Bay.

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1958 Lituya Bay, Alaska Earthquake Magnitude 7.9 Rupture Length 90 to 280 km

1958 Lituya Bay, Alaska Earthquake Magnitude 7.9 Rupture Length 90 to 280 km Surface Displacement 3.5 to 6.5 m. Photographs by Lloyd Cluff and George Plafker. Fairweather fault. 1958 Lituya Bay Earthquake, M 7.9 Rupture length 95 to 280 km Fairweather fault 6.2 m RL. Lituya Bay.

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What Would a Magnitude 7.8 Feel Like?

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