“SEISMOSCOPE” INVENTED IN CHINA IN 133 BC (HAN DYNASTY)
Collapsed buildings: Dec. 7, 1988, Armenia, M6.9, ~25,000 people died
Collapsed buildings: January 17, 1995, Kobe, Japan, M6.9, depth ~5 km
Parking structure at Cal State Northridge, collapsed by Northridge earthquake (01/17/94)
September 21, 1999 M 7.6 Taichung, Taiwan, killing 2,375 people. The quake toppled 13,000 high-rise apartments
Collapsed Buildings: 1985 Mexico City
Building collapse styles, Mexico City earthquake, 1985
Skyscraper swaying
Collapsed transportation infrastructure: Kobe
Collapsed freeway, 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, CA
Collapsed freeway, 1971 San Fernando CA earthquake
Freeway damage, 1971 San Fernando earthquake (CA)
Collapsed freeway, 1971 San Fernando CA earthquake
Collapsed Infrastructure: 1964 Good Friday earthquake, Alaska
COMPRESSED RAILROAD, 1964 GOOD FRIDAY EARTHQUAKE, ALASKA
COLLAPSED BRIDGE, NIIGATA, JAPAN, JUNE 16, 1964, M=7.4
Soil Liquefaction: magnitude 7.4 earthquake on June 16, 1964 in Niigata, Japan
Ground moving and liquefaction on street Ground moving and liquefaction in park
Foundered/fractured ground: 1964 Good Friday earthquake, Anchorage hts., AK
Foundered/fractured ground: 1964 Good Friday earthquake, Anchorage hts., AK
Surface Rupture: magnitude of near Meckering, Australia
LANDSLIDING UNDER RAILROAD, SEATTLE, WA, APRIL 29, 1965, M=6.5
Landslides: 1994 Northridge earthquake, CA
Landslides: photo shows dust rising from landslides in Simi valley, CA after the 1994 Northridge earthquake
Landslides: aftershock of 2008 Seichuan earthquake, China
Landslides: 2008 Seichuan earthquake, China
Landslides: 2008 Seichuan earthquake, China
Dammed rivers: 2008 Seichuan earthquake, China
Cracked earthen dam: after 1994 Northridge earthquake
Slumped earthen dam: 1971 San Fernando earthquake
Slumped earthen dam: 1971 San Fernando earthquake Photo by Al Boost, taken from: Natural Disasters, by Patrick Abbot (used w/o permission)
Slumped earthen dam: 1971 San Fernando earthquake USGS Fact Sheet
Sand blow:
Sand blow in Rann southwest of Khadir Island. New salt marks area of vented water following the earthquake. Photograph by M. Tuttle
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