“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)
Earthquake retro-fitting on a bridge over the Willamette river, Oregon.
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
From: Natural Disasters, by Patrick Abbot (used w/o permission)
A 2-dimensional seismic gap
From: Natural Disasters, by Patrick Abbot (used w/o permission)
Building at USGS Menlo Park, retro-fitted to be earthquake-resistant Photo by Donald Hyndman, taken from: Natural Hazards and Disasters by Hyndman & Hundman (used w/o permission)
Photo by Patrick Abbot, taken from: Natural Disasters, by Patrick Abbot (used w/o permission)
techniques_for_earthquake_resistance.html
From: Natural Disasters, by Patrick Abbot (used w/o permission)
CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF ACTIVE VOLCANISM (CSAV) OUTREACH
From: Natural Disasters, by Patrick Abbot (used w/o permission)