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1 Earthquake Hazards and Damage -Ground Motion -Ground Failure -Tsunamis -Fire/Infrastructure

2 Northridge, California Earthquake January 17, 1994 Magnitude 6.7 Ground Motion

3 Loma Prieta earthquake, October 17, 1989 Oakland, California Magnitude: 6.9

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5 Armenian Earthquake December 7, 1988 Spitak, Armenia Magnitude 6.9

6 1985 Mexico City: Steel Frame Building

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11 1985 Mexico City

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15 1985 Mexico Railroad System

16 San Francisco, CA, October 18, 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake Magnitude 6.9

17 Izmit (Kocaeli) earthquake, August 17, 1999 Izmit, Turkey Magnitude 7.4

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20 Imperial Valley, California, Earthquake October 15, 1979 Magnitude 6.5 Ground failure

21 Motagua, Guatemala February 4, 1976 Magnitude 7.5

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25 Government Hill School, March 27, 1964 Anchorage, Alaska Magnitude 9.2

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27 El Salvador January 13, 2001 Magnitude 7.6

28 Puget Sound, Washington May 2, 1996 Magnitude 5.3

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34 Alaska Earthquake March 27, 1964 Magnitude 9.2

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36 Niigata, Japan June 16, 1964 Magnitude 7.4

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38 Great Alaska Earthquake March 28, 1964 Valdez, Alaska Magnitude 8.4 Fire

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40 Alaska Earthquake March 28, 1964 Whittier, Alaska Magnitude 9.2 Tsunami

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42 Flores Island, Indonesia September 1, 1992 Magnitude 7.0

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44 Tectonic Setting USGS

45 Main shock and aftershocks ~1200 km of the plate boundary moved, max. displacement ~ 15 m (?, preliminary est.)

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47 Earthquake and Tsunami Damage, Banda Aceh, Sumatra

48 Earthquake and Tsunami Damage, Sri Lanka

49 Tsunami wave trough, Sri Lanka coast

50 Tsunami wave, Sri Lanka; note strong current

51 Banda Aceh, Sumatra, before tsunami http://geo-world.org/tsunami/

52 Banda Aceh, Sumatra, after tsunami Also: http://www.digitalglobe.com/http://www.digitalglobe.com/

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