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Earthquake Hazards images from the National Geophysical Data Center Natural Hazards Slide Sets

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1 Earthquake Hazards images from the National Geophysical Data Center Natural Hazards Slide Sets http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/image/hazardsimages.html

2 1989 Loma Prieta California earthquake magnitude 6.9 fire due to natural gas pipe breakage

3 1989 Loma Prieta CA ground fracture

4 1989 Loma Prieta CA structure damage I-880 double-deck freeway due to shaking

5 1964 Prince William Sound Alaska earthquake magnitude 9.2 second largest ever recorded structure damage due to ground displacement

6 1964 Alaska structure damage due to ground displacement (subsidence)

7 1964 Alaska ground displacement (uplift approx 8 feet)

8 1964 Niigata Japan earthquake magnitude 7.5 structure damage due to liquefaction

9 1960 Chile earthquake magnitude 9.5 largest ever recorded before and after ground displacement (subsidence)

10 1960 Chile earthquake tsunami damage hit Hilo Hawaii 15 hours after quake


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