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Natural DisastersNatural Disasters
By: Patrick L. Abbott
Chapter 4Chapter 4
Some Earthquakes in Western North America
OverviewOverview
Subduction Zone EarthquakesSpreading-Center EarthquakesTransform Fault Earthquakes
CaliforniaHow Faults WorkThrust Fault Earthquakes in Southern
CaliforniaThe Big One
Subduction Zone Subduction Zone EarthquakesEarthquakes
The Good Friday Earthquake, Alaska, 1964
Mexico City, 1985 Earthquakes Don’t Kill, Buildings Do
Pacific Northwest, The Upcoming Earthquake Earthquake in 1700
Spreading-Center Spreading-Center EarthquakesEarthquakes
CharacteristicsPossible effectsMajor faults
Transform Fault Earthquakes Transform Fault Earthquakes in Californiain California
San Francisco, 1906San Andreas Fault Earthquakes
Neotectonics Paleoseismology
World Series (Loma Prieta) Earthquake, 1989 Earthquakes Don’t Kill, Buildings Do
Transform Fault Earthquakes Transform Fault Earthquakes in California (cont. )in California (cont. )
Marina District Interstate 880
Bay Area Earthquakes - Past and Future Three patterns
Kobe, Japan, 1995 vs. Oakland, California, 20??
How Faults WorkHow Faults Work
Old View Friction
Newer ViewLanders, California, 1992Southern San Andreas Fault
Thrust Fault Earthquakes in Thrust Fault Earthquakes in Southern CaliforniaSouthern California
Thrust faultsBlind thrustsGlobal Positioning System(GPS)Northridge, California, 1994
The Big OneThe Big One
Evaluation of hazardsFault systems
