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Chapter 3: Earthquakes
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Chapter 3: Earthquakes
What Causes Earthquakes?What Causes Earthquakes?Why Do Earthquakes Cause So Much Damage?Why Do Earthquakes Cause So Much Damage?How Do We Know Where Earthquakes Occur?How Do We Know Where Earthquakes Occur?What Kinds of Damage Can Earthquakes Cause?What Kinds of Damage Can Earthquakes Cause?
How Do We Know Which Way Rocks Move in Earthquakes?How Do We Know Which Way Rocks Move in Earthquakes?What is the Relationship Between EarthquakesWhat is the Relationship Between Earthquakes
Where Do Earthquakes Occur on a Global Scale?Where Do Earthquakes Occur on a Global Scale?
Can We Predict When Earthquakes Will Occur?Can We Predict When Earthquakes Will Occur?and Plate Tectonics?and Plate Tectonics?
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Elastic Rebound Theory of theCause of Earthquakes
Figure 3.2
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Focus and Epicentre of an Earthquake
Figure 3.4
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Particle Motion in Seismic Waves
Figure 3.5
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Simple Seismograph for DetectingVertical Rock Motion
Figure 3.6
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Seismograph for Horizontal Motion
Figure 3.7
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Intervals between P Waves,S Waves, and Surface Waves
Figure 3.8
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Travel-Time Curves Used to DetermineDistance to an Earthquake
Figure 3.9
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Locating an Earthquake
Figure 3.10
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Zones of Different Intensity from the1886 Charleston, SC, Earthquake
Figure 3.11
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Comparison of Earthquake Magnitude,Description, Intensity, and Expected
Annual World Occurrence
Table 3.2
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Relationship between Magnitude, Number, and Energy of Earthquakes
Figure 3.12
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Locations of Earthquakes 1977-1987
Figure 3.13
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Map of Seismic Hazardin North America
Figure 3.14
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Tsunamis
Figure 3.19
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Tsunami Travel Times
Figure 3.21
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World Distribution of Earthquakes
Figure 3.22Figure 3.22b
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Benioff Zone of Earthquakes
Figure 3.22
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Seismograms of First HorizontalMotion of Rocks Along a Fault
Figure 3.24
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Two Possible Solutions to SamePattern of First Motion
Figure 3.25
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Divergent Plate Boundaries
Figure 3.26
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Transform Boundaries
Figure 3.27
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Convergent Boundaries
Figure 3.28
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Earthquakes Caused by(A) Compression, and (B) Tension
Figure 3.29
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Distribution of Earthquakeswith Depth
Figure 3.30
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Descending PlateTearing into Segments
Figure 3.31
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Seismically Active Zonesof Eastern North America
Figure 3.32
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Earthquakes are Predictable from1-4 as Plate A Slides Diagonally
Under Plate B
Figure 3.33
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Plate Tectonics Regime ofthe Pacific Northwest
Box 3.3 – Figure 1
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Origin of Main Coastal Features asEvidence for Prehistoric Earthquakes
Box 3.3 – Figure 2
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Two Major Breaks onthe San Andreas Fault
Box 3.4 – Figure 1
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