News tagged with hazard zones
Tohoku grim reminder of potential for Pacific Northwest megaquake
Tohoku earthquake is a grim reminder of the potential for another strong-motion mega-earthquake along the Pacific Northwest coast, geophysicist John Anderson of the University of Nevada, Reno told members of the American ...
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Feb 21, 2012 |
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New liquefaction hazard maps of Santa Clara Valley, Northern California
New hazard maps for communities from San Jose to Palo Alto in Northern California delineate the probability of earthquake-induced liquefaction, based on three scenarios: a magnitude 7.8 on the San Andreas ...
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Jan 27, 2009 |
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Off the shelf maps help mitigate volcanic hazards
(PhysOrg.com) -- When volcanoes erupt, pinpointing the regions at high risk for lethal hazards and deciding whether or not to evacuate a resistant population comprise the most difficult problems faced by hazards ...
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Jan 21, 2009 |
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Tsunami evacuation buildings: another way to save lives in the Pacific Northwest
Some time soon, a powerful earthquake will trigger a massive tsunami that will flood the Pacific Northwest, destroying homes and threatening the lives of tens of thousands of people, says Yumei Wang, a geotechnical ...
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Oct 19, 2009 |
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Late Pleistocene structural evolution of the Camarillo fold belt
The Camarillo fold belt (CFB) in the Western Transverse Ranges poses a significant seismic hazard to nearly one million people living in Southern California, yet few published geologic or geochronological data from this fold ...
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Mar 28, 2012 |
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