Lecture: Introduction to Seismology and Ground Motion Parameters
Lecture: Introduction to Seismology and Ground Motion Parameters
Lecture: Introduction to Seismology and Ground Motion Parameters
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GSC415 Winter 2013<br />
Engineering Geology II<br />
Mitigation: Earthquake Engineering<br />
• Haiti earthquake, 2010:<br />
M7.0, 230,000 deaths<br />
• New Zeal<strong>and</strong> earthquake,<br />
2010: M7.1, 0 deaths<br />
Great earthquake disasters<br />
occur where high population<br />
density, earthquakes, <strong>and</strong><br />
poor construction coincide.<br />
2/18/13 Cal Poly Pomona<br />
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