I talked about earthquake prediction and forecasting. No in-class activity today.
Category Archives: Earthquake History
Class Summary – 01Apr – EQ Effects on Landscapes
I talked about fault scarps, uplift and subsidence, landslides, and liquefaction. All earthquake-related hazards, and all provide clues to historic and pre-historic earthquakes in the landscape.
Students completed an in-class exercise related to Forecasting Landslides and Liquefaction (see Canvas).
Class Summary – 14 Mar (π-day) – Observing EQ: Seismic Intensity
I reviewed seismic intensity measures, older, but still relevant measures of the damage and impacts of earthquakes that provide one way to compare historic and modern earthquakes.
Students complete an in-class exercise related to the 2016 Pawnee, OK earthquake and the information available for significant earthquakes on the US Geological Survey web site.