LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE.
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Analysis of the October 1989 Northern California earthquake.... More...
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Paper Abstract:
Analysis of the October 1989 Northern California earthquake. Creation of the 7.1 magnifude quake by a slip in the San Andreas fault line. Depth of the quake. Occurrence of aftershocks and their magnitude. Areas of devastation; why some areas suffered greater damage than others. Landslides. Probability of a repeat high magnitude earthquake.
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1989 LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE
The 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake occurred at 5:04 PM on Tuesday, October 17, 1989. It was measured as a magnitude 7.1 on the Richter scale, a device utilized for measuring earthquake strength. It lasted about 20 seconds and was centered approximately 60 miles south of San Francisco. The tremor could be felt as far south as San Diego and as far east as Western Nevada. This earthquake was pinpointed along the San Andreas Fault line, long considered one of the most dangerous and active portions of the fault.
The famed San Andreas fault line runs along a northwesterly direction about 800 miles from the Gulf of California up to Cape Mendocino just north of San Francisco. This particular fault has been the source of many large quakes, including the 7.0 1838 quake on the Pen
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basically whatever was left of the html Another effect of the quake was the more this magnitude the Los Gatos to Watsonvillezone contains indeterminate to rupture and propagate to the ground surface to occur along this site again withinthe next edu marina index html Filling the Marina an measured as a magnitude on the Richter scale as San Diego and as far east asWestern the Gulf of California up to Cape Mendocino just northof well known and recorded magnitude magnitude in June and the recent in northeast of the California beach cityof Santa Cruz A strong a focal depth of miles For most A side issue related to earthquakes is the occurrence the area justnorth of Los Gatos near Highway that the zone rangessomewhere from to miles deep A magnitude Just within the week following the quake seismologists result in the horizontal slip of the ground on steep dip to the southwest within thearea of the in which wet sandysoil jiggles and is toward the water andthe surface shifts The Marina is height of the gold rush after Acouple of buildings the rubble from the downtown was brought over and the Marina was just a convenient place Highway for about a month Instead of the regular surface of the rugged topographyassociated with the area the thick soil for the area dictate that enough for caution toremain high R E F E R Quake
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