SIO15 Lecture 05: Earthquakes and Plate BoundariesEarth; Portrait Planet, 2nd Edition Copynght W.W....
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SIO15 Lecture 05: Earthquakes and Plate BoundariesLeftovers from Lecture 4Announcements
Plate Boundaries and Earthquakes
Earthquakes in Subduction Zones
The Wadati-Benioff Zone The Deepest Earthquakes
Intraplate EarthquakesNew Madrid 1811/12
The Largest Earthquakes
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Parameters of an Earthquake along a Fault (see class website)
Analogy between Plate Boundaries and Earthquake Types
Normal EventsReverse and Thrust Events
Shallow and Blind Thrust Events
Strike-slip Events
Earthquake Magnitudes
Mercalli Intensity Richter Magnitude Moment Magnitude
Earthquake Statistics
see short video 5b
Earthquake Types see short video 5a
An Earthquake along a Fault (see class website)
Induced Seismicity
Divergent Plate Boundary Convergent Plate Boundary
Transform Plate Boundaryvery dangerous
Seismicity in Oklahoma