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    ground goes up or down or

    Earthquake both sides move with one


    side going up and the other
    Effects and going down
    o Horizontal displacement –
    Hazard Map happens when there is lateral
    movement side to side

    Liquefaction
    What are the effects of the
    different earthquake hazards?  Transformation of the behavior of a
    Ground shaking body of sediments or soil form to
    liquid form. (DOST-PHIVOLCS)
     Caused by rapid vibration of the  Can cause sinking and/or tilting of
    ground. (DOST-PHIVOLCS) structure above it; sand boil;
     It can damage, fall or collapse fissuring
    buildings or structure resulted by
    shaking of the ground. Tsunami
     It is measured in terms of the
     Is a series of waves caused by an
    following:
    earthquake under the sea
    o Velocity
    (DOSTPHIVOLCS)
    o Acceleration  Can cause flooding, coastal erosion;
    o Frequency drowning of people and damage to
    o Duration properties.

    Ground rupture/Ground displacement Earthquake – induced landslides

     Deformation on the ground that  Down slope movements of rocks


    marks the intersection of the fault and other debris commonly triggered
    with the earth’s surface (DOST- by strong shaking (DOST-
    PHIVOLCS) PHIVOLCS)
     Can cause fissuring, displacement of  Can cause erosion, burial and
    the ground due to movement of the blockage of road and rivers
    fault.
     Ground rupture/Ground Earthquake – induced ground
    displacement Characteristic: subsidence
    o Length – depends on the
     Sinking or settling of the ground
    magnitude of an earthquake.
    surface due to various causes such
    o Width – the deformation
    as extraction of ground water and
    along the length of ground
    natural gas, mining and earthquakes
    rupture also largely depend
    (DOST-PHIVOLCS)
    on the type of faulting.
     Can caused ground subsidence, the
     Types:
    structures on the surface can tilt or
    o Vertical displacement –
    occurs when one side of the
    collapse due to weakened moved; a
    foundation few
    instances of
    fallen
    What is a hazard map and why plaster.
    Damage
    is it important to have a hazard slight.
    map in our community or even C Yellow Could Strong
    experience Shaking –
    in our house? strong damage
    Hazard map shaking. negligible in
    buildings of
     Maps that that show different good design
    hazards that may affect a certain and
    area. construction
    ; slight to
     Provide information to help people
    moderate in
    understand the risks of natural well – built
    hazards and to help mitigate ordinary
    disasters. structures;
     Indicate the extent of expected risk considerabl
    areas, and can be combined with e damage in
    disaster management information poorly built
    structures.
    such as evacuation sites, evacuation
    D0 Light Could Very strong
    routes, and so forth. Brown experience shaking –
    D1 Darker very strong damage
    Brown shaking (the slight in
    How do we interpret an D2 Darkes darker, the specially
    earthquake hazard map? t Brown stronger) designed
    structures;
    Seismic Design Categories (SDC) help us considerabl
    to interpret an earthquake hazard map. e damage in
    ordinary
    SD Map Earthquake Potential substantial
    C Color Hazard Effects buildings
    A White Very small with partial
    probability collapse;
    of damage
    experiencin great in
    g damaging poorly built
    earthquake structures.
    effects. E Red Near major Strongest
    B Gray Could Moderate active faults shaking –
    experience shaking— capable of damage
    moderate felt by all, producing considerabl
    shaking of many the most e in
    moderate frightened. intense specially
    intensity. Some heavy shaking designed
    furniture structures;
    may be frame
    structures
    thrown out
    of plumb.
    Damage
    great in
    substantial
    buildings,
    with partial
    collapse.
    Buildings
    shifted off
    foundations.
    Shaking
    intense
    enough to
    completely
    destroy
    buildings.

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