Disaster Management · M2 · read-chapter
Earthquakes
M2 PPT pp 35–72 · syllabus units 1–2
- How an earthquake starts: plates, faults, focus and epicentre
- Plate boundaries and earthquake classifications
- P, S, Love and Rayleigh waves; the seismograph
- Magnitude and intensity: the most important distinction
- Magnitude comparisons: powers, logarithms and three solved examples
- Seismic moment and moment magnitude: units first
- Earthquake effects and why buildings fail
- Earthquake preparedness, response, recovery and cordons