Coverage For Quiz No7

Coverage for Quiz No.
By
Fernando Ma. D. Nolasco

Do the Due
• Google “hazard hunter ph georisk”

• Go to website or download app and follow the
instructions.
• On the map, locate your house in the city or
province; double-click on its location.
• Wait for the hazards assessment to finish.
• View and download the results then print out
the 6 page PDF document.
Do the Due
• Review the six-page PDF document which

will form part of your coming quiz.
• Define the terms liquefaction, base surge,
tsunami, etc.
• How many meters from a known active fault
line are needed for a margin of safety?
• Write the answers in your notebook.
Seismic Hazards
The Indian plate
crashes into the
Eurasian plate,
uplifting and
forming the
Himalaya mountain
range
High up in the
Himalayan
mountains are
snow and ice.
Snow melt from

the Himalayas
feed vast rivers.
The Tibetan plateau high up in the Himalayan

mountains is called the Water Tower of Asia
The Great Rivers
of Asia;
Yangtze
Yellow
Irrawaddy
Indus
Ganges
Mekong
and others…
The Great Rivers of Asia; snow melt from the

Himalayas feed these vast rivers.
Do the Due
What is the Tibetan plateau in the Himalayas
known as?
Which “Mission Impossible” film prominently
featured the Himalayan mountains as the
setting of an evil plot by the bad guys?
Describe briefly this evil plot.
Write the answers in your notebook.

May the Force Be with You
Force – any push or pull which can
cause a deformation or displacement
of rocks and rock layers.
When a force acts over an area of rocks

or rock layers, stress results.
Three Different Kinds of Stresses
Due to compressional, tensional and
shearing forces.
See p. 43
A
C
B
Object A is subjected to tensional stress.
Object B is subjected to compressional stress.
Object C is subjected to shearing stress.

Some rock layers are elastic enough to bend
and fold without breaking under compressive
forces
Some rock layers are brittle; they break
under sufficient force, resulting in a
fracture called a fault.
Definition of faulting and fault p. 43
Footwall = the part of a group of
rock layers that looks like the
boot of a robot
Normal faults are due to tensional tectonic
forces
????wall ???wall
Which is the footwall? the hanging wall?

Normal faults are due to tensional tectonic
forces….
Footwall Hanging wall
….the hanging wall moves downward relative to

the footwall.
Reverse faults are due to compressional
tectonic forces
????wall
????wall
Which is the footwall? the hanging wall?

Reverse faults are due to compressional
tectonic forces….
Hanging wall
Footwall
…the hanging wall moves upward relative to the

footwall.
Effects of Shearing Forces
Definition of dip-slip faults is on p. 43
Definition of strike-slip faults on p. 43

Dip slip faults
are due to
compressional and
tensional tectonic
forces
Strike slip faults are
due to shearing
tectonic forces
Strike-slip faults are caused by shearing
tectonic forces.
Right lateral strike-slip faults

Strike-slip faults are caused by shearing
tectonic forces.
Left lateral strike-slip faults

A
B
Which is the right lateral strike-slip fault?

A
B
Left lateral Right lateral

The boundary of two tectonic plates is the
source of earthquakes in India, Pakistan, China,
Tibet and Nepal.
The three types of
earthquake waves.
P- waves (primary waves) arrive first before
the S-waves(secondary waves) at a
seismograph station.
At least three locations plotted by

seismographs are needed to determine
the epicenter of an earthquake.
An earthquake occurs
Travelling at a specific
speed, the seismic
waves are picked up by
a seismic station
(located at the center of
the circle) over time
The radius of the circle

indicates the possible
location of the origin
but not its direction
The epicenter
Three seismic station
are needed to
determine the
epicenter of the
earthquake.
The Indian
Ocean
Tsunami of
Dec. 26, 2004.
Estimated
250, 000
deaths in
several
countries.
Do the Due
Using Google, differentiate earthquake
magnitude from earthquake intensity.

• The intensity of an earthquake at a location is
a number that characterizes the severity of
ground shaking at that location by considering
the effects of the shaking on people, on
manmade structures, and on the landscape.
• The Mercalli scale is used to describe the

intensity
Do the Due
Take a closer look at the list of items that
should go into a emergency kit or Go-bag.
What are some of the more unusual items
that are mentioned? What do you think is
the purpose of such item?

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Fernando Ma. D. Nolasco

• Google “hazard hunter ph georisk”

• Review the six-page PDF document which

Snow melt from

The Tibetan plateau high up in the Himalayan

The Great Rivers of Asia; snow melt from the

Write the answers in your notebook.

When a force acts over an area of rocks

Object B is subjected to compressional stress.

Object C is subjected to shearing stress.

Which is the footwall? the hanging wall?

Footwall Hanging wall

….the hanging wall moves downward relative to

Which is the footwall? the hanging wall?

…the hanging wall moves upward relative to the

Definition of strike-slip faults on p. 43

Right lateral strike-slip faults

Left lateral strike-slip faults

Which is the right lateral strike-slip fault?

Left lateral Right lateral

At least three locations plotted by

The radius of the circle

Write the answers in your notebook.

• The Mercalli scale is used to describe the

Write the answers in your notebook.

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