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	Lucy Jones: Living with Earthquakes in Southern California

  Living with Earthquakes in Southern California

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Living with Earthquakes in Southern California	Summary of Presentation (37 seconds)
-What is an Earthquake? -Earthquake Terminology: Strike Slip faults -Hector Mine Aerial photos -Dip-Slip Faults -Tehachapi Earthquake Fault Scarp
-Rupture Surface and Earthquake Size -Magnitude -Bigger Faults Make Bigger Earthquakes -Magnitude = Time -Total Slip in the M7.3 Landers Earthquake -Slip on an earthquake fault Start -Bigger Earthquakes Last a Longer Time	Larger Magnitude Earthquakes are on Longer Faults and Last Longer (8 minutes, 55 seconds)
-Consequences of "Ripple in a Rug"	Why Predicting Earthquakes is Impossible (1 minutes, 16 seconds) Our Fear of Earthquakes (2 minutes, 33 seconds)
-What Controls the Level of Shaking? -Magnitude 7.1 vs. Magnitude 4.1 -Trinet Intensity Map for Northridge -Undamaged Buildings on the fault -Damage at Great Distance -Earthquake Forecasting -Know our Faults -Expected Earthquake Shaking
Living with earthquakes without prediction	Living with earthquakes without prediction (2 minutes)
-What Is My Risk in an Earthquake? -Non-structural Hazard -Computers -Heavy Furniture -Lights -Kitchens and Labs -Dangerous Objects -Earthquake Drills

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