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Category Archives: Earthquakes
Projections for Future Greenhouse Gas Reductions
The first rule of the Energy Futures Club is that there are no rules, but you can talk about it all you want. You would think that with power plants that last 60 or more years, and that take a … Continue reading
UC Irvine Forum Talk by Lisa Grant Ludwig of UCI on the Earthquake Problem
These are my notes on the UC Irvine Forum given by Lisa Grant Ludwig, Professor of Public Health at UCI, on Dec. 12, 2012. The title was: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Solving the Earthquake Problem (The slides from part of … Continue reading
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Sea Level Rise Risks in Newport Beach CA, New York NY, Foster City CA, Tampa FL, and Point Pleasant NJ
I came across an interesting article in the New York Times on September 10 by Mireya Navarro about area planners contemplating how to strenghten the city to the risk of sea level rise and storms. Clearly everyone in the area … Continue reading
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Talk by Mr. Yasutel Yamada at UC Irvine from the Skilled Veterans Corps for Fukushima
John Whiteley sponsored this talk for his class along with the Environmental Institute October 29, 2012 First John showed a short film on the Sendai earthquake and tsunami by NHK World Film. Some notes from the film follow. The … Continue reading
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Earthquake Anticipation and Preparedness
It is not well known, but the magnitude 9.0 Tohoku earthquake in Japan was preceeded by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake two days earlier in the same region. It is often said that earthquakes cannot be predicted, and mostly do not … Continue reading
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Response to Fukushima, Lecture by Dennis Silverman, UC Irvine
I gave a lecture on May 3, 2012 to the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UC Irvine titled Response to Fukushima. It covers the responses to date from Japan, the US, and other countries. It also focuses on the two nuclear … Continue reading
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San Joaquin Hills Blind Thrust Fault Scenario
In this area we experienced a sharp 3.9 magnitude earthquake on Monday morning, April 23, at 10:37 AM. According to the LA Times this could have been on the San Joaquin Hills blind thrust fault, with epicenter around Dana Point. … Continue reading
Newport Inglewood Magnitude Probability Maps
Using the USGS site, I generated maps relevant to the question of the probability of occurence of high magnitude quakes on the Newport-Inglewood fault, and coincidentally all of the other faults. The maps are centered on UC Irvine, just because … Continue reading
Earthquakes, Wind, Fire and Water
In recently thinking about earthquakes, I recalled that the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake did a lot of its damage from the subsequent fires, which day after day burned their way around the city unchecked. In considering how to be safe … Continue reading
Newport-Inglewood Faulty Fault Information
Some anti-nuclear sites are using an earthquake map from the LA Times on April 28, 2010 that show the Newport-Inglewood fault in red, indicating an earthquake potential of 7.5 – 8.0. I didn’t know whether to flee first, or take … Continue reading