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38°. google: cisn shakemap nc http://www.cisn.org/shakemap/nc/shake/. 37.5°. 37°. 123°. 122°. 121°. The Next Bay Area Earthquake. What to expect. What is the Hazard in San Jose?. Dr. John Boatwright, Bay Area Earthquake Alliance Co-Chair - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Next Bay Area Earthquake
What to expectWhat is the Hazard in San Jose?Dr. John Boatwright, Bay Area Earthquake Alliance Co-Chair
Co-Regional Coordinator for Northern California US Geological Survey
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“We need to correct our style of architecture … to work a savings of untold sums of money in the future” - San Jose Mercury News
October 29, 1868
Hayward Earthquake
1868
San Francisco
1906
1989
Loma Prieta
Bay Area Earthquake History
1600-2000 A.D.
Cum
ulat
ive
M0,
dyn
e-cm
Moment Accumulation in the SF Bay Region
In the next 30 years there is a 63% prob-ability, nearly a 2/3rds chance, of an M6.7 or larger earthquake in the greater Bay Area. Hazard is highest in the East Bay due to the larger number of faults there, including the Hayward fault.(UCERF2 Report, 2007)
2007-2036
21%
31%
6%
3%
1%
3%63%
7%
11%
M ≥ 6.7
Hazard is highest in the East Bay due to the larger number of faults including theHayward Fault.
1868 Hayward
Earthquake
this ShakeMapis based on
damage reports-there were only
260,000 people in the Bay Area
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-121.5° -121°
the shakingwas strongest in San Leandro and Hayward
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Hayward Fault Earthquake:The Infrastructure Earthquake
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Animation of Shaking from a M7.0 on the Hayward FaultSan Leandro Epicenter
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/simulations/hayward/
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Losses by county - M7.0 scenario
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Solano
Sonoma
Santa Clara
Santa Mateo
San Francisco
Marin
Contra Costa
Alameda
$0 $40B $80 $100
Economic Loss ($Billions)
What will happen in the next large earthquake?
• Soft-Story Damage & Failures
• Fire Following Earthquake
Soft-Story Buildings
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soft-story retrofits in San Francisco are still voluntary
rather than mandatory
1989 Favorable Fire Conditions
caused by soft-story failure