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Pacific
Northwest
Seismicity
Tim Collins, P.E., G.E Senior Engineer Portland Water Bureau May 8, 2013
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Introduction – Plate Tectonics
95% of earthquakes occur along the edges of the interacting plates
Source: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&ved=0CBEQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eeri.org%2Flfe%2Fclearin
ghouse%2Fsumatra_tsunami%2Fpresentation%2FTsunami_FINAL_4-19-
05_novideo_website.ppt&ei=ZsWaS_HSJ5OysgPe1sWdAg&usg=AFQjCNFkoW2w14KrfRS4lPGW4l5tCSCpjg :
from Earthquakes by Bruce A. Bolt
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Earthquake Magnitudes
• Richter Scale (Charles Richter, 1934), ML
– Logrithmic
– Based on actual seismic record
• Mercalli Scale (Giuseppe Mercalli,1902)
– Observation scale based on witness accounts and
building damage
– Not considered scientific
• Moment Magnitude, MW
– Based on earthquake geometry, area of rupture X
fault offset
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Earthquake Frequency Magnitude
Earthquake Effects Estimated Number Each Year
2.5 or less Usually not felt, but can be recorded by seismograph.
900,000
2.5 to 5.4 Often felt, but only causes minor damage.
30,000
5.5 to 6.0 Slight damage to buildings and other structures.
500
6.1 to 6.9 May cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
100
7.0 to 7.9 Major earthquake. Serious damage.
20
8.0 or greater
Great earthquake. Can totally destroy communities near the epicenter.
One every 5 to 10 years
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Earthquake Movements
• Primary, P-waves
– Compressional
– Think sound waves
• Secondary, S-waves
– Shear waves
– Think Jello
• Surface, Raleigh waves
– Rolling waves
– Like at the beach
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Earthquake Time History
• Showing
different wave
types
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USA Earthquake Hazards
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• Crustal, Shallow
– Kobe, Christchurch, Northridge
• Intracrustal, Benioff
– Olympia
• Intercrustal, Subduction
– Sumatra, Chile, Japan
Northwest Seismic Sources
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Juan de Fuca
Plate Details
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North American
Plate Dynamics
• In PNW, plate is
bending around a
fixed point near
Penticton, British
Columbia.
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Plate Tectonic Map of the Pacific Northwest –
the “Cascadia” Region – 3 Earthquake Sources
Modified from 2010 issue of Cascadia, Oregon Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries
Crustal
Intraplate
Interplate
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Sketch of Earthquake Sources
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Crustal Earthquakes
• 0 – 5 km deep
• Short duration (less than a minute)
• County wide zone of impact
• Magnitude, Mw= 5.0 - 7.0
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Puget Sound Area Faults
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Oregon Faults
Department of Oregon Geology and Mineral Industries
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Portland Area Faults
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Time Record of Crustal Earthquake
15 seconds
M = 6.9 Loma Prieta
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Intraslab/Benioff Zone Earthquakes
• 45 – 60 km deep
• Moderate duration (few minutes)
• State wide impact
• Magnitude Mw = 6.0-7.5
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Intraslab Earthquakes
Most of the damaging earthquakes in Washingon have been of a
type called Wadati-Benioff, or just Benioff Zone earthquakes. Most
recently, we have had magnitude ~6.5—7 earthquakes in 1949,
1965, and 2001.
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Zone of Impact between Crustal
and Intraslab Earthquakes
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Time History of Intraplate Earthquake
M=6.8 Nisqually
25 seconds
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Subduction Zone Earthquakes
• 10 -30 km deep
• Long duration (many minutes)
• Region wide impact
• Long rupture zone
• Maximum magnitude Mw = 9.2
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Subduction Zone Earthquakes
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Vertical Slice through Subduction Zone
Source: http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/c1187/
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Between Earthquakes
Coast goes up
Seafloor goes down
Source: http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/c1187/
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During an Earthquake
Coast goes down
Seafloor goes up
Source: http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/c1187/
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/c1187/
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Comparison to Cascadia SZ and PacNW
M 9.0
Japan, 2011
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Subduction Zone Interface Earthquakes
Time History of Subduction Zone
Earthquakes
M 9.0 Tohoku, Japan 3 minutes
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Cascadia Subduction Zone
Earthquakes
20 earthquakes ruptured all of the subduction zone.
2 to 3 earthquakes ruptured three quarters of subduction zone.
19 earthquakes ruptured the southern half or quarter of the subduction zone.
Turbidites show how much of the subduction zone ruptured
in ~42 earthquakes over the last 10,000 years.
Mw
~9
500
yrs
Mw
8.5-8.8
430
yrs
Mw
8.5-8.3
320
yrs
Mw
7.6-8.4
240
yrs
(Modified from Goldfinger et
al. (in press) by adding
magnitude estimates and
some labels)
Recurrence
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Chris Goldfinger – Oregon State
Frequency of Cascadia Zone Earthquakes
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Earthquake Induced Phenomenon
• Strong Shaking
• Liquefaction
• Landslides
• Tsunami
• Fault Ruptures
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Questions
Thanks to:
Yumei Wang, DOGAMI
Timothy Walsh, Washington DNR
Allison Pyrch, Shannon and Wilson