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http://seismo.berkeley.edu/~horst/summer2016.html


24 May 16

HH Horst Rademacher

Lect 1: Class Organization Sources for EQ Information

Summer Session 2016

Class organization Instructor

Horst Rademacher - [email protected] Office hours: Tuesday 3-4 pm (after class)

Where: 213 McCone Hall or BSL Conference Room (2nd floor McCone)

Ask questions during class Interrupt me, when I am unclear or when you don’t understand something We are here to learn together

Wood engraving, Artist unknown, first printed in Camille Flammarion’s L'atmosphère: météorologie populaire , 1888

Class organization Communication

Website: http://seismo.berkeley.edu/~horst/summer2016.html

Syllabus

Lecture notes in pdf after each lecture

Homework assignments

Announcements

Resources: Suggested Reading, other EQ information

and…







Website: http://seismo.berkeley.edu/~horst/summer2016.html

… a questionnaire:

1. Why did you enroll in this class?

2. What do you expect to learn in this class?

3. Why are you interested in earthquakes?

4. Except for your current stay in the Bay Area, did you grow up or have you ever

lived in a seismically active area? If so, where?

5. Did you ever feel an earthquake? If so, where was it and what did you feel?

6. How did you react when you felt the earthquake?

Answer these questions in very brief essays, print out your answers and hand

them to me as hardcopy in class on Thursday, May 26. Don't forget to put your

name and student ID at the top of each page.







email: [email protected]

Send me an email with subject “register EPS20-Summer16”,

no text

Announcements will be sent to all registrants

snail mail: pigeon hole (mail box) at BSL, 2nd floor McCone, other end of building. Clearly marked EPS20

Notes, Homework, Questionnaire etc.

Class organization Expectations

1. Lecture attendance: T/T 12noon – 2:30pm in 265 McCone

Sign-up sheet for each lecture –

make sure you sign in for each class

This is important for seismic safety

in case of an EQ

Roll call

.

Class organization Expectations

2. Homework assignments: Several during the semester

• Assigned after subject of assignment is discussed

• Due dates on the syllabus

• Can be completed individually or in groups

You are encouraged to work together and discuss the problems, but then you should write down your own answers

• Assignments will be posted on course website

No late work will be accepted unless prior approval

No electronic submissions unless prior approval

Class organization Expectations 3. Field trip attendance and report

Field Trip: The Hayward Fault

When: probably 14 June, either during class or later that afternoon

What: 2-3 hour long walk

Where: Hearst Memorial Mining Building

Cal Memorial Stadium

Hamilton Gulch

Dwight Way

Field Trip Report – due one week after trip

Class organization Expectations 4. Seismicity report – Extra credit First 10 minutes of every Tuesday’s class, look at past week’s seismicity: discuss interesting events, EQ in the news, etc.

For California events: http://earthquakes.berkeley.edu

For global events: http://ds.iris.edu/seismon/ http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

http://ds.iris.edu/seismon/



Class organization Resources

Required Readings

Required reading will be posted to the web

Lecture notes

• PowerPoint slides (PDFs) will be on website

Suggested Reading

Textbook: "Earthquakes" (5th edition) by Bruce

Bolt. Published by Freeman.

Seismo Blog: http://seismo.berkeley.edu/blog/seismoblog.php

EQ Info on the web

more later in this class.

Class organization

Grading

25% - Midterm (9 June)

30% - Final (30 June)

20% - Field trip (14 June) & Report (due 21 June)

25% - Assignments

Extra Credit: Seismicity report

Getting help:

• My office hours Email Form your own study groups

Class organization

I have zero tolerance for cheating



HH Any

Questions?

Why does EPS offer this class?

2. teach you the basics about earthquakes, and tsunamis

1. fulfill undergraduate requirements in physical science

3. want you to be prepared for earthquakes and their aftermaths

Motivation

Seismic Safety I:

In case of an earthquake:

Do NOT run out of the room!

Seismic Safety II: In case of an earthquake:

2. After shaking stops exit this room calmly

3. Assemble on lawn in front of McCone Hall

4. Do not leave the area until roll is called



HH Any

Questions?

Why do I teach this class?

….in addition to the first three points…

4. to help you lose your fear of earthquakes – but respect them as a major force of nature

Motivation

5. to show that Earth Science is fun and…….

Hayward

Fault

we are here

McCone Hall

500 m = 3/10 mile

…….6. to show that we are sitting on a tectonic timebomb

Motivation

It doesn’t get more backyard than this

20 QuickTime™ and a GIF decompressor are needed to see this picture.

The Hayward Fault is the most dangerous EQ Fault in the Bay Area

Poster design Jennifer Taggart

Hayward Fault: No big EQ since 1868: Magnitude 6.8-7, Focus under Hayward

For the last 148 years tectonic stress is accumulating ……

…..the fault is ready

to go……

more on the Hayward Fault later in this class

and during the field trip June 14

UC Berkeley: The only major university in the world sitting right on top of a dangerous earthquake fault

Starting in 2003 UC spent a billion dollars to retrofit major buildings

Some of the best research institutions in earthquakes in the world are on campus:

…..and together we will ride out the Big One!



HH Any

Questions?

EQ and the Cyberworld How to get real time EQ

information from the Internet?

Local/Regional:

Northern California/

Nevada

http://seismo.berkeley.edu/

Twitter: @BerkeleySeismo



EQ and the Cyberworld

Local/Regional:

Southern

California:

http://www.scsn.org/

Twitter:

@CaltechQuake

How to get real time EQ information from the Internet?



https://twitter.com/CaltechQuake



World Wide:

Nation EQ Info Center: USGS

http://earthquake.usgs.gov

GFZ-Potsdam (Germany)

http://geofon.gfz-potsdam.de

European-Mediterranean

Seismological Center

http://www.emsc-csem.org

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

http://geofon.gfz-potsdam.de/




http://www.emsc-csem.org/





Japan/Asia:

Japanese

Meteorological

Agency:

http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake



Dozens of Smart phone apps:



HH Any

Questions?


How you can contribute to

earthquake science?

Participate in

Did you feel it?

EQ and the Cyberworld Did you feel it?

EQ and the Cyberworld Did you feel it? How it works


Did you feel it? How it works

Napa Oklahoma Napa

EQ and the Cyberworld Did you feel it? Scientific uses

Who has an Android phone?



How you can contribute to

earthquake science? My Shake



HH Any

Questions?

Thursday:

Please fill out questionnaire Introduction into course, "Earthquakes: The Basics", Primer on Plate Tectonics

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