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EARTHQUAKE
ENGINEERING
ENGR. SAIRAH JOY LABUGUEN
WEEK 2

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EARTHQUAKE
Earthquakes are vibration, or
oscillations, of the ground
surface caused by a transient
disturbance of the elastic or
gravitational equilibrium of
the rocks at or beneath the
surface of the earth.
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 INTERIOR OF EARTH
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B A RY S P H E R E ( c o r e ) -
densest central part of the Inner core
earth
Outer core
ASTHENOSPHERE
(mantle)- it is composed Lower Mantle
of hot, dense ultrabasic
igneous rock in plastic Upper Mantle
state.
LITHOSPHERE (crust)- Crust
thinnest outer solid
shell.
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CONVECTION CURRENTS
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12 MAJOR TECTONIC PLATE
➢ African
➢ Eurasian
➢ Indian
➢ Australian
➢ Arabian
➢ Philippines
➢ North American
➢ South American
➢ Pacific
TECTONIC PLATE ➢ Nazca
sliding of the earth’s mass ➢ Cocus
takes place in portion ➢ Antarctic 4 4
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BOUNDARIES
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CONVERGENT DIVERGENT TRANSFORM

(destructive margin) (constructive margin) (conservative margin)
-boundaries along which -rift or spreading zone -the lithosphere plates
the edge of one plate slide past each other
overrides the other. without any creation or
destruction

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CAUSES OF
EARTHQUAKES
& FAULTING
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NATURAL EARTHQUAKES are
classified as;
✓TECTONIC (relative
movement of plate)
✓PLUTONIC (deep-seated
changes)
✓VOLCANIC
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 ELASTIC REBOUND
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THEORY

• Gradual accumulation and sudden release of stress.

Type of
Faulting

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 PLATE TECTONIC
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THEORY

• The lithosphere is broken into plates that ride or floats

on the asthenosphere

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 CAUSES OF VOLCANIC
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EARTHQUAKE

• Earthquake induces by rising lava or magma beneath

active volcanoes.

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FAULTING &
SEISMIC ZONE
IN THE
PHILIPPINES 1111
NSCP Classifies the
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Philippines Archipelago into;

➢ ZONE 2- LOW seismic risk zone

• Province of Palawan (except
Busuanga)
• Sulu
• Tawi-Tawi

➢ ZONE 4- HIGH seismic risk zone

• Rest of the Phillipnes

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