ATM 200 - Natural Disasters

DVD – “Killer Quake”

Northridge, CA - 1994

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Friday, 16 October 2015

Daily Announcements:

1) EQ Homework Assignment to be completed today by 9:20 AM.

Song #1: “Earthquake” by Alison Lewis

Song #2: “You Shook Me All Night Long” by AC-DC

Text Source Today: Chapter 5 (p. 113-114)

· DVD – “Killer Quake”, NOVA, 1994 Notes Template

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To be answered while watching the DVD:

1) What year did the first large EQ occur in Los Angeles and about how many

years passed before the next large EQ occurred?

2) What is the name of the blind thrust fault that runs directly under downtown

Los Angeles?

3) How many miles of gas and water pipelines run under Los Angeles?

4) According to a study commissioned by the state (of California), if a 7 Mw EQ

occurs along the blind thrust fault from question #2 above, how many people

would be left homeless?