Relate earthquake activity to plate tectonics. Distinguish between earthquake intensity and magnitude. Explain how earthquakes cause damage to buildings and other structures. Review some current methods of earthquake prediction. Review Questions Review material presented during the first week of class.
Static deformation is the permanent displacement of the ground due to the event.
The earthquake cycle progresses from a fault that is not under stress, to a stressed fault as the plate tectonic motions driving the fault slowly proceed, to rupture during an earthquake and a newly-relaxed but deformed state. This more detailed exposition should enhance your understanding of seismic waves. Think of these waves as a bundle of information. Techniques from the broad field of signal processing are applied to extract information about the processes that interacted to produce and modify the waves. Maybe your fears, palpable then, have been reactivated now, and you have vowed, finally, to do something to protect your house and family.