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Image: Mw6.6 Lushan China Earthquake, April 20 2013
Mw6.6 Lushan China Earthquake, April 20 2013
Mw6.6 Lushan China Earthquake, April 20 2013
Mw6.6 Lushan China Earthquake, April 20 2013

Life in a tent. A grandfather taking the baby outside the tent. The wall with shear crack behind him was their house which suffered serious damage.

 

Life in a tent. A grandfather taking the baby outside the tent. The wall with shear crack behind him was their house which suffered serious damage.

 

Image: Geologic Studies on Sitkinak Island, Alaska
Geologic Studies on Sitkinak Island, Alaska
Geologic Studies on Sitkinak Island, Alaska
Geologic Studies on Sitkinak Island, Alaska

Geologists extract a hand-driven core from 2-3 m depth on Sitkinak Island, Alaska. The cores contain peat with interbedded sand layers that record inundation of the coast by prehistoric tsunamis. (l-r: Peter Haeussler, USGS; Andrew Kemp, Tufts University; Alan Nelson, USGS)

Geologists extract a hand-driven core from 2-3 m depth on Sitkinak Island, Alaska. The cores contain peat with interbedded sand layers that record inundation of the coast by prehistoric tsunamis. (l-r: Peter Haeussler, USGS; Andrew Kemp, Tufts University; Alan Nelson, USGS)

Image: Earthwork in Parkfield
Earthwork in Parkfield
Earthwork in Parkfield
Earthwork in Parkfield

The earthwork in context of the small town of Parkfield, CA.

Image: Aerial Photo of Shake Table
Aerial Photo of Shake Table
Aerial Photo of Shake Table
Aerial Photo of Shake Table

Photo taken from a kite-lofted camera, showing the shake table and control bunker.

Image: View of the San Andreas Fault
View of the San Andreas Fault
View of the San Andreas Fault
View of the San Andreas Fault

View looking southeast along the surface trace of the San Andreas fault in the Carrizo Plain, north of Wallace Creek. Elkhorn Rd. meets the fault near the top of the photo.

View looking southeast along the surface trace of the San Andreas fault in the Carrizo Plain, north of Wallace Creek. Elkhorn Rd. meets the fault near the top of the photo.

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