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.
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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.
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)
The earthwork in context of the small town of Parkfield, CA.
The earthwork in context of the small town of Parkfield, CA.
Photo taken from a kite-lofted camera, showing the shake table and control bunker.
Photo taken from a kite-lofted camera, showing the shake table and control bunker.
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.
Earthquake-triggered landslide on south coast of Haiti near village of Nan Diamant.
Earthquake-triggered landslide on south coast of Haiti near village of Nan Diamant.
Life in a tent. Family members having lunch together.
Life in a tent. Family members having lunch together.