💧🌏 Greg CocksDec 16, 2024
Here’s How Earthquakes Are Measured
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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/us/earthquakes-measured-magnitude-richter-scale.html <-- shared media article
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https://www.usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-hazards/earthquake-magnitude-energy-release-and-shaking-intensity <-- shared technical article
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[I have experienced a number of earthquakes, including the 2001 Nisqually earthquake when I lived in Western Washington State.]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #earthquakes #seismology #magnitude #momentmagnitude #energy #geology #engineeringgeology #risk #hazard #scale #fault #faulting #Richter #logarithmic #rupture #engineering #buildingstandards #seismic #seismometers #shaking #quake #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #infrastructure
Here’s How Earthquakes Are Measured

What does “moment magnitude” mean, and how do scientists determine the strength of a rupture in the earth?

The New York Times
TATuPDec 13, 2024

Out now: TATuP's winter issue in 2024 🎄 on "Material transitions in architecture and construction: Social implications, appropriation, and outcomes for sustainability". 🏗️ 📐

Find all articles #openaccess at ➡️ https://www.tatup.de/index.php/tatup/issue/view/182

Many thanks 🙏 to our special topic editors Cordula Kropp and Simon Aicher & to all the authors!

#technologyassessment #materialtransition #buildingmaterials #buildingstandards #sustainableconstruction @KIT_Karlsruhe @ITAS_KIT

Vol. 33 No. 3 (2024): Material transitions in architecture and construction: Social implications, appropriation, and outcomes for sustainability | TATuP - Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis

Boutros CarringBushJan 17, 2024

@msdropbear42 Hmmm - the sector is captive to the vested interests of developers, builders, various industry associations / bodies & local councils - protection for consumers and tenants comes a very distant last. The various state governments pay lip service to strengthening legislation including penalties and other measures. I’ve given up trying to get my builder to fix poor workmanship - the time, effort, stress & costs of going to civil / administrative tribunals is prohibitive & the potential for a positive outcome is limited.

We are at the bottom of the food chain still, again…#BuildingStandards #consumerprotection #Defects