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New Zealand endured one of its worst disasters on the 22nd of February 2011 when a magnitude Mw6.2 earthquake struck the city of Christchurch. Today the city is substantially rebuilt with low-rise, seismically resilient materials and construction techniques #EarthquakeEngineering

💧🌏 Greg Cocks Aug 26, 2025

Video Shows Pulsing and Curving Fault Behavior
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2025EO250307 <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1785/0320250024 <-- shared paper
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https://youtu.be/77ubC4bcgRM?si=9Rbmj3uRg-BLaVfP <-- shared video
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"A chance video captured a fault rupture during March’s devastating [Burma] earthquake, delivering real-time evidence of how major seismic tremors propagate..."
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Engineers Heaven Jun 20, 2025

🌍 What is Seismic Engineering?
Did you know buildings can be designed to dance with earthquakes instead of collapsing?
Seismic Engineering is the science that helps protect structures and save lives during seismic events.

👉 Discover the full story here: https://www.engineersheaven.org/forum/topic/58

#SeismicEngineering #EarthquakeEngineering #DisasterPrevention #CivilEngineering #StructuralDesign #EngineeringInnovation #EngineersHeaven #STEMeducation #FutureOfEngineering

What is Seismic Engineering? at Engineers Heaven Q & A

A Scope of Work and Definition along with its Brief History. ,

Engineers Heaven

💧🌏 Greg Cocks Sep 9, 2024

More Faults, More Resolution, More Features - The New Zealand Active Faults Database Webmap Gets A Major Upgrade
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https://www.gns.cri.nz/news/more-faults-more-resolution-more-features-the-nz-active-faults-database-webmap-gets-a-major-upgrade/ <-- shared technical article
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https://data.gns.cri.nz/af/ <-- New Zealand Active Faults home page/ webmap
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatiotemporal #fault #faulting #NewZealand #earthquake #geology #risk #hazard #groundsurface #webmap #record #database #surfacetrace #geomorphology #geomorphmetry #NZAFD #infrastructure #earthquakeengineering #engineeringgeology #planning #urbanplanning #regulations #geotechnical #landuse #permits #slip #frequency #riskassessment #GNS
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More faults, more resolution, more features | GNS Science | Te Pῡ Ao

The webmap now includes a high-resolution (1:10,000 scale or better) active fault surface trace layer for some regions – 25 times greater resolution than the…

GNS Science | Te Pῡ Ao

💧🌏 Greg Cocks Aug 2, 2024

Imaging Below The Surface Reveals One Of Los Angeles's Webs Of Faults
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https://phys.org/news/2024-07-imaging-surface-reveals-los-angeles.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2023AV001155 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #sonar #model #modeling #engineeringgeology #geophysics #geology #earthquake #fault #faulting
#risk #hazard #spatialanalysis #LosAngles #California #USA #slip #PalosVerdesFault #seismology #seismic #earthquakeengineering #displacement #offset #fluids #water #hydrology #propogation #seismichazard #naturalhazards

Imaging below the surface reveals one of Los Angeles's webs of faults

A major fault is often surrounded by a web of secondary faults created as the forces that cause slip deform nearby rocks. This damage zone can act as a record of fault activity, but what we can learn from it—such as how the fault may behave during future earthquakes—has not been fully explored.

Phys.org

💧🌏 Greg Cocks Feb 27, 2024