NS 200_VENTURA

This refers to the waves of energy caused by the sudden breaking of rock within the earth or an explosion.

• Tremors

• Earthquake

• Mechanical Waves

• Seismic Waves

There are many different ways to measure different aspects of an earthquake. Which scale is used to measure the earthquake’s size or magnitude?

• Richter Scale

• Modified Mercailli

• Volcanic Explosivity Index

• Geological Scale

Any given earthquake produced by slip along a fault can produce a number of hazards which includes:

 

• Fire

• Liquefaction

• Epidemic

• Tsunamis

• All of these.

Technological hazards originate from which of the following?

• Technological conditions

• Dangerous Procedures

• Infrastructure Failures

• Specific Human Activities

• All of These.

A measure of its strength and is an indication of how destructive it can be.

The degree of quantity describing the severity of an earthquake in terms of its effects on the earth’s surface and on humans and their structures.

The process of identifying the spatial variation of hazard events or physical conditions (ex., potential ground shaking, steep slopes, flood plains, and hazardous materials sites).

Mathematical functions or equations relating the hazard variables used are formulated or adopted to quantify the hazard.

• Qualitative

• Quantitative

• Probabilistic

• Deterministic

Uses expert opinion in ranking in relative terms such as the intensity or probability of occurrence of a hazard event.

• Qualitative approach

• Deterministic approach

• Probabilistic approach

• Quantitative approach

It provides an objective estimate of the probability of each hazard affecting an area or region by considering past record of events

• Qualitative approach

• Deterministic approach

• Probabilistic approach

• Quantitative approach