San Andreas Fault

Question 1

October 17th 1989

Answer 1

6.9

Epicentre @ Loma Prieta

5.04pm - on roads (vulnerable) + 60,000 baseball game

15 seconds

Marina Distrcit (gentrified on reclaimed soil = liquefaction)
= anomaly, rich suffering

63 killed

3757 injured

Question 2

1906

Answer 2

30,000 killed

Unconsolidated material

BUT Cyprus Freeway still built on this land
= population pressure
= land values
= ignoring potential vulnerability

Question 3

Background

Answer 3

W coast S America, California

North American + Pacific plate

1300km

20,000 tremors a year
= know how to respond
= reduced significance