Introduction to Earthquake Engineering

Past major earthquakes

Dr. Swagata Banerjee Basu

IIT Bombay
Pictures and schematic demonstrations used in this
presentation are gathered from several online sources
and printed materials. These pictures are intended for
academic illustration purposes only and are not meant to
be copied and used otherwise.

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Picture courtesy Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program
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Picture courtesy wikipedia
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Picture courtesy USGS
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Picture courtesy USGS
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 Location Year Magnitude
1 Chile 1960 9.5
2 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake 1964 9.2
3 Off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra 2004 9.1
4 Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan 2011 9
5 Kamchatka 1952 9
6 Offshore Maule, Chile 2010 8.8
7 Off the Coast of Ecuador 1906 8.8
8 Rat Islands, Alaska 1965 8.7
9 Northern Sumatra, Indonesia 2005 8.6
10 Assam - Tibet 1950 8.6
11 Off the west coast of northern Sumatra 2012 8.6
12 Andreanof Islands, Alaska 1957 8.6
13 Southern Sumatra, Indonesia 2007 8.5
14 Banda Sea, Indonesia 1938 8.5
15 Kamchatka 1923 8.5
16 Chile-Argentina Border 1922 8.5
17 Kuril Islands 1963 8.5

Source - USGS
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1971 San Fernando earthquake

Picture courtesy - wikipedia

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1994 Northridge earthquake

Picture courtesy - wikipedia

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1995 Kobe earthquake

Picture courtesy - wikipedia

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1989 Loma Prieta earthquake 1994 Northridge earthquake

Picture courtesy - wikipedia

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1971 San Fernando earthquake 1995 Kobe earthquake

Picture courtesy - wikipedia

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1996 North Palm Springs earthquake 1995 Kobe earthquake

Picture courtesy - wikipedia

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1994 Northridge earthquake 1983 Coalinga earthquake

Picture courtesy - wikipedia

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2001 Nisqually Earthquake

Picture courtesy - wikipedia

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2001 Nisqually Earthquake

Picture courtesy - wikipedia

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2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami and 2011 Japan Earthquake Causes Tsunami

Picture courtesy - wikipedia

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1994 Northridge earthquake

Picture courtesy - www.theatlantic.com

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2011 Christchurch earthquake 2001 El Salvador earthquake

Picture courtesy - wikipedia

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 Provides principles and procedures for planning, analysis and
design of structures
Promotes ideas to develop earthquake resistant structures

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 Identification of locations and sources (i.e., earthquake-prone
regions)
Determination of the probable size of future earthquakes
Seismic propagation and estimation of seismic intensity at
structural sites (i.e., seismic forces)
Dynamic analysis and design of structures
Improve component/system design to resist seismic load (i.e.,
seismic retrofit)

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