Earthquake Hazards

Question 1

Liquefaction

Answer 1

Violently shaken soils with huge water content lose mechanical strength and become fluid

Question 2

Landslides and avalanches

Answer 2

Slope failure due to shaking

Question 3

Tsunamis associated with a sea-bed lift and underwater landslides

Answer 3

Drawn down waves

Trough forming in the front of the tsunami where sea level is reduced

Then the tsunami comes

Question 4

Flooding

Answer 4

Triggers tsunamis

Destroys dams

Lowered protective levees

Question 5

Displacement

Answer 5

Vertical and horizontal movement

Severity depends on earthquake magnitude, distance from the epicentre and geology