Seismogenic (Earthquakes)
GH0001

Earthquake

Earthquake is a term used to describe both sudden slip on a fault, and the resulting ground shaking and radiated seismic energy caused by the slip, or by volcanic or magmatic activity, or other sudden stress changes in the Earth (USGS, no date).
Seismogenic (Earthquakes)
GH0002

Ground Shaking (Earthquake)

Earthquake ground shaking is the movement of the Earth’s surface produced by seismic waves that are generated when an earthquake occurs (adapted from USGS, no date).
Seismogenic (Earthquakes)
GH0003

Liquefaction (Earthquake Trigger)

Soil liquefaction occurs when soil is transformed from a solid to a liquid state as a result of increased pore pressure and reduced effective stress. It is typically caused by rapid loading of the soil during earthquake shaking (AGI, 2017).
Seismogenic (Earthquakes)
GH0004

Earthquake Surface Rupture, Fissures, and Tectonic Uplift/Subsidence

Earthquake surface ruptures and fissures are localised ground displacements that develop during and immediately after an earthquake, where the fault which hosted the earthquake intersects the Earth’s surface. Surface ruptures represent the upward continuation of fault slip at depth, while fissures are smaller displacements, or more distributed deformation in and around the rupture area (adapted from USGS, no date and PNSN, no date).

Seismogenic (Earthquakes)
GH0005

Subsidence and Uplift, Including Shoreline Change (Earthquake Trigger)

Tectonic uplift and subsidence are the distributed vertical permanent ground deformations (warping) that result from earthquake displacements on a dipping (inclined) fault (Styron, 2019). This includes changes to the shoreline as a result of uplift and subsidence.
Seismogenic (Earthquakes)
GH0006

Tsunami (Earthquake Trigger)

Tsunami is the Japanese term meaning wave (‘nami’) in a harbour (‘tsu’). It is a series of travelling waves of extremely long length and period, usually generated by disturbances associated with earthquakes occurring below or near the ocean floor (IOC, 2019).
Seismogenic (Earthquakes)
GH0007

Landslide or Debris Flow (Earthquake Trigger)

Landslide is the downslope movement of soil, rock and organic materials under the effects of gravity, which occurs when the gravitational driving forces exceed the frictional resistance of the material resisting on the slope. Landslides could be terrestrial or submarine (Varnes, 1978).
Seismogenic (Earthquakes)
GH0008

Ground Gases (Seismogenic)

Ground gases generated in the ground from magma (molten or semimolten natural material derived from the melting of land or oceanic crust) include carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide, hydrogen sulphide and hydrogen halides (adapted from IVHHN, 2020 and USGS, no date).

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