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USC Civil & Environmental Engineering St. Andreas Fault Right-Lateral Strike-Slip Faults Location: Carrizo Plain area, San Luis Obispo County, California.

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1 USC Civil & Environmental Engineering St. Andreas Fault Right-Lateral Strike-Slip Faults Location: Carrizo Plain area, San Luis Obispo County, California. Photo credit: R.E. Wallace, U.S. Geological Survey. Surface Rupture

2 USC Civil & Environmental Engineering El Progresso, Guatemala February 4, 1976 left-lateral strike-slip fault Plastic Deformation Saturated unconsolidated deposits

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4 USC Civil & Environmental Engineering Earthquake of February 4, 1976, Guatemala

5 USC Civil & Environmental Engineering Gulf of Alaska, 1964 8.5R

6 USC Civil & Environmental Engineering Guatemala February 4, 1976 San Francisco, April 18, 1906 offset 2.6 m

7 USC Civil & Environmental Engineering LIQUEFACTION-DIFFERENTIAL SETTLEMENTS Niigata, Japan. June 16, 1964, 7.4

8 USC Civil & Environmental Engineering GROUND DEFORMATION- DIFFERENTIAL SETTLING Earthquake of July 29, 1967, Caracas, Venezuela.

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11 USC Civil & Environmental Engineering Collapsed Cypress section of Interstate 880 the 1989 Loma Prieta (California)

12 USC Civil & Environmental Engineering Northridge 1994 Parking garage at California State University

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19 USC Civil & Environmental Engineering Collapse of Freeway in 1989 Loma Prieta, CA Earthquake (7.1R)

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