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This document provides an introduction to earthquake engineering. It discusses how earthquakes originate from natural and human-induced phenomena like plate tectonics. There are different types of fault movements that cause earthquakes, such as strike-slip, normal-slip, and reverse slip faults. The document defines key earthquake terminology like hypocenter, epicenter, and focal depth. It also describes the different types of seismic waves like P waves, S waves, surface waves and how they are used to locate
- Author
- Abhishek Shatagopachari
- Language
- EN