THE NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE

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THE NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE

• By Luis Miranda
• Period6
• Date 1/22/06

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WHAT THE DAMAGES?

• FREEWAYS?
• BUILDINGS?
• PARKING STRUCTURES?

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FREEWAYS

• The I-5 (Golden State) and I-210 (Foothills)
  Freeway Exchange. There was damage to both
  roadway and structures on the completed portion
  of this freeway, from its intersection with Route
  5 to the Maclay Street separation. Throughout
  this section the freeway appeared to settle on a
  somewhat uniform grade line. The settling was
  especially noticeable at the bridges, where it
  varied from 6 to 24 inches. Pavement was buckled
  and broken for several hundred feet on each side
  of the damaged structures. Structural damage
  varied, from minor damage to wing walls and slope
  paving, to rotation and settlement of abutments,
  splaying and cracking of columns, displacement of
  wing walls, and contortion of the sides of fills.
  Street sections beneath the various
  under-crossings suffered damage to curbs,
  sidewalks, slope paving, and roadway sections.
  Photo Credit E.V. Leyendecker, U.S. Geological
  Survey

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FREEWAYS
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FREEWAYS
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BUILDINGS
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BUILDINGS
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BUILDINGS
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TOWERS
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TOWERS
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TOWERS
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