Geologic hazards

A Geologic Hazard is one of several types of adverse geologic conditions capable of causing damage or loss of property and life. These hazards can consist of active fault (fault exhibiting recent movement or seismic activity), fault rupture (displacement of the ground along a fault), landslide (lateral displacement of earth materials on a slope or hillside), rock falls (tumbling down of rock masses), rock slides, debris flows, mudflows (landslides consisting of soft and wet earth materials), avalanches, volcanic eruptions, ash falls, thermal springs, earthquakes, liquefaction (settlement of the ground in areas underlain by loose saturated fine sand and silt during an earthquake event), seismically induced settlement, settlement (ground settlement due to consolidation of compressible soils or due to collapseable soils), ground subsidence, sea caves, sinkholes, voids, erosion, heave, displacement, collapse, burial or inundation, or other conditions due to geologic, seismic, tectonic forces and movements. Sometime the hazard is instigated by man on by the careless location of developments or construction in which the conditions were not taken into account.

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Geologic - Hazard - Active fault - Fault rupture - Landslide - Rock fall - Rock slide - Debris flow - Mudflow - Avalanche - Volcanic eruptions - Ash fall - Thermal spring - Earthquake - Liquefaction - Seismically induced settlement - Settlement - Subsidence - Sea cave - Sinkhole - Void - Erosion - Heave - Displacement - Collapse - Geologic - Seismic - Tectonic

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