Seismic hazards are effects of an earthquake that may affect the normal activities of people.
This includes:
- Surface faulting.
- Ground shaking.
- Landslides.
- Liquefaction, where water-saturated ground acts as a fluid.
- Tectonic (rock) deformation.
- Subsidence.
- Lateral spreading.
- Tsunamis.
- Seiches, movement of a closed body of water, such as a lake, swimming pool, or fuel storage tank.
- Volcanoes.
- Delta failure.
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