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Title Comment Keywords
The Threat of Earthquakes 16:59 - 17:53 (00:54) / 1.6 MB earthquake, "San Francisco", "Loma Prieta Earthquake", "Santa Cruz", "earthquake prediction"
Loma Prieta earthquake 02:37 - 03:26 (00:49) / 0.6 MB "Loma Prieta Earthquake", earthquake, "San Francisco Bay Area", "Santa Cruz"
Small Earthquakes 11:20 - 11:51 (00:31) / 0.8 MB "William Bakun", earthquake, magnitude, energy, "Loma Prieta Earthquake"
Quakes and Trembles 12:10 - 13:44 (01:34) / 0.7 MB "Loma Prieta Earthquake", earthquake
Living With the Earth: The Loma Prieta Earthquake 30 minutes / n.a. earthquake, "Loma Prieta Earthquake", "San Francisco", "earthquake prediction", magnitude, epicenter, "San Francisco Bay", "San Andreas Fault"
Living With the Earth: The Loma Prieta Earthquake 00:40 - 02:08 (01:28) / 1.5 MB introduction, "San Francisco", "North American Plate", "Pacific Plate", "Loma Prieta Earthquake"
Loma Prieta Earthquake 02:08 - 03:30 (01:22) / 2.9 MB "Loma Prieta Earthquake", "San Francisco", "Candlestick Park", "World Series", earthquake
Disaster of Enormous Proportions 03:30 - 04:59 (01:29) / 2.5 MB "Loma Prieta Earthquake", "San Francisco", "Menlo Park", "Richter Scale", USGS, magnitude, "Nimitz Freeway", "Marina District", earthquake
Loma Prieta Earthquake Epicenter 04:59 - 05:58 (00:59) / 1.5 MB "Loma Prieta Earthquake", "San Francisco", "Santa Cruz Mountains", "Santa Cruz", "Watsonville", "Los Gatos", earthquake
Earthquake Damages 05:58 - 06:58 (01:00) / 1.6 MB earthquake, "Loma Prieta Earthquake"
Disaster Response 06:58 - 07:54 (00:56) / 1.7 MB "Timothy G. Buckhout", earthquake, "Loma Prieta Earthquake"
Rapid Loss of Data 08:45 - 09:34 (00:49) / 1.2 MB "William Bakun", "Loma Prieta Earthquake", earthquake, data
USGS Affected By Earthquake 09:34 - 10:50 (01:16) / 1.6 MB "Paul Reasenerg", "William Bakun", "Loma Prieta Earthquake", earthquake, USGS
Report of Aftershocks 10:50 - 11:29 (00:39) / 0.7 MB "Paul Reasenerg", earthquake, "Loma Prieta Earthquake", aftershock
Surprising Behavior of the San Andreas Fault 11:29 - 12:49 (01:20) / 1.6 MB "William Bakun", geologist, earthquake, "Loma Prieta Earthquake", fault, "San Andreas Fault", "strike-slip fault", focus, fissure, landslide
Fault Segments 12:49 - 14:18 (01:29) / 1.9 MB "Loma Prieta Earthquake", "San Francisco", Oakland, epicenter, "San Andreas Fault", earthquake, "fault segment", magnitude, "earthquake prediction", "North American Plate", "Pacific Plate"
The "Big One" Is Still Coming 14:18 - 15:03 (00:45) / 1.2 MB "William Bakun", "Loma Prieta Earthquake", earthquake, "Bay Area"
A Moderate Earthquake 15:03 - 16:20 (01:17) / 2.9 MB "Loma Prieta Earthquake", earthquake, magnitude, "San Francisco Earthquake", "San Francisco", "Marina District"
Liquefaction 16:20 - 17:47 (01:27) / 2.2 MB "William Bakun", "James Buika", liquefaction, epicenter, earthquake, "Loma Prieta Earthquake", "San Francisco Bay", soil, "ground motion", Embarcadero
Earthquake Prediction Techniques 17:47 - 18:51 (01:04) / 1.7 MB earthquake, "earthquake prediction", "Loma Prieta Earthquake", "magnetic field", groundwater, "crustal deformation"
Low Frequency Electromagnetic Waves 18:51 - 19:33 (00:42) / 1.1 MB "Anthony Frasier-Smith", "San Francisco", "Santa Cruz Mountains", "Loma Prieta Earthquake", epicenter, "earthquake prediction", "low frequency electromagnetic wave", "Stanford University"
Electromagnetic Earthquake Precursors? 19:33 - 20:58 (01:25) / 1.7 MB "Anthony Frasier-Smith", "Loma Prieta Earthquake", "low frequency electromagnetic wave", earthquake, "earthquake prediction"
Dangerous Lack of Planning 20:58 - 22:11 (01:13) / 1.8 MB "Vitelmo Bertero", earthquake, fault, "Hayward Fault", "San Francisco Bay", magnitude, "Loma Prieta Earthquake", "University of California", "Berkeley"
A Seismic Early Warning System 23:18 - 24:36 (01:18) / 2.3 MB "William Bakun", earthquake, "earthquake prediction", "Loma Prieta Earthquake", "seismic wave"
Loma Prieta Earthquake Casualties 24:36 - 25:25 (00:49) / 1.6 MB "Loma Prieta Earthquake", "San Francisco Bay", earthquake
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