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Perceived shaking and damage potential   Perceived shaking and damage potential

 SIMULATED CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE MAGNITUDE 9.0  SIMULATED PORTLAND HILLS FAULT ZONE MAGNITUDE 6.8


 -123°  Perceived Shaking and Damage Potential                     -123°
 ! Scappoose                                                                   ! Scappoose
 Simulated Cascadia Subduction Zone Magnitude 9.0 Earthquake
 C O L U M B I A   C O .                                                    C O L U M B I A   C O .
 !                                     Timber  !
 Timber

                                          !                                                                                                                        !
                                           Cascade                                                                                                                 Cascade
 Burlington                                Locks                                                                                                                   Locks
 Glenwood !  !  Vancouver              Glenwood  !                               ! Burlington
 !                                                                                               ! Vancouver
 !                                                        !       North
 Banks                                                     Banks
 T I L L A M OO K  ! North Plains  T u a l a t i n     M o u n t a i n s  C L A R K   C O .  S KA M A N I A  C O .  T I L L A M OO K  Plains  T u a l a t i n     M o u n t a i n s  C L A R K   C O .
   C O .  Camas                       C O .                          !                                                   Camas        SKA M A N I A   C O .
 !                                                                                                                     !
 Rockcreek  Maywood Park                                                      Rockcreek
 !  Cedar  !                                                                  !                           !
 Forest  Mill  !                                         Forest                   Cedar
 Wood
 Grove Cornelius  Hillsboro  Village !                   Grove  Cornelius  Hillsboro  Mill  !                      Wood  !
 W A S H I N G T O N   C O .  !  !  !                     !    !     !                                            Village
 Gresham                                                      45.5°                                                  Gresham                                                           45.5°
 Aloha  Raleigh  !                                                          Aloha  Beaverton                         !
 !  !  Hills                                                                   !
 Beaverton  !                                                                        !
                              M U L T N O M A H   C O .                                                                                              M U LT N O M A H   C O .
                                 W AS H I N G T
 Gaston  ! Milwaukie  ! Happy Valley  C L A C K A M AS   C O . O N   C O .                         !Milwaukie  ! Happy Valley                        C L A C K A M A S   C O .
 !  Tigard  ! Sunnyside                             Gaston  !                                 Lake
 !  Lake  Oak Grove  ! Boring     YA M H I LL   C O .                               Tigard  !  Oswego  Oak Grove  !Sunnyside  Boring  !
 King City  Oswego !  !                                                                         !  !
 !  ! Johnson City  !                                                           King City  !
        Sandy                                                                                                                      !                    Brightwood
 Modified  Tualatin  !  Gladstone  !  Modified  Brightwood                                !        Gladstone  !                   Sandy
 Mercalli   Mercalli            !                                                   Tualatin                                                            !
 Intensity Perceived  Damage  ! Sherwood  !  Intensity Perceived  Damage  Mount  !  Damage  Sherwood  !  !                                                 !
           Modified mercalli
                            Perceived
 Scale  Shaking  Potential  Oregon  Scale  Shaking  Potential Village  Potential                      Oregon                                            Mount     Rhododendron
                                Hood
 City
                                                                                                                                                        Hood
                            shaking
             intensity scale
                                         Rhododendron
                                                                                                       City
                                                                                                                                                        Village
                                         !
                                                      Camp
 IV  Light  None  IV  IV  Light  None Light  None   Government                                                                                                   !           Government
                                                                                                                                                                              Camp
 Wilsonville                                          !                                                                                                                        !
 !   ! Estacada                                                                  Wilsonville  !
 Very
                                                              H OO D
 V
 Moderate
                            Moderate
 light/essential structures have been
 After those critical  Canby  V  V Moderate  Very  Very light  R I V E R                                                     ! Estacada                                               H OO D
                                                                                                                                                                                      R I VE R
                                                              C O .
 !                         light                                                             Canby                                                                                     C O .
                                                                                              !
 assessed, building inspection staff will be deployed t  M A R I O N  Barlow  OREGON  W A S C O  !                                                                                    W AS C O
 OREGONo
 !
                                                              C O .
                                                                                                                                                                                       C O .
 VI  Strong  Light  C O .  VI  VI  Strong  Light Strong  Light                  M A R I O N  Barlow
                                                                                 C O .
 do rapid assessments—10-minute evaluations of build-
 ings throughout the County to identify which buildings   VII  Very Strong  Moderate
 Very
 VII  Moderate  VII  Very  Moderate
 Strong
 are safe and, more importantly, which are not.   Strong
 Molalla  !      VIII        Severe   Moderate/                                                     Molalla  !
 Moderate/
                                           Modified Mercalli
 “Time is of the essence, particulary if aftershocks are   VIII  Severe  Moderate/  Heavy
 VIII
 Severe
 Heavy
                          Heavy
 involved,” said Kofi Nelson-Owusu, Building Engineer.   IX  Violent  Heavy  Intensity Scale
                           Ripplebrook       Intensity                                                                                             Ripplebrook
 “Structures in areas affected by aftershocks are more   !                                                                                            !
 IX  Violent  Heavy  IX  Violent  Heavy
 likely to be unsafe. They need to be identified as haz-
 Scotts Mills  !                                                                          Scotts Mills  !
 ardous so people understand the danger and stay out.”  ¹  danger of collapse; yellow for limited occupancy, which
 Building Services has 21 employees who are qualified to   can mean portions can be occupied or that it’s safe to   ¹
 do rapid assessments. Two of the 21 obtained their cer-  Miles  0  2.5  5  10  enter to retrieve belongings; and red for unsafe, do    Miles  0  2.5  5  10
 tifications in FY 2017–18. An additional 11 are expected   Kilometers  0  4  8  16  not enter."   Kilometers  0  4  8  16
 to be certified in FY 2018–19.
       Staff is gathering data to identify the areas likely to be
 “Rapid assessment involves a very quick inspection   hardest hit, said Gary Nielson, Building Engineer. In   80                                                                         81
 to determine the likelihood of structural collapse,” Lin-  addition to building construction and design, soil and
 festy said. “After assessing a building, staff will leave   Maps courtesy of Oregon Department   weather conditions in certain areas can be heavy dam-
 a color-coded note on it: Green for occupancy with no   of Geology and Mineral Industries  age predictors.
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