Draft Environmental Impact Report - East Bay Municipal Utility District

Estates Reservoir Replacement Draft Environmental Impact ReportGeology, Soils and Seismicityranging from IV to X can cause moderate to significant structural damage, although thedamage will not be uniform. Some structures experience substantially more damage thanothers. The age, material, type, method of construction, size, and shape of a structureaffect its performance in an earthquake.TABLE 3.3-4Modified Mercalli Intensity ScaleIntensity, G-Value, Intensity Description and Average Peak Acceleration (% G)I Not felt except by a very few persons under especially favorable circumstances. < 0. 17II Felt only by a few persons at rest, especially on upper floors on buildings. Delicately 0.17–1.4suspended objects may swingIII Felt noticeably indoors, especially on upper floors of buildings, but many people 0.17–1.4do not recognize it as an earthquake. Standing motor cars may rock slightly, vibrationsimilar to a passing truck.IV During the day felt indoors by many, outdoors by few. At night, some awakened. 1.4–3.9Dishes, windows, doors disturbed; walls make cracking sound. Sensation like heavytruck striking building. Standing motor cars rocked noticeably.V Felt by nearly everyone, many awakened. Some dishes and windows broken; a few 3.9–9.2instances of cracked plaster; unstable objects overturned. Disturbances of trees,poles may be noticed. Pendulum clocks may stop.VI Felt by all, many frightened and run outdoors. Some heavy furniture moved; and fallen 9.2–18plaster or damaged chimneys. Damage slight.VII Everybody runs outdoors. Damage negligible in buildings of good design and18–34construction; slight to moderate in well-built ordinary structures; considerable inpoorly built or badly designed structures; some chimneys broken. Noticed by personsdrivingVIII Damage slight in specially designed structures; considerable in ordinary substantial 34–65buildings, with partial collapse; great in poorly built structures. Panel walls thrown outof frame structures. Fall of chimneys, factory stacks, columns, monuments, walls.Heavy furniture overturned. Sand and mud ejected in small amounts. Changes in wellwater. Persons driving motor cars disturbed.IX Damage considerable in specially designed structures; well-designed frame structures 65–124thrown out of plumb; great in substantial buildings, with partial collapse. Buildingsshifted off foundations. Ground cracked. Underground pipes broken.X Some well-built wooden structures destroyed; most masonry and frame structures > 124destroyed with foundations; ground badly cracked. Rails bent. Landslides considerablefrom riverbanks and steep slopes. Shifted sand and mud. Water splashed over banks.XI Few, if any, masonry structures remain standing. Bridges destroyed. Broad fissures in > 124ground. Underground pipelines completely out of service. Earth slumps and land slipsin soft ground. Rails bent greatly.XII Damage total. Practically all works of construction are damaged greatly or destroyed.Waves seen on ground surface. Lines of sight and level are distorted. Objects arethrown upward into the air.> 1.24Note: One G (gravitational acceleration) = 980 centimeters per second squared = a rate of increasein speed equivalent to a car traveling 328 feet from rest in 4.5 seconds. SOURCE: ABAG,2003; CGS, 2003.sb09_001.doc 3-3.10 7/22/2009