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  	<title>USGS Multimedia Gallery for Set: 1989 Loma Prieta, California Earthquake</title>
 	<link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/</link>
	<language>en-us</language>
	<description>A list of photography and images from the U.S. Geological Survey's Multimedia Gallery (http://gallery.usgs.gov).</description>
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		  <title><![CDATA[Cars Crushed by Brick]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Cars crushed by collapsing brick facade near Fifth and Townsend Streets. At this locality, five people were killed while leaving from work.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	C.E. Meyer
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_0</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_0</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>cars</category>

				<category>bricks</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Crushed Car]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Crushed car near the intersection of Fifth and Townsend Streets, South of Market.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	C.E. Meyer
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_1</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_1</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>cars</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Aerial View of Collapsed Buildings]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Aerial view of collapsed buildings and burned-out section at Beach and Divisadero Streets, Marina District.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	C.E. Meyer
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_2</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_2</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>aerial</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Watering Down of Burned Area]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Demolition of collapsed building and watering down of burned area, October 18, 1989, Beach and Divisadero Streets, Marina District.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	C.E. Meyer
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_3</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_3</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>burned</category>

				<category>buildings</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Collapsed Building]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Ground view of collapsed building and burned area, Beach and Divisadero Streets, Marina District.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	C.E. Meyer
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_4</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_4</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>buildings</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Structural Damage]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Absence of adequate shear walls on the garage level exacerbated damage to this structure at the corner of Beach and Divisadero Streets, Marina District.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_5</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_5</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/007sr.jpg" length="4358" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Apartment in Danger of Collapse]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Entrance and garage level of a Beach Street apartment complex in danger  of collapse, Marina District.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	C.E. Meyer
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_6</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_6</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/008sr.jpg" length="5006" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>apartment</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Car Crushed Under Building]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[An automobile lies crushed under the third story of this apartment building in the Marina District. The ground levels are no longer visible because of structural failure and sinking due to liquefaction.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_7</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_7</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>cars</category>

				<category>buildings</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Collapsed Brickwork]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Collapsed brickwork from a corner apartment building, Marina District.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	C.E. Meyer
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_8</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_8</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/010sr.jpg" length="4991" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>bricks</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Remains of Apartment Complex]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Smoldering remains of the apartment complex at the corner of Beach and Divisadero Streets, the Marina District.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_9</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_9</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/011sr.jpg" length="4281" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>apartment</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Search-and-Rescue Team]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A search-and-rescue team in the Marina District wait for a building to be buttressed before entering the structure.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_10</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_10</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/012sr.jpg" length="5345" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Tom Brokaw Prepares Script]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Tom Brokaw of NBC News prepares script for a live broadcast from the Marina District.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_11</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_11</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/013sr.jpg" length="2636" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>TomBrokaw</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Electric Wires Being Removed]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Electric wires being removed from unstable towers by city utility workers. Arresting sparks from broken wires was a priority in those areas with broken gas mains.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_12</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_12</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/014sr.jpg" length="2857" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>wires</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Aerial View of Roadbed Collapse]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Aerial view of roadbed collapse near the interface of the cantilever and truss sections of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. View northwestward.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	C.E. Meyer
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_13</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_13</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/015sr.jpg" length="2176" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>aerial</category>

				<category>roadbed</category>

				<category>bridges</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Aerial View of Collapsed Section]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Aerial view of the collapsed section of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. View westward.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	C.E. Meyer
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_14</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_14</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/016sr.jpg" length="2721" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>bridges</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[&#034;Sand Boil&#034; on Bay Bridge]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[&#034;Sand boil" or sand volcano measuring 2 m (6.6 ft) in length erupted in median of Interstate Highway 80 west of the Bay Bridge toll plaza when ground shaking transformed loose water-saturated deposit of subsurface sand into a sand-water slurry (liquefaction). Vented sand contains-marine shell fragments.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.C. Tinsley
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_15</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_15</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/017sr.jpg" length="2596" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>SandBoil</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Aerial View of Highway]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Aerial view of collapsed sections of the Cypress viaduct of Interstate Highway 880.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	H.G. Wilshire
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_16</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_16</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/018sr.jpg" length="3719" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>aerial</category>

				<category>highway</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Aerial View of Highway]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Aerial view of collapsed sections of the Cypress viaduct of Interstate Highway 880.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	H.G. Wilshire
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_17</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_17</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/019sr.jpg" length="5598" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>aerial</category>

				<category>highway</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Reinforcement Bars of Cypress Viaduct]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Reinforcement bars exposed at the base of the Cypress viaduct near 14th Street.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_18</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_18</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/020sr.jpg" length="5302" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>bars</category>

				<category>viaduct</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Cypress Viaduct]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Remnant portion of the north- and south-bound Cypress viaduct exposing box girders near 14th Street.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_19</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_19</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/021sr.jpg" length="4513" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>viaduct</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Cypress Viaduct]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Side view of support-column failure and collapsed upper deck, Cypress viaduct.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	H.G. Wilshire
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_20</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_20</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/022sr.jpg" length="5023" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>viaduct</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Cypress Viaduct]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Support-column failure and collapsed upper deck, Cypress viaduct.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	H.G. Wilshire
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_21</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_21</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/023sr.jpg" length="3454" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>viaduct</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Reinforcement Bars of Cypress Viaduct]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Bent reinforcement bars in failed support column, Cypress viaduct.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	H.G. Wilshire
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_22</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_22</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/024sr.jpg" length="3125" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>bars</category>

				<category>viaduct</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Reinforcement Bars of Cypress Viaduct]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Closeup of damaged reinforcement bars from a Cypress viaduct support column.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	H.G. Wilshire
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_23</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_23</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/025sr.jpg" length="3401" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>bars</category>

				<category>viaduct</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Pancaked Upper Deck of Cypress viaduct]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Pancaked upper deck, Cypress viaduct. Guard rail at right is on lower deck.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	H.G. Wilshire
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_24</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_24</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/026sr.jpg" length="4884" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>viaduct</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Sheared Reinforcement Bar]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Sheared reinforcement bar, Cypress viaduct.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	H.G. Wilshire
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_25</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_25</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/027sr.jpg" length="3040" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>bars</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Cypress Viaduct]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Temporary support structures emplaced to prevent further collapse, Cypress viaduct.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	H.G. Wilshire
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_26</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_26</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/028sr.jpg" length="3152" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>viaduct</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Demolition of Cypress Structure]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Demolition of Cypress structure near 14th Street.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_27</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_27</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>demolition</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Damaged Building]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A downtown building at the corner of Alice and 13th Streets lost part of its unreinforced facade and brick masonry.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_28</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_28</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/030sr.jpg" length="5078" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Cliff Failure]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Cliff failure just south of San Gregorio Beach. Slide is 18.3 meters (60 ft) high and displaces approximately 6881 cubic meters (9,000 cubic yards) of material. Large boulders are 1 m (3 ft) across.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	D.M. Peterson
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_29</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_29</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/031sr.jpg" length="5312" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>Prieta</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Cliff Failure North of Tunitas Creek]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Cliff failure north of Tunitas Creek. This face continued to slide for a few days after the earthquake. The event in progress exposed dark cliff material.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	D.M. Peterson
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_30</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_30</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/032sr.jpg" length="3402" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Landslide North of Fort Funston]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Landslide north of Fort Funston. Slide mass contains approximately 2,830 cubic meters (3,700 cubic yards) and is 30 m (100 ft) high. Photo 35 provides an aerial view of this slide.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	D.M. Peterson
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_31</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_31</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/033sr.jpg" length="4209" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>landslides</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Head Scarp of Small Slide]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Head scarp of small slide at Redondo Beach. Scale is provided by the red-handled rock hammer, which is 30.5 cm (12 in.) long.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	D.M. Peterson
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_32</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_32</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/034sr.jpg" length="3409" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>scarp</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Aerial View of Large Slides]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Aerial view of large slides north of Fort Funston. A ground perspective of this slide is shown in photo 33.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	S.D. Ellen
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_33</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_33</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/035sr.jpg" length="4793" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>Prieta</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Aerial View of Slide]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Aerial view of slide at Daly City. This is the largest slide triggered by the earthquake in San Mateo County, displacing approximately 36,700 cubic meters (48,000 cubic yards) of material. The base is about 152 me (500 ft) across at its widest point.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	S.D. Ellen
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_34</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_34</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/036sr.jpg" length="5221" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>aerial</category>

				<category>slide</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Radio Transmission Towers]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[KGO radio transmission towers, built on bay mud in a salt-evaporation pond used by the Leslie Salt Company. Note progressively less damage to towers away from viewer.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	H.G. Wilshire
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_35</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_35</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/037sr.jpg" length="2055" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Radio Transmission Towers]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[KGO radio transmission towers.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	H.G. Wilshire
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_36</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_36</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/038sr.jpg" length="3077" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

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				<category>Prieta</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Unfastened Bookcases]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Unfastened bookcases in an office building fell during the primary shock.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_37</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_37</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/039sr.jpg" length="3479" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>bookcases</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Dislodged Books and Duct]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Books and air-conditioning duct were dislodged during the earthquake.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_38</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_38</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/040sr.jpg" length="4959" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>books</category>

				<category>duct</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Seismographs at the U.S. Geological Survey]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Seismographs at the U.S. Geological Survey record (1) north-south horizontal, (2) east-west horizontal, and (3) vertical components of the earthquake.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_39</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_39</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/041sr.jpg" length="3768" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>seismographs</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Aerial View of Collapsed Tower]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Aerial view of collapsed five-story tower, St. Joseph's Seminary. One person working in tower was killed.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	H.G. Wilshire
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_40</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_40</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/042sr.jpg" length="5756" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Aerial View of Collapsed Tower]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Aerial view of collapsed five-story tower, St. Joseph's Seminary.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	H.G. Wilshire
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_41</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_41</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/043sr.jpg" length="3823" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>Loma</category>

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				<category>aerial</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Surface Rupture Across Highway]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Nontectonic surface rupture across Highway 280 at the interface of a roadcut and fill area 2.5 km (1.5 mi) north of Foothill Expressway.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_42</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_42</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/044sr.jpg" length="4544" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>rupture</category>

				<category>highway</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Deformed Retaining Walls]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[The cement retaining walls along Highway 280 deformed in accordion-like pattern as a result of lateral compression.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_43</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_43</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/045sr.jpg" length="3801" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>walls</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Failure of Unreinforced Brick]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Failure of unreinforced brick masonry caused collapse of the upper floor in downtown Los Gatos.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_44</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_44</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/046sr.jpg" length="5456" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>bricks</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Ceramics Shop]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Photograph taken in a ceramics shop during an aftershock.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_45</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_45</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/047sr.jpg" length="4123" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>shop</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Scattered Books in Bookstore]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Books lie scattered in aisles of a downtown bookstore.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_46</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_46</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/048sr.jpg" length="5678" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>books</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Residents Camped in Yards]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Many residents camped in their yards after the earthquake.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_47</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_47</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/049sr.jpg" length="4787" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>residents</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Messages at Emergency Center]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Personal messages posted on van at Emergency Center.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	C.E. Meyer
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_48</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_48</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/050sr.jpg" length="4344" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

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				<category>messages</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Car Crushed by Brick]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Vehicle crushed by collapse of unreinforced-brick masonry.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	C.E. Meyer
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_49</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_49</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/051sr.jpg" length="3826" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>cars</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Failure of Porch]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Failure of porch on frame house.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	H.G. Wilshire
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_50</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_50</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/052sr.jpg" length="4504" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>Prieta</category>

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				<category>houses</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Lateral Compression]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Drain grating shows the effects of lateral compression.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	R.A. Haugerud
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_51</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_51</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/053sr.jpg" length="5721" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Buckled Sidewalk]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Downtown sidewalk buckled due to compression.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_52</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_52</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/054sr.jpg" length="4224" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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		  <title><![CDATA[Vertical Displacement Across Tennis Court]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Crack system with 1.2 m (4 ft) of vertical displacement across a clay tennis court; fracture passes across retaining wall and up slope beyond view. West of Summit Road, southeast of Highway 17.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	H.G. Wilshire
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_53</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_53</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/055sr.jpg" length="4619" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>displacement</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Crack System Destroys Driveway]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A crack system destroys driveway adjacent to summit road 0.8 km (1/2 mi) southeast of Highway 17.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_54</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_54</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/056sr.jpg" length="3493" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>cracks</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Surface Cracks]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A geologist traces surface cracks in a corral adjacent to summit road approximately 1.6 km (1 mi) southeast of Highway 17.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_55</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_55</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/057sr.jpg" length="2997" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>cracks</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Extensional Crack]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Northwest-trending extensional crack where dam fill settled about 0.6 m (2 ft) and pulled away from concrete spillway and north abutment of Austrian Dam.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	R.J.  McLaughlin
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_56</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_56</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/058s.jpg" length="5544" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>cracks</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Extensional Cracks in Spillway]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Prominent N. 15 W.-trending extensional cracks up to 12 cm (4.7 in.) wide in concrete spillway to Austrian Dam, north abutment.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	G.R. Fisher
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_57</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_57</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/059sr.jpg" length="4122" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>cracks</category>

				<category>spillway</category>

		</item>



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		  <title><![CDATA[Geologist with Rescue Personnel]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Geologist exchanging information with rescue personnel.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_58</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_58</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/060sr.jpg" length="4449" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>rescue</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Bedroom]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Bedroom showing effects of the earthquake.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_59</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_59</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/061sr.jpg" length="4172" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>bedroom</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Destroyed House]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[House destroyed by failure of downslope support piers.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_60</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_60</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/062sr.jpg" length="5618" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>houses</category>

		</item>



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		  <title><![CDATA[House Moved Off Foundation]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[House moved laterally off cement foundation.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_61</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_61</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/063sr.jpg" length="5039" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>houses</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Collapsed Garage]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Collapsed garage built on fill.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_62</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_62</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/064sr.jpg" length="3864" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>garage</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Structural Failure of House]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Construction on fill and the absence of adequate shear walls contributed to the failure of this structure.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_63</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_63</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/065sr.jpg" length="4870" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[House Town Off Foundation]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[House torn off its foundation by the main shock.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_64</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_64</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/066sr.jpg" length="4935" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Landslide Debris on Highway]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Landslide debris blocks both eastbound lanes of Highway 17 near Summit Road.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	C.E. Meyer
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_65</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_65</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/067sr.jpg" length="4450" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>landslides</category>

				<category>debris</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Landslide Debris on Highway]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Landslide debris blocks both eastbound lanes of Highway 17 near Summit Road. Foreground material is damaged lane separators.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	C.E. Meyer
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_66</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_66</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/068sr.jpg" length="4495" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>landslides</category>

				<category>debris</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Roadcut near Summit Road]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This roadcut near Summit Road failed during the initial earthquake and subsequent aftershocks. To mitigate further sliding, Caltrans decreased the slope angle.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K.  Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_67</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_67</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/069sr.jpg" length="4856" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>roadcut</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Damaged Lane Separators]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Damaged lane separators, Highway 17.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	C.E. Meyer
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_68</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_68</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/070sr.jpg" length="3859" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Broken Concrete Divider]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Broken concrete divider near the intersection of Summit Road and Highway 17.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	R.A. Haugerud
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_69</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_69</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/071sr.jpg" length="4378" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>divider</category>

				<category>highway</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Clock Tower]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Clock tower near north end of Pacific Garden Mall. Not known if clock was fast or if it ran for about 6 minutes after the earthquake.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.C. Tinsley
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_70</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_70</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/072sr.jpg" length="2692" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>clock</category>

				<category>towers</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Bicycles Crushed by Brick]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Bicycles crushed by falling unreinforced brick facade, Pacific Garden Mall.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	C.E.  Meyer
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_71</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_71</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/073sr.jpg" length="5495" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>bicycles</category>

				<category>bricks</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Collapsed Brick]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Collapsed unreinforced-brick facade, Pacific Garden Mall.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	C.E. Meyer
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_72</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_72</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/074sr.jpg" length="5162" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>bricks</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Rescue Efforts]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Rescue efforts, Pacific Garden Mall.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	C.E. Meyer
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_73</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_73</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/075sr.jpg" length="4912" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>rescue</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Searching for Victims]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Removal of debris while searching for victims, Pacific Garden Mall.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	C.E. Meyer
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_74</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_74</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/076sr.jpg" length="4616" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>rescue</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Searching for Victims]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Searching for victims at collapsed department store, Pacific Garden Mall.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	C.E.  Meyer
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_75</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_75</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/077sr.jpg" length="5497" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Storefront Damage]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Storefront damage, Pacific Garden Mall.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	C.E. Meyer
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_76</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_76</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/078sr.jpg" length="2985" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>store</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Unsafe to Occupy Signs]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[&#034;Unsafe to occupy" signs were posted by the Governor's Office of Emergency Services.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_77</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_77</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/079sr.jpg" length="2694" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>signs</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Collapsed Outer Wall]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Collapsed outer wall of the Medico Dental Building, Pacific Garden Mall.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_78</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_78</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/080sr.jpg" length="4931" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Collapsed Wall]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Close-up of collapsed wall of unreinforced masonry, Medico Dental Building in the Pacific Garden Mall.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	H.G. Wilshire
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_79</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_79</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/081sr.jpg" length="3538" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>walls</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Liquefaction in Deposits of River]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Liquefaction in recent deposits of San Lorenzo River caused cracking and differential settling of river levee southeast of Riverside Avenue Bridge. Bridge piers and the north abutment area were also damaged by liquefaction.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.C. Tinsley
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_80</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_80</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/082sr.jpg" length="4695" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>liquefaction</category>

				<category>river</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Landslide-Displaced Trees]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Landslide-displaced trees reflect earthquake-triggered slope failure along coastal bluff, New Brighton Beach area, Santa Cruz County.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.C. Tinsley
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_81</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_81</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/083sr.jpg" length="3001" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>landslides</category>

				<category>trees</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Liquefaction in Deposits of River]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Liquefaction in recent deposits of the Pajaro River formed these sand volcanoes along extensional fissures in a field prepared for autumn planting near Pajaro, across the Pajaro River from Watsonville. Furrows are spaced about 1.2 m (4 ft) apart.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.C. Tinsley
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_82</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_82</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/084sr.jpg" length="5076" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>Loma</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Vent of Sand Volcano]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Vent of sand volcano produced by liquefaction is about 4 ft across in strawberry field near Watsonville. Strip spanning vent is conduit for drip irrigation system. Furrow spacing is about 1.2 m (4 ft) on center.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.C. Tinsley
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_83</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_83</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>SandVolcano</category>

				<category>vent</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Liquefaction in Deposits of River]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Liquefaction in recent deposits of the Pajaro River formed sand volcanoes along a fissure 6-7 m (19.7-23 ft) long.  Variation in grain size and  partial erosion of the conical deposits of sand show that venting of the slurry of sand and water was a complex series of depositional and erosional events triggered by the main shock and renewed  in some instances by principal aftershocks.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.C. Tinsley
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_84</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_84</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/086sr.jpg" length="2646" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>liquefaction</category>

				<category>river</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Liquefaction in Subsurface Layer of Sand]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Ground shaking triggered liquefaction in a subsurface layer of sand, producing differential lateral and vertical movement in a overlying carapace of unliquified sand and silt, which moved from right to left toward the Pajaro River. This mode of ground failure, termed &#034;lateral spreading," is a principal cause of liquefaction-related earthquake damage.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	S.D. Ellen
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_85</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_85</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>liquefaction</category>

				<category>sand</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Crack Down Front of Store]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Crack down front of Ford's Department Store, downtown Watsonville. Although this fracture appears minor, the building was significantly damaged.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	H.G. Wilshire
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_86</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_86</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>cracks</category>

				<category>store</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Dislodged House]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Houses not bolted down securely were easily dislodged from their foundations in downtown Watsonville.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_87</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_87</guid>
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		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>houses</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Buttressed Foundation]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Many homeowners buttressed their foundations to prevent further damage from aftershocks in downtown Watsonville.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_88</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_88</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/090sr.jpg" length="4323" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>foundation</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Broken Utility Lines]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Broken utility lines in house that shifted off its foundation, downtown Watsonville.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	H.G. Wilshire
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_89</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_89</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/091sr.jpg" length="5109" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>utilities</category>

				<category>lines</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Collapsed Porch]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Collapsed porch, downtown Watsonville.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_90</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_90</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/092sr.jpg" length="4276" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>porch</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Dislodged House]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[This house was dislodged from its foundation and moved  0.75 m (2.5 ft) from the cement stairway, downtown Watsonville.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_91</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_91</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/093sr.jpg" length="4352" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>houses</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Structural Failure of Bridges]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Structural failure of twin bridges carrying Highway 1 across Struve Slough near Watsonville.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.C. Tinsley
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_92</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_92</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/094sr.jpg" length="4315" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>bridges</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Collapsed Bridge Section]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Closeup of collapsed bridge section on Highway 1 at Struve Slough.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_93</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_93</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/095sr.jpg" length="4950" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>bridges</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Failure of Joist/Columns Interface]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Failure at joist/columns interface contributed to the collapse of elevated roadbed on Highway 1.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_94</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_94</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/096sr.jpg" length="3668" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>joist</category>

				<category>columns</category>

				<category>highway</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Support Columns of Highway]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Support columns of Highway 1 bridge across Struve Slough protrude through roadbed. This resulted from collapse of the roadbed after the effects of lateral shaking shown in photo 98.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	H.G. Wilshire
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_95</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_95</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/097sr.jpg" length="2447" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>columns</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Support Column of Bridge]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Support column of bridge across Struve Slough, Highway 1.  Enlargement of hole where support enters the ground is an effect of lateral shaking, which caused the concrete to break up where the column joined the bridge and was instrumental in the roadbed collapse.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	H.G. Wilshire
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_96</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_96</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/098sr.jpg" length="3114" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>columns</category>

				<category>bridges</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Fructure Cuts Roadbed]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[A fracture cuts the roadbed, curbs, and railings on the collapsed section of Highway 1 at Struve Slough.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.K. Nakata
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_97</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_97</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/099sr.jpg" length="3516" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>fracture</category>

				<category>roadbed</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Destroyed Causeway]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Liquefaction and subsequent strong tidal action destroyed a causeway carrying the Moss Beach access road across tidewater basin near Moss Landing.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.C. Tinsley
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_98</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_98</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/100sr.jpg" length="4974" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>causeway</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Ground Cracking and Differential Settlement]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Ground cracking and differential settlement dueg to liquefaction of beach and Salinas River deposits damaged approach and abutment of bridge linking Moss Landing spit to the mainland, near Moss Landing Marine Laboratory.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.C. Tinsley
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_99</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/mQHs38Vjj1_99</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/mQHs38Vjj1/thumbs/101sr.jpg" length="3939" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

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				<category>settlement</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Differential Settlement]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Differential settlement due to liquefaction caused cracking of paved road on Pauls Island.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	S.D. Ellen
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/di8Kco4BAv_1</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/di8Kco4BAv_1</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/di8Kco4BAv/thumbs/102sr.jpg" length="2619" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
				<category>earthquake</category>

				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

				<category>settlement</category>

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		  <title><![CDATA[Damaged Buildings]]></title>
		  <description><![CDATA[Partially razed earthquake-damaged unreinforced-masonry buildings in Old Town historical district, City of Salinas.]]></description>
		  <author>
		  	J.C. Tinsley
		  </author>
		  <link>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/di8Kco4BAv_2</link>
		  <guid>http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/di8Kco4BAv_2</guid>
		  <enclosure url="http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/01_26_2009/di8Kco4BAv/thumbs/103sr.jpg" length="4372" type="image/jpeg" />
		  <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
		
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				<category>Loma</category>

				<category>Prieta</category>

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