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a
6.1
In
the
1962
monsoon,
the lake
was
filled
upto
about El. 2075.
Mild
tremors
accompanied
by
sounds
started
being felt thereafter. Three
seismo-
graphical
stations could be
established
around
the
Iake
by
,1964
and
a fourth
one in
the dam
itself.
6.2
This
phenolnenon
was
the
subject
matter
of
C-13
to
ICOLD
Congress
September
L967
at Istambul
where
Q-35
"Dams
in Earthquake
,Zones
or
other
Unfavourable
Situations"
was
Scheduled
for
discussions.
Dr.
Shunzo
Okamoto,
Emeritus"
Professor
in
Japan
9g
Earthquake
Engineering
was
the
general
reporter.
Most
papers
were
theoretical
dissertations
and none
was
a
case
study of the
behaviour
of rigid
gravity
dams
FIGURE
6.1 :
Epicentres
of
some of
the
earth tremors
recorded
at seismological
observatories
,
around
Shivajisagar
lake.
I50
Seetion
lzI-S
eismie
phenomena
during
and after
an
earthquake
with
an epicentre
very
near
the dam.
Most
papeis
dealt with
either concrete
arch
dams or
earthfill
dams,
but
none
touched
concrete
or masonry
gravity
dams
under earthquake
conditions.
Thil
is reflected
in the
subjects
posedfor
discussion by
the General
Reporter.
"(f)
Antiseismic
design
criteria
for arch dams.
(if)
Further
research
and survey
required
to be
carried
out in
regard
to
earthquake resistant
problems
of
fill
type ilams."
6.3
While
at Koyna
(the
famous city
where Maulana
Jalaludin
Rumi expounded
and
established
Sufism)
during
the
study tour
that
followed
the Congress
(September
1967
at
Istambul)
the two senior
authors
of this
paper
learnt
through radio
news that
a
fairly
severe
shock
was felt
at Koyna on 13th September
1967.
Earlier
Dr. S.
Okamoto was
requested
to
break
journey
at
Bombay
on his way
back to visit
the Koyna
Dam site.
He
did oblige.
6.4
About
154 shocks
were recorded
from
10th
September
L967
to
lzth September
1967.
Their
magnitude
varied
from 2 to 3
in the Richter
scale
as
illustrated
in
Figures
6.1 and 6.2.
On
13th
September
1967
it
culminated
in two
shocks
(origin
times
06-23-31
and
06-48-25
GMT) of magnitude
5 to
5.5
(as
deter-
mined
by
Indian Seismic
Observatories)
with epicentres
near
the
dam.
The
focal
depths were
to be
5
km
deep
seismologically
or
l0
km
deep
according
to
intensity
and
value
of
magnitude.
de'signs
as
a
check
up.
'
-
that
the
worst
was over.