Assessing the earthquake hazards in urban areas
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Abstract
Major urban areas in widely scattered geographic locations across the United States are a t varying degrees of risk from earthquakes. the locations of these urban areas include Charleston, South Carolina; Memphis Tennessee; St.Louis, Missouri; Salt Lake City, Utah; Seattle-Tacoma, Washington; Portland, Oregon; and Anchorage, Alaska; even Boston, Massachusetts, and Buffalo New York, have a history of large earthquakes. Cooperative research during the past decade has focused on assessing the nature and degree of the risk or seismic hazard i nthe broad geographic regions around each urban area. The strategy since the 1970's has been to bring together local, State, and Federal resources to solve the problem of assessing seismic risk. Successfl sooperative programs have been launched in the San Francisco Bay and Los Angeles regions in California and the Wasatch Front region in Utah.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Assessing the earthquake hazards in urban areas |
| Series title | Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS) |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Year Published | 1988 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S Geological Survey |
| Description | 5 p. |
| First page | 208 |
| Last page | 212 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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