Recent surface movements in the Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles County, California
Robert O. Castle, R. F. Yerkes
1969, Open-File Report 69-36
The Baldwin Hills are located in the northwest part of the densely populated Los Angeles basin. They comprise one of several groups of isolated hills that extend along the northwest-trending Newport-Inglewood zone of folds and faults, a structural lineament identified with a series of very productive oil fields. In addition...
Safety and survival in an earthquake
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1969, Report
Many earth scientists in this country and abroad are focusing their studies on the search for means of predicting impending earthquakes, but, as yet, an accurate prediction of the time and place of such an event cannot be made. From past experience, however, one can assume that earthquakes will continue...
Seismic seiches from the March 1964 Alaska earthquake
Arthur McGarr, Robert C. Vorhis
1968, Professional Paper 544-E
Seismic seiches caused by the Alaska earthquake of March 27, 1964, were recorded at more than 850 surface-water gaging stations in North America and at 4 in Australia. In the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii, 763 of 6,435 gages registered seiches. Nearly all the seismic seiches were recorded at...
Surface seismic measurements of the Project GASBUGGY explosion at intermediate distance ranges
David H. Warren, W. H. Jackson
1968, Open-File Report 68-315
Project GASBUGGY was an experiment performed by the Atomic Energy Commission, the El Paso Natural Gas Company, and the Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of the Interior, to determine the effectiveness of a method for increasing the recovery of natural gas by large-scale fracturing of a gas-bearing formation with an...
Effects of the earthquake of March 27, 1964, on the Alaska highway system
Reuben Kachadoorian
1968, Professional Paper 545-C
The great earthquake that struck Alaska about 5:36 p.m., Alaska standard time, Friday, March 27, 1964 (03:36:1.3.0, Greenwich mean time, March 28, 1964), severely crippled the highway system in the south-central part of the State. All the major highways and most secondary roads were impaired. Damage totaled more than $46...
United States earthquakes, 1966
Carl A. Von Hake, William K. Cloud
1968, Open-File Report 84-966
United States earthquakes, 1928-1935
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
1968, Open-File Report 84-928
Effects of the Alaska earthquake of March 27, 1964, on shore processes and beach morphology
Kirk W. Stanley
1968, Professional Paper 543-J
Some 10,000 miles of shoreline in south-central Alaska was affected by the subsidence or uplift associated with the great Alaska earthquake of March 27, 1964. The changes in shoreline processes and beach morphology that were suddenly initiated by the earthquake were similar to those ordinarily caused by gradual changes in...
Map showing recently active breaks along the Hayward fault zone and the southern part of the Calaveras fault zone, California
Dorothy H. Radbruch
1968, Open-File Report 68-220
This map is one of a set that shows the traces of the inferred most recently active faults of the San Andreas and related fault zones of the San Andreas fault systems (Cromwell, 1962.) It was compiled primarily to provide information for those concerned with land use and development on...
The Parkfield-Cholame, California, earthquakes of June-August, 1966; instrumental seismic studies
Jerry P. Eaton
1967, Crustal Studies Technical Letter 1
U.S. Geological Survey instrumental seismic studies in the Parkfield-Cholame area consist of three related parts that were undertaken as pilot studies in a program designed to develop improved tools and concepts for investigating the properties and behavior of the San Andreas fault. These studies include: 1. The long=term monitoring of...
Effects of the March 1964 Alaska earthquake on glaciers
Austin Post
1967, Professional Paper 544-D
The 1964 Alaska earthquake occurred in a region where there are many hundreds of glaciers, large and small. Aerial photographic investigations indicate that no snow and ice avalanches of large size occurred on glaciers despite the violent shaking. Rockslide avalanches extended onto the glaciers in many localities, seven very large...
Effects of the earthquake of March 27, 1964, at Seward, Alaska
Richard W. Lemke
1967, Professional Paper 542-E
Seward, in south-central Alaska, was one of the towns most devastated by the Alaska earthquake of March 27, 1964. The greater part of Seward is built on an alluvial fan-delta near the head of Resurrection Bay on the southeast coast of the Kenai Peninsula. It is one of the few...
Effects of the earthquake of March 27, 1964 on the communities of Kodiak and nearby islands
Reuben Kachadoorian, George Plafker
1967, Professional Paper 542-F
The great earthquake (Richter magnitude of 8.4–8.5) that struck south-central Alaska at 5:36 p.m., Alaska standard time, on March 27, 1964 (03:36, March 28, Greenwich mean time), was felt in every community on Kodiak Island and the nearby islands. It was the most severe earthquake to strike this part of...
Hydrologic effects of the earthquake of March 27, 1964, outside Alaska, with sections on Hydroseismograms from the Nunn-Bush Shoe Co. well, Wisconsin, and Alaska earthquake effects on ground water in Iowa: Chapter C in The Alaska earthquakes, March 27, 1964: effects on hydrologic regimen
Robert C. Vorhis, Elmer E. Rexin, R. W. Coble
1967, Professional Paper 544-C
The Alaska earthquake of March 27, 1964, had widespread hydrologic effects throughout practically all of the United States. More than 1,450 water-level recorders, scattered throughout all the 50 States except Connecticut, Delaware, and Rhode Island, registered the earthquake. Half of the water-level records were obtained from ground-water observation wells and...
Ground breakage and associated effects in the Cook Inlet area, Alaska, resulting from the March 27, 1964, earthquake
Helen L. Foster, Thor N. V. Karlstrom
1967, Professional Paper 543-F
The great 1964 Alaska earthquake caused considerable ground breakage in the Cook Inlet area of south-central Alaska. The breakage occurred largely in thick deposits of unconsolidated sediments. The most important types of ground breakage were (1) fracturing or cracking and the extrusion of sand and gravel with ground water along...
Seismic measurements of explosions in the Tatum Salt Dome, Mississippi
Roger D. Borcherdt, J. H. Healy, W. H. Jackson, D.R. Warren
1967, Open-File Report 67-24
Project Sterling provided for the detonation of a nuclear device in the cavity resulting from the Salmon nuclear explosion in the Tatum salt dome in southern Mississippi. It also provided for a high explosive (HE) comparison shot in a nearby drill hole. The purpose of the experiment was to gather...
Surface faults on Montague Island associated with the 1964 Alaska earthquake
George Plafter
1967, Professional Paper 543-G
Two reverse faults on southwestern Montague Island in Prince William Sound were reactivated during the earthquake of March 27, 1964. New fault scarps, fissures, cracks, and flexures appeared in bedrock and unconsolidated surficial deposits along or near the fault traces. Average strike of the faults is between N. 37° E....
Engineering geology of the Northeast Corridor, Washington, D.C., to Boston, Massachusetts: Earthquake epicenters, geothermal gradients, and excavations and borings
Randolph Wilson Bromery, W. B. Jorner
1967, IMAP 514-C
No abstract available....
Historic surface faulting in continental United States and adjacent parts of Mexico
M. G. Bonilla
1967, Open-File Report 67-23
This report summarizes geometric aspects of approximately 35 instances of historic faulting of the ground surface in the continental United States and adjacent parts of Mexico. This information is of immediate importance in the selection and evaluation of sites for vital structures such as nuclear power plants. The data are...
Effect of the earthquake of March 27, 1964, on the Eklutna Hydroelectric Project, Anchorage, Alaska, with a section on television examination of earthquake damage to underground communication and electrical systems in Anchorage
Malcolm H. Logan, Lynn R. Burton
1967, Professional Paper 545-A
The March 27, 1964, Alaska earthquake and its associated aftershocks caused damage requiring several million dollars worth of repair to the Eklwtna Hydroelectric Project, 34 miles northeast of Anchorage. Electric service from the Eklutna powerplant was interrupted during the early phase of the March 27 earthquake, built was restored (intermittently)...
Volcanic hazards at Mount Rainier, Washington
Dwight Raymond Crandell, Donal Ray Mullineaux
1967, Bulletin 1238
Mount Rainier is a large stratovolcano of andesitic rock in the Cascade Range of western Washington. Although the volcano as it now stands was almost completely formed before the last major glaciation, geologic formations record a variety of events that have occurred at the volcano in postglacial time. Repetition of...
Effects of the earthquake of March 27, 1964, on air and water transport, communications, and utilities systems in south-central Alaska
Edwin B. Eckel
1967, Professional Paper 545-B
The earthquake of March 27, 1964, wrecked or severely hampered all forms of transportation, all utilities, and all communications systems over a very large part of south-central Alaska. Effects on air transportation were minor as compared to those on the water, highway, and railroad transport systems. A few planes were...
The Parkfield-Cholame, California, earthquakes of June–August 1966— Surface geologic effects water-resources aspects, and preliminary seismic data
Robert David Brown Jr., J. G. Vedder, R. E. Wallace, E. F. Roth, R. F. Yerkes, R. O. Castle, A. O. Waananen, R. W. Page, J. P. Eaton
1967, Professional Paper 579
No abstract available....
Effects of the Truckee, California, earthquake of September 12, 1966
Reuben Kachadoorian, R. F. Yerkes, Arvi O. Waananen
1967, Circular 537
The Truckee, Calif., earthquake of September 12, 1966, had a magnitude of 5.4 on the Richter scale, as reported by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. It was felt over an area extending from San Francisco eastward to Salt Lake City and from Bakersfield northward beyond Chico, Calif. Ground breakage...
The Alaska earthquake, March 27, 1964: effects on transportation, communications, and utilities
Malcolm H. Logan, Lynn R. Burton, Edwin B. Eckel, Reuben Kachadoorian, David S. McCulloch, Manuel G. Bonilla
1967, Professional Paper 545
This is the forth in a series of six reports that the U.S. Geological Survey published on the results of a comprehensive geologic study that began, as a reconnaissance survey, within 24 hours after the March 27, 1964, Magnitude 9.2 Great Alaska Earthquake and extended, as detailed investigations, through several...
