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- Title
- Performance of Federal Buildings in the January 17, 1994 Northridge Earthquake.
- File
- PB95231775.pdf
- Author(s)
- Todd, D.; Bieniawski, A.
- Source
- January 1995, 25 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- NISTIR-5574
- Abstract
- On January 17, 1994, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Northridge, California, in the northeast suburbs of Los Angeles. This report summarizes information collected by the Interagency Committee on Seismic Safety in Construction (ICSSC) on the performance of federally-owned buildings in the Northridge earthquake. Ten agencies reported that they owned buildings in the affected area. Collectively, over 4000 federally-owned buildings were shaken; approximately 100 were damaged by the quake. Only two sites suffered major damage; most damage was minor.
- Keywords
- Southern Region (California); US DOD; US DOE; US GSA; Damage assessment; US DOI; Federal Bureau of Prisons; US Postal Service; Structural damage; US DOJ; Structural vibration; Earthquake damage; Seismic effects; Department of Veterans Affairs; US DOC; NASA; Federal buildings; US DOA; Structural response; Northridge Earthquake; Dynamic structural analysis