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  • Okrent, D.
    A Survey of Expert Opinion on Low Probability Earthquakes.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Research Applied to National Needs., February 1975, 58 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCLA-ENG-7515
    Keywords: Louisiana; Massachusetts; Risk analysis; Seismic risk; Probability theory; North Carolina; Site surveys; Nuclear power plants; History; Geological faults; Mississippi; Nebraska; California; Oregon; Risk; South Carolina; Ohio; Earthquake engineering; Delaware; Earthquakes

  • Matthiesen, R. B.
    On the Development of Strong-Motion Instrument Networks in the United States.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., October 1978, 97 p.
    Identifying Number(s): OPEN FILE-78/1024
    Keywords: ; Structures; Evaluation; Seismometers; Planning; Seismic arrays; Project planning; United States; Buildings; Instrumentation; Seismological stations; Site surveys; Seismic surveys; History; Accelerometers; Earthquakes; Geological faults

  • Busch, C. A.; Whitman, R. V.; Becker, J. M.
    Residential Construction in Boston at the Time of the Cape Ann Earthquake of 1755.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Office of Planning and Resources Management., June 1979, 140 p.
    Keywords: Damage assessment; Earthquake resistant structures; Massachusetts; Construction materials; Structural design; Fires; Boston (Massachusetts); Residential buildings; History; Cape Ann earthquake; Dynamic structural analysis

  • Durkin, M.
    Alternative Methods for Hazard Reduction in Unreinforced Masonry Buildings.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., December 1982, 46 p.
    Keywords: Masonry; Seismic design; Earthquake resistant structures; Damage assessment; California; Dynamic structure analysis; Seismic risk; Dynamic response; Earthquake engineering; History

  • Methodology for Mitigation of Seismic Hazards in Existing Unreinforced Masonry Buildings: Seismic Input.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Applied Science and Research Applications., December 1981, 142 p.
    Identifying Number(s): ABK-TR-02
    Keywords: Masonry; Seismic waves; Seismic risk; Seismic epicenter; United States; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Ground motion; History; Earthquakes

  • Implications for Earthquake Risk Reduction in the United States from the Kocaeli, Turkey, Earthquake of August 17, 1999.
    January 2002, 65 p.
    Identifying Number(s): CIRC-1193
    Keywords: Aftershock observations; Ground shaking; Trans European Motorway (TEM); Data acquisition; Buildings; United States; Hazards; Liquefaction; Kocaeli (Turkey); Earth dams; Surface faulting; Data analysis; History; Geologic setting; Risk assessments; Forecasts; Earthquakes

  • Bakun, W. H.; Hopper, M. G.
    Catalog of Significant Historical Earthquakes in the Central United States.
    January 2004, 146 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS/OFR-2004-1086
    Keywords: Locations; Estimates; Modified Mercalli intensity; United States; Magnitude; Open-file report; United States Geological Survey (USGS); Catalog; History; Seismicity; Earthquakes

  • Wells, R.
    Oregon Geology: Parent of the Soil, Foundation for the Vine.
    January 2006, 44 p.
    Identifying Number(s): USGS/OFR-2006-1069
    Keywords: ; Mapping; Geology; Oregon; Information systems; Landscaping; Earth crust; Hazards; History; Rocks; Earthquakes

  • Khater, M.
    Reconnaissance Report on the Cairo, Egypt Earthquake of October 12, 1992.
    National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.; New York State Science and Technology Foundation, Albany., December 23, 1992, 50 p.
    Keywords: Cracking (Fracturing); Cairo (Egypt); Damage assessment; Bridges; Nile river; Egyptian Arab Republic; Seismology; Techtonics; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Reconnaissance; History; Earthquakes

  • Hart, G. C.; Englekirk, R. E.; Srinivasan, M.; Huang, S. C.; Drag, D. J.
    Seismic Performance Study TMS Shopping Center: Elastic Time History Analysis Using SAP90.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., February 1992, 42 p.
    Identifying Number(s): EKEH-2.1-9
    Keywords: ; Masonry; Seismic design; California; Computerized simulation; Ground motion; Earthquake engineering; Buildings; Shopping centers; History; Seismographs; Japan