Colvard, E. M.; Rogers, J.
Facing the Great Disaster: How the Men and Women of the U.S. Geological Survey Responded to the 1906 'San Francisco Earthquake'.
January 2006,
22 p.
Identifying Number(s): USGS-GIP-31
Keywords: Mapping; Damage assessment; Buildings; Aftermath; San Francisco (California); Earthquakes; Staffers; Emergency assistance; United States Geological Survey; Topographers; Fires; Geological faults; Federal government employees
Wald, D. J.; Lin, K. W.; Quitoriano, V.
Quantifying and Qualifying USGS ShakeMap Uncertainty.
January 2008,
29 p.
Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-2008-1238
Keywords: Mapping; Fault rupture geometry; Computer software; Earthquakes; Ground motion estimation; U.S. Geological Survey; Foreign countries; Quantitative shaking uncertainty calculations; Qualitative uncertainty assignments; Maps; Event selections; Algorithms; ShakeMaps; Observations
Ballantyne, D.
Proceedings of the U.S.-Japan Workshop on Earthquake Disaster Prevention for Lifeline Systems (7th). Held in Seattle, Washington on November 4-7, 1997.
National Inst. of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD.; National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.; Public Works Research Inst., Tokyo (Japan).,
November 1998,
538 p.
Keywords: Mapping; Earthquake engineering; Pipeline transportation; Meetings; Northridge (California); Water pipes; Soils; Sewage treatment; Harbors; Water supply; Communications; Seismic effects; Electric power; Economics; Highways; Japan; Bridges; Washington State; United States
Spiker, E. C.; Gori, P. L.
National Landslide Hazards Mitigation Strategy: A Framework for Loss Reduction.
September 2000,
60 p.
Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-00-450
Keywords: Mapping; Hazards; Risk assessment; Losses; Control; Costs; Disaster Relief Act of 1974; Earthquakes; Land use; Federal government; Emergency preparedness; Monitoring; Strategies; Reduction; Compliance; Fires; Disasters; Floods; Local government; State government; Landslides; Geological processes; Ground movements; Mitigation
Wheeler, R. L.
Earthquakes in and near the Northeastern United States, 1638-1998-Construction of the Earthquake Catalog for an Outreach Map.
January 2000,
12 p.
Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-00-0316
Keywords: ; Seismic surveys; Catalogs; Hazards; Mapping; Canada; Earthquakes; Earthquake warning systems; Predictionsns; Maps; Data compilation; United States