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Evaluation of Earthquake Damaged Concrete and Masonry Wall Buildings: Technical Resources.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC., May 1999, 274 p.
Keywords: Masonry; Evaluation; Reinforced concrete; Damage; Walls; Technical resources; Concrete blocks; Buildings; Stability; Safety; Infilled frames; EarthquakesSpiker, 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: Emergency preparedness; Landslides; Federal government; Disasters; Floods; Reduction; Geological processes; Mitigation; Control; Risk assessment; Mapping; Costs; State government; Hazards; Land use; Ground movements; Disaster Relief Act of 1974; Fires; Local government; Losses; Compliance; Monitoring; Strategies; EarthquakesChi-Chi Taiwan Earthquake of 9/21/99 Collection (on CD-ROM) (Raw Data File).
January 1999,
Keywords: Chi-Chi (Taiwan); Images; Datafile; Reconnaissance; Taiwan; EarthquakesWheeler, 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: ; Catalogs; Mapping; Canada; Earthquake warning systems; United States; Data compilation; Hazards; Seismic surveys; Predictionsns; Maps; EarthquakesRogers, A. M.; Walsh, T. J.; Kockelman, W. J.; Priest, G. R.
Assessing Earthquake Hazards and Reducing Risk in the Pacific Northwest. Volume 2.
January 1998, 244 p.
Identifying Number(s): USGS-PP-1560
Keywords: ; Risk assessment; Geologic faults; Emergency preparedness; Tectonics; Pacific northwest region (United States); Landslides; Seismology; Disasters; Ground motion; Hazards; Risk reduction; Seismic effects; EarthquakesClark, S. H. B.
Birth of the Mountains. The Geologic Story of the Southern Appalachian Mountains.
January 2001, 26 p.
Keywords: Ocoee Basin; Geology; Cherokee Indians; Supercontinents; Erosion; Mountains; Volcanoes; Travel; Inland seas; Faults; Molten rocks; Biodiversity; Appalachian Mountains; Solid rocks flow; Rocks; EarthquakesAtwater, B. F.; Cisternas, M.; Bourgeois, J.; Dudley, W. C.; Hendley, J. W.; Stauffer, O. H.
Surviving a Tsunami: Lessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan.
January 2002, 24 p.
Identifying Number(s): CIRC-1187
Keywords: Sources; Waves; Emergency preparedness; Coasts; Tsunami; Coastal areas; Lessons learned; Chile; Strategies; Safety; Credits; Ocean waves; Survival; EarthquakesImplications 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; EarthquakesEarthquake Probabilities in the San Francisco Bay Region: 2000 to 2030. A Summary of Findings.
January 1999, 60 p.
Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-99-517
Keywords: Risk assessment; Probability; Damage assessment; Tectonics; Seismic events; Emergency preparedness; California; Geologic faults; Methodology; San Francisco Bay (California); Ground motion; Geologic history; Urbanized areas; Disaster planning; Suburban areas; EarthquakesAssessment of Seismic Monitoring in the United States. Requirements for an Advanced National Seismic System.
January 2002, 59 p.
Identifying Number(s): ['CIRC-1188', 'ISBN-0-607-92932-4']
Keywords: Advanced National Seismic System; Geologic faults; Information services; United States; Monitoring; Ground motion; Requirements; Infrastructure requirements; Information products; Assessments; Seismic effects; Earthquakes