Download or read book Whittier Narrows Loma Prieta and Northridge Earthquakes Compared written by Steven Gene Catechi and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Northridge Earthquake Extent of Damage and Federal Response written by United States Congress and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-25 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Northridge Earthquake; Extent of Damage and Federal Response: Hearing Before the Committee on Public Works and Transportation, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session A major earthquake, measuring on the Richter scale, struck the heavily populated suburban area of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley at Northridge, California, at am, pst on January 17, 1994. The fault was unknown before the quake. The earthquake had a lateral thrust up on two converging plates. This resulted in a sudden and strong vertical acceleration that caused damage that was considerably more severe than other comparable earthquakes or even the Loma Prieta earthquake in Northern California in 1989. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Effects of the Loma Prieta Earthquake on Stream Channel Geometry North of Pajaro Gap California written by Deborah Reid Harden and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Whittier Narrows CA Earthquake written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Preparing the Cities of Fremont and Union City for the big One a Comparative Analysis of the Loma Prieta and Northridge Earthquakes written by Robert J. O'Brien and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The numbers would have been much higher had the Loma Prieta earthquake not occurred during the first ever Bay Area World Series. The Northridge earthquake occurred early in the morning on Martin Luther King Day. Electrical service was compromised, numerous structural failures occurred, fires erupted, water and sewage systems failed, and many major highway structures suffered significant damage. 9-1-1 service was interrupted for a period of time due to widespread telephone system usage. Emergencies were handled with local resources backed up by California's massive mutual aid system. In southern California, Community Emergency Response Teams (C.E.R.T.) were credited with saving many lives and assisting local fire departments.

Download or read book The Northridge Earthquake written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Whittier Narrows Earthquake lessons Learned written by California. Office of Emergency Services and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Loma Prieta Earthquake written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses CalTrans' knowledge of earthquake resistant design of bridges prior to Oct. 17, 1989 and state and federal funding needed to complete California's seismic retrofit program.

Download or read book Economic Impacts of the Northridge Earthquake s Transportation Damage written by Marlon Gary Boarnet and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book A Compendium of Background Reports on the Northridge Earthquake January 17 1994 for Executive Order W 78 94 written by California. Seismic Safety Commission and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: