The 20 April 2002, Mw 5.0 Au Sable Forks, New York, Earthquake: A supplementary source of knowledge on earthquake damage to lifelines and buildings in Eastern North America

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 626-636

  Pierre, Jean Robert ^a   Lamontagne, Maurice ^b  

^a HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS;

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGES; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; MODIFIED MERCALLI INTENSITIES; NEW YORK; RESIDENTIAL HOUSE; SEISMIC HAZARDS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 21344468919     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.75.5.626     Document Type: Article

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