An EERI reconnaissance report: Damage to San Francisco in the 1906 earthquake - A centennial perspective

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 22, Issue SPEC. ISS. 2, 2006, Pages

  Tobriner, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; FIRES; SURVEYS;

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; ENGINEERING PHOTOGRAPHS; ENGINEERING REPORTS;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

DATA INTERPRETATION; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FIRE HISTORY; HAZARD MANAGEMENT;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646571565     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.2186693     Document Type: Article

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