When the big one strikes again - Estimated losses due to a repeat of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake

Earthquake Spectra

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

  Kircher, Charles A ^a   Seligson, Hope A ^b   Bouabid, Jawhar ^c   Morrow, Guy C ^d  

^a Kircher and Associates   (United States)

^b ABS CONSULTING   (United States)

^c PBS and J Inc   (United States)

^d Risk Management Solutions Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BUILDING CODES; BUILDINGS; FIRE PROTECTION; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC PROVISIONS;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE;

BUILDING CODE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; TECTONIC SETTING;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646577160     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.2187067     Document Type: Article

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