Global earthquake casualties due to secondary effects: A quantitative analysis for improving rapid loss analyses

Natural Hazards

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 319-328

  Marano, Kristin D ^a   Wald, David J ^a   Allen, Trevor I ^a,b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Earthquake casualty; Earthquake fatalities; Earthquake hazard; PAGER

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; FIRE; LANDSLIDE; LIQUEFACTION; MORTALITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; TSUNAMI;

EID: 77649236967     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-009-9372-5     Document Type: Article

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