1989 LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE 
.... In the 1994
quake, the
damage that occurred was sparse among the Hollywood Hills, concentrated mostly within the softer soil areas. ....
(899
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Earthquake Damage & Building Codes
.... with 1985 and 1988 revisions in the building code, one might have expected Los Angeles to be spared major structural
damage from a future earth
quake. ....
(4295
17
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Economic impact of natural disasters
.... Rail lines suffered only minor
damage in the
quake (29 cars derailed on the Southern Pacific line, but the
damage was not serious) and the metro rail system ....
(2316
9
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Whittier Narrows Earthquake
The
damage from that
quake showed that the California State University at Los Angeles is located near the Whittier Narrows fault line (Kimball, 1988, p. 54). ....
(2488
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California Earthquake Faults
.... The solid crustal plate beneath the Midwest transmits a
quake's energy far more efficiently than do the faults in California, meaning that
damage would be more ....
(1973
8
)
Response to Natural Disasters
.... Rail lines suffered only minor
damage in the
quake (29 cars derailed on the Southern Pacific line, but the
damage was not serious) and the metro rail system ....
(2506
10
)
1989 LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE
.... It is within this zone that the greatest
damage occurred. It is believed that this area corresponds to the rupture associated with the
quake's main 7.1 shock ....
(927
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Press Coverage of 1906 Earthquake
.... By the
quake of 1868, San Francisco finally had enough people and buildings for a large
quake to do some
damage. The 7.5 magnitude ....
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12
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Press Coverage of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
.... By the
quake of 1868, San Francisco finally had enough people and buildings for a large
quake to do some
damage. The 7.5 magnitude ....
(3102
12
)
San Andreas Fault and Earthquakes
.... the greatest extent of the
damage caused by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake resulted from fires which swept through the city following the
quake itself. ....
(1935
8
)
The Northridge Earthquake of 1994
.... of the FEMA claimed that rebuilding and reparation costs for the
quake might top .... The direct economic losses, including
damage to private property, have clearly ....
(3911
16
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Media Coverage of Disasters
.... and a Richter scale number (measuring the relative strength of the
quake) is found .... 16 disasters that killed 100 or more people and 89 that caused
damage to one ....
(3247
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Earthquakes
.... to 7
quake each decade. But because many of the quakes could occur in more populated, heavily developed areas, they would be expected to inflict serious
damage ....
(3490
14
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ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS This research paper dis
.... disrupt the permafrost and result in ecological
damage, TAP crossed much more rugged terrain, went through the "the most extensive earth-
quake prone region in ....
(3756
15
)
The Appeal of Small-Screen Violence
.... It is essentially a take-off of Doom or
Quake but is based on the conceit .... The fact that video games seem to
damage verbal skills even when they don't encourage ....
(2153
9
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