- Author
- Wright, R. N.
- Title
- Conclusions and Recommendations.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- Department of the Interior, Reston, VA
- Report
- NIST SP 778; ICCSSC TR11, January 1990, 201 p.
- Distribution
- Available from Government Printing Office
- Book or Conf
- Performance of Structures During the Loma Prieta Earthquake of October 17, 1990, Lew, H. S., Editors, 7/1-7 p., 1990
- Keywords
- earthquakes | building codes | fire safety | damage | bridges (structures) | highways | structural engineering | housing | geology | lifelines | seismic | specifications | viaducts
- Abstract
- The Loma Prieta earthquake of October 17, 1989, can provide significant lessons for public policies and construction practices throughout the United States. While it was the largest earthquake to strike Northern California since the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906, earthquakes of similar or larger magnitude are expected to affect 46 of the 50 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (Federal Emergency Management Agency, 1988). Thus, lessons of structural performance, seismology, and geology which can be learned from the Loma Prieta earthquake, can be used to reduce earthquake hazards throughout the United States and the rest of the world.