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Author
EQE Engineering
Title
Cape Mendocino Earthquakes of April 25 and 26, 1992.
Coporate
EQE Engineering, San Francisco, CA
Keywords
earthquakes | damage | lifelines
Identifiers
seismicity; ground motion; lifelines; Cape Mendocino area of northwest California, April 25-26, 1992; North Coast Region; Petrolia, California; Scotia and Rio Dell, California; Fortuna, California; Ferndale, California; Loleta, California; Eureka, California
Abstract
On April 25 and 26, 1992, three earthquakes of major importance to the study of earthquake engineering occurred in the Cape Mendocino area of northwest California. Records at Cape Mendocino indicate that the initial shock produced the largest ground motion ever recorded in California.