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An Assessment of the Consequences and Preparations for a Catastrophic California Earthquake: Findings and Actions Taken
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
What happens the morning after a great California earthquake? This federal assessment models the shaking itself, then the losses: geologic scenarios, a table of the state's major historic quakes, and the findings on damage, casualties, and readiness that follow. A sober look at fault lines and what a region must prepare for. Read the plan drawn up before the ground moves.
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21 chapters
- 1AN ASSESSMENT OF THE CONSEQUENCES AND PREPARATIONS FOR A CATASTROPHIC CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE: FINDINGS AND ACTIONS TAKEN
- 2PREPARED BY FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FROM ANALYSES CARRIED OUT BY THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL ad hoc COMMITTEE ON ASSESSMENT OF CONSEQUENCES AND PREPARATIONS FOR A MAJOR CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE
- 3TABLE OF CONTENTS
- 4CHAPTER IToC EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, ISSUES, AND ACTIONS
- 5CHAPTER IIToC GEOLOGIC EARTHQUAKE SCENARIOS
- 6TABLE 1 MAJOR CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKES
- 7CHAPTER IIIToC ASSESSMENT OF LOSSES FOR SELECTED POTENTIAL CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKES
- 8TABLE 2 ESTIMATES OF PROPERTY LOSSES FOR REPRESENTATIVE EARTHQUAKES[1]
- 9TABLE 3 ESTIMATES OF CASUALTIES[1]
- 10CHAPTER IVToC AN ASSESSMENT OF THE CURRENT STATE OF READINESS CAPABILITY OF FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE
- 11TABLE 4 QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF STATE PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES
- 12TABLE 5 QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF STATE PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES
- 13CHAPTER VToC AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SOCIAL IMPACTS
- 14ANNEX 1ToC LETTERS OF CORRESPONDENCE
- 15THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON
- 16ANNEX 2ToC CURRENT CALIFORNIA AND FEDERAL EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE PLANNING
- 17TABLE 1 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY REGION IX EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE AND ASSISTANCE TASKS
- 18ANNEXES TO BASIC PLAN
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