USGS Response to an Urban Earthquake: Northridge '94

Open-File Report 96-263

Preface

Document Preparation Information

Summary

• A Direct Hit on a Modern American City
• USGS Roles and Actions in the Response
• The Earthquake's Setting and Impacts
• Evaluating Ground Response
• Ground Failures and Landslides
• Investigating Building and Freeway Damages

Introduction

Assisting Recovery, Reconstruction, and Mitigation

Studying the Setting and Consequences of the Earthquake

Communicating and Applying What We Learned

Conclusions: Working Toward National Seismic Safety

NEHRP Tasks Assigned to the USGS

References/Notes