Safety and survival in an earthquake

General Information Product
Prepared in Cooperation with the Office of Emergency Preparedness
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Abstract

Many earth scientists in this country and abroad are focusing their studies on the search for means of predicting impending earthquakes, but, as yet, an accurate prediction of the time and place of such an event cannot be made. From past experience, however, one can assume that earthquakes will continue to harass mankind and that they will occur most frequently in the areas where they have been relatively common in the past. In the United States, earthquakes can be expected to occur most frequently in the western states, particularly in Alaska, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, and Montana. The danger, however, is not confined to any one part of the country; major earthquakes have occurred at widely scattered locations.
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Unnumbered Series
Title Safety and survival in an earthquake
Series title General Information Product
DOI 10.3133/70039379
Year Published 1969
Language English
Publisher U.S. Government Printing Office
Publisher location Washington, D.C.
Description 11 p.
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