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Earthquake intensity

Here are entered works on the measure of the effects of an earthquake at a particular place. Works on the measure of the strength of an earthquake are entered under Earthquake magnitude.

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Seismic intensity

Filed under: Earthquake intensity

Reevaluation of Modified Mercalli intensity scale for earthquakes using distance as determinant (The Commission :, 1980), by Rutlage J. Brazee, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Divison of Reactor Safety Research, and National Geophysical and Solar-Terrestrial Data Center (page images at HathiTrust)
An analysis of earthquake intensities with respect to attenuation, magnitude, and rate of recurrence (The Commission :, 1980), by Rutlage J. Brazee, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Division of Reactor Safety Research, and National Geophysical and Solar-Terrestrial Data Center (page images at HathiTrust)
Regional relationships among earthquake magnitude scales : Seismic Safety Margins Research Program (The Division :, 1980), by D. H. Chung, D. L. Bernreuter, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Division of Reactor Safety Research (page images at HathiTrust)
Note on earthquake-intensity in San Francisco (J.D. & E.S. Dana, 1888), by Edward S. Holden (page images at HathiTrust)
Strong-motion program report, January-December 1984. (U.S. Geological Survey, 1986), by Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Earthquake intensity and the selection of ground motions for seismic design (U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, 1975), by E. L. Krinitzsky and Frank K. Chang (page images at HathiTrust)
State of the art for assessing earthquake hazards in the United States : Report 5, plate tectonics and earthquake assessment. (Dept. of Defense, Dept. of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, Soils and Pavements Laboratory, 1976), by Jack L. Walper, United States Army Corps of Engineers, and Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Errors in probabilistic seismic hazard analysis (U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station ;, 1982), by Daniele Veneziano, Geotechnical Laboratory (U.S.), United States Army Corps of Engineers, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil Engineering (page images at HathiTrust)
Contribution of directivity focusing to earthquake intensities (U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station ;, 1983), by Bruce A. Bolt, Berkeley University of California, Geotechnical Laboratory (U.S.), and United States Army Corps of Engineers (page images at HathiTrust)
State-of-the-art for assessing earthquake hazards in the United States : Report 19 : The evidence for reservoir-induced macroearthquakes (U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station :, 1982), by R. Meade, Geotechnical Laboratory (U.S.), and United States Army Corps of Engineers (page images at HathiTrust)
Catalogue of U.S. Geological Survey strong-motion records, 1986 (Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 1989), by R. L. Porcella, J. Switzer, and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Analysis of a worldwide strong motion data sample to develop an improved correlation between peak acceleration, seismic intensity and other physical parameters ([Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Standards Development, 1978., 1978), by J. R. Murphy, L. J. O'Brien, Computer Sciences Corporation, and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Standards Development (page images at HathiTrust)
Earthquakes in California in 1896 and 1897 (Govt. Print. Off., 1898), by C. D. Perrine and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Earthquakes in California in 1892 (Govt. Print. Off., 1893), by C. D. Perrine and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Earthquakes in California in 1893 (Govt. Print. Off., 1894), by C. D. Perrine and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Seismic intensities of earthquakes of conterminous United States : their prediction and interpretation (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey ;, 1981), by J. F. Evernden, G. D. Clow, W. M. Kohler, and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Monomode love waves through waveguide transitions (National Science Foundation, 1981), by G. L. Wojcik, National Science Foundation (U.S.). Directorate of Applied Science and Research Applications, and Weidlinger Associates (page images at HathiTrust)
Use of seismic intensity data to predict the effects of earthquakes and underground nuclear explosions in various geologic settings (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1969), by Patrick J. Barosh and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Geologic setting and crustal structure (U.S. Geological Survey ;, 2004), by W. H. Prescott, W. H. Bakun, Ray E. Wells, Geological Survey (U.S.), and National Science Foundation (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Earthquake intensity -- Alaska -- Aleutian Islands -- Catalogs

Catalog of intensities and magnitudes for earthquakes in Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, 1786-1981 (U.S. G.P.O. ;, 1988), by Stanley R. Brockman, J. A. Michael, and A. F. Espinosa (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Earthquake intensity -- Alaska -- Catalogs

Catalog of intensities and magnitudes for earthquakes in Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, 1786-1981 (U.S. G.P.O. ;, 1988), by Stanley R. Brockman, J. A. Michael, and A. F. Espinosa (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Earthquake intensity -- California

Reducing earthquake losses throughout the United States. (U.S. Geological Survey, 1995), by Roger D. Borcherdt and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Reducing earthquake losses throughout the United States (U.S. Geological Survey, 1996), by Carol Mortensen and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Earthquakes in California in 1896 and 1897 (Govt. Print. Off., 1898), by C. D. Perrine and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Earthquakes in California in 1892 (Govt. Print. Off., 1893), by C. D. Perrine and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Earthquakes in California in 1893 (Govt. Print. Off., 1894), by C. D. Perrine and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Earthquake intensity -- California -- Loma Prieta Region

Main-shock characteristics. (U.S. G.P.O. ;, 1997), by George A. Havach, William H. Prescott, W. H. Bakun, Paul Spudich, and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Earthquake intensity -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area

Earth structures and engineering characterization of ground motion (U.S. G.P.O., 1998), by Thomas L. Holzer and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Main-shock characteristics. (U.S. G.P.O. ;, 1997), by George A. Havach, William H. Prescott, W. H. Bakun, Paul Spudich, and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Geologic setting and crustal structure (U.S. Geological Survey ;, 2004), by W. H. Prescott, W. H. Bakun, Ray E. Wells, Geological Survey (U.S.), and National Science Foundation (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Earthquake intensity -- Forecasting -- Data processing

State-of-the-art for assessing earthquake hazards in the United States : Report 24, WES RASCAL code for synthesizing earthquake ground motions (U.S. Army Engineers Waterways Experiment Station] ;, 1987), by Walter J. Silva, Kin Lee, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, and United States Army Corps of Engineers (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Earthquake intensity -- Hawaii

Isoseismal maps, macroseismic epicenters, and estimated magnitudes of historical earthquakes in the Hawaiian Islands (U.S. G.P.O. ;, 1992), by Max Wyss and Robert Y. Koyanagi (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Earthquake intensity -- Hawaii -- Maps

Isoseismal maps, macroseismic epicenters, and estimated magnitudes of historical earthquakes in the Hawaiian Islands (U.S. G.P.O. ;, 1992), by Max Wyss and Robert Y. Koyanagi (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Earthquake intensity -- Measurement

Survey of practice in determining magnitudes of near earthquakes (World Data Center A for Solid Earth Geophysics, NOAA, 1900), by R. D. Adams and International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior. Working Group on Magnitudes of Near Earthquakes (page images at HathiTrust)
Community-made earthquake shaking maps ([U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey], 2001), by Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Earthquake intensity -- United States -- Measurement -- Catalogs

Catalogue of U.S. Geological Survey strong-motion records, 1990 (U.S. G.P.O. ;, 1992), by R. L. Porcella, J. Switzer, and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Catalogue of U.S. Geological Survey strong-motion records, 1991 (U.S. G.P.O. ;, 1994), by R. L. Porcella, J. Switzer, and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Catalogue of U.S. Geological Survey strong-motion records, 1993 (U.S. Geological Survey, Map Distribution, 1995), by R. L. Porcella, J. Switzer, and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Catalogue of U.S. Geological Survey strong-motion records, 1994 (U.S. G.P.O., 1997), by R. L Porcella, W. L Jungblut, J. Switzer, and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Catalogue of U.S. Geological Survey strong-motion records, 1992 (U.S. G.P.O. ;, 1994), by R. L. Porcella, J. Switzer, and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Earthquake intensity -- Research -- United States

The Reauthorization of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act : hearing before the Subcommittee on Science of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, first echnology, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, first session, June 15, 1993. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1993), by Space United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Earthquake intensity -- Saudi Arabia

Probabilistic estimates of the seismic ground-motion hazard in western Saudi Arabia (Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey ;, 1989), by P. C. Thenhaus, Saudi Arabia. Deputy Ministry for Mineral Resources, and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Earthquake intensity -- United States

Summary of earthquake intensity file : a computerized file of the effects of earthquakes in the United States (National Geophysical Data Center, 1983), by Jerry L. Coffman and National Geophysical Data Center (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Earthquake intensity -- United States -- Statistics

Strong-motion program report, January-December 1984. (U.S. Geological Survey, 1986), by Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Strong-Motion Program report, January-December 1981. (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1983), by Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Strong-Motion Program report, January - December 1982. (Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey ;, 1985), by Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Catalogue of U.S. Geological Survey strong-motion records, 1986 (Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 1989), by R. L. Porcella, J. Switzer, and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

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