ABSTRACT

This book portrays the history, causes and future of large earthquakes in the US and traces the evolution of government policy to deal with it. It reviews the range of human actions that can be taken to manage or lessen quake losses and presents a review of the current technology to predict quakes.

chapter 1|14 pages

Large Earthquakes in the United States

chapter 2|12 pages

The Evolution of Earthquake Policy

chapter 3|18 pages

Actions That Reduce Earthquake Risk

chapter 4|16 pages

The Evolution of Earthquake Warnings

chapter 6|15 pages

Public Reaction to the Prediction

chapter 7|12 pages

Present and Future Predictions

chapter |4 pages

Epilogue