USGS Response to an Urban Earthquake:

Northride '94

Open-File Report 96-263

Preface Document Preparation Information Summary

• A Direct Hit on 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
• Updating Seismic Hazards Assessments
• Updating Seismic Hazards Assesments
• Facilitating Communications
• Creating Policies and Plans for Seismic Safety

Inroduction

• The Earthquake and its Impacts
• The Early Response - Collecting Information and Organizing Communications
• The Long-Term Response - New Experience with an Urban Earthquake
• The Tasks of the NEHRP Agencies

Assisting Recovery, Reconstruction, and Mitigation