Disaster Deferred: A New View of Earthquake Hazards in the New Madrid Seismic Zone
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In the winter of 1811-12, a series of large earthquakes in the New Madrid seismic zone-often incorrectly described as the biggest ever to hit the United States-shook the Midwest. Today the federal government ranks the hazard in the Midwest as high as California's and is pressuring communities to undertake expensive preparations for disaster. Coinciding with the two-hundredth anniversary of the New Madrid earthquakes, Disaster Deferred revisits these...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0231151381
ISBN13:9780231151382
Release Date:October 2010
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Length:296 Pages
Weight:1.25 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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