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The Earthquake Threat
Nevada is Earthquake Country
Confronting the Inevitable
Earthquakes in Nevada - 1850s to 1998
What are the Chances of Experiencing Strong Shaking?
What will Happen if a Disastrous Earthquake Strikes?
Earthquake Preparedness
Taking Control
Your Personal Safety
Life with Aftershocks
Home Safe Home
Eliminating Nonstructural Hazards
Avoid Earthquake Related Fires
The Anatomy of a Safe Building
Science Background
Reviewing the Basics
The Big Picture
Faults in Nevada
Measuring an Earthquake
Foreshocks, Mainshocks, and Aftershocks
What will the Shaking Feel Like
Earthquake Safety
The Road to Earthquake Safety
Earthquake Plan
Further Reading
Living with Earthquakes in Nevada: A Nevadan's guide to preparing for, surviving, and recovering from an earthquake

Further Reading

  • Ambrose, J. and Vergun, D., 1999, Desigh for Earthquakes: John Wiley and Sons.
  • Association of Engineering Geologists, Great Basin and Southwestern Sections, 1998, Suggested Guidelines for Evaluating Potential Surface Fault Rupture/Land Subsidence Hazard in Nevada: Nevada Earthquake Safety Council, unpublished flier.
  • Association of Bay Area Governments Website: www.abag.gov/bayarea/eqmaps
  • Bel, J.W., 1984, Quaternary Fault Map of Nevada -- Reno Sheet: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Map 79.
  • Bolt, B.A., 1999, Earthquakes: W.H. Freeman & Co.
  • Brumbaugh, D.S., 1999, Earthquakes, Science and Society: Prentice-Hall
  • California Seismic Safety Commission, 1998, The Homeowner's Guide to Earthquake Safety.
  • dePolo, C.M., editor, 1998, Seismic Hazards in the Las Vegas Region: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-file Report 98-6.
  • dePolo, C.M., Anderson, J.G., dePolo, D.M., and Prince, J.G., 1997, Earthquake Occurrence in the Reno - Carson City Urban Corridor: Seismological Research Letters, v.68, p.401
  • dePolo, C.M., Ribgy, J.G., Johnson, G.L., Jacobson, S.L., Anderson, J.G., and Wythes, T.J., 1996, Planning Scenario for a Major Earthquake in Western Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Special Publication 20.
  • dePolo, D.M., and dePolo, C.M., 1999 Earthquakes in Nevada, 1852-1998: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Map 119, 1:1,000,000 scale.
  • Dohrenwend, J.C., Schell, B.A., Menges, C.M., Moring, B.C., and McKittrick, M.A., 1996, Reconnaisance Photogeologic Map of Young (Quaternary and late Tertiary) Faults in Nevada, in Singer, D.A., editor, An Analysis of Nevada's Metal-Bearing Mineral Resources: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-file Report 96-2.
  • Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, 1986, Reducing Earthquake Hazards: Lessons Learned from Earthquakes: Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Publication No.86-02.
  • Frankel, A., Mueller, C., Barnhard, T., Perkins, D., Leyendecker, E.V., Dickman, N., Hanson, S., and Hopper, M., 1997, Seismic Hazard Maps for the Conterminous United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 97-131.
  • Gere, J.M., and Shah, H.C., 1984, Terra Non Firma: W.H. Freeman and Company.
  • Keller, E.A., and Pinter, N., 1996, Active Tectonics, Earthquakes, Uplift, and Landscape: Prentice-Hall.
  • Kimball, V., 1988, Earthquake Ready: Roundtable Publishing.
  • Kramer, S.L., 1996, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering: Prentice-Hall.
  • Lund, W.R., editor, 1998, Proceedings Volume, Basin and Range Province Seismic-Hazards Summit, Western States Seismic Policy Council: Utah Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Publication 98-2.
  • McCalpin, J.P., editor, 1996, Paleoseismology: Academic Press.
  • Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Website: www.nbmg.unr.edu
  • Nevada Seismological Laboratory Website: www.seismo.unr.edu
  • Reiter, L., 1990, Earthquake Hazard Analysis: Columbia University Press
  • Shearer, P.M., 1999, Introduction to Seismology: Cambridge University Press.
  • Smith, C., and Furukawa, C., 2000, Introduction to Earthquake Retrofitting, Tools and Techniques.
  • Tarbuck, E.J., and Lutgens, F.K., 1999, Earth: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
  • Wallace, R.E., 1984, Faulting related to the 1915 earthquakes in Pleasant Valley, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1274-A, 33 p.
  • Wiss, Janney, Elster Assoc., Inc., 1994, Reducing the Risks of Nonstructural Earthquake Damage, a Practical Guide: FEMA 74.
  • Yeats, R.S., Sieh, K., and Allen, C.R., 1997, The Geology of Earthquakes: Oxford University Press.
  • Yanev, P.I., 1991, Peace of Mind in Earthquake Country: Chronicle Books.


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