Metropolitan San Francisco and Los Angeles earthquake loss studies: 1980 assessment

Abstract

This report was prepared as a result of the President's request that his Science Advisor, Dr. Frank Press, conduct a review of disaster preparedness for and consequences of a major California earthquake.The review has been carried out through an ad hoc committee of the National Security Council.This report is a contribution to that reuiew.Consequences of the maximum probable earthquake to occur on each of two faults in each of the metropolitan Los Angeles and San Francisco areas were developed in two reports prepared, in part, by the authors in 1972 and 1973; these reports evaluated the probable number of casualties and those left homeless, together with effects to selected important facilities, and economic loss."A Study of Earthquake Losses in the San Francisco Bay Area", A Report Prepared for the Office of Emergency Preparedness by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 1972."A Study of Earthquake Losses in the Los Angeles, California, Area", A Report Prepared for the Federal Disaster Assistance Administration, Department of Housing and Urban Development by N?AA, 1973.Henceforth these two reports will be cited as the NOAA studies and reports.

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