Hyogo-Ken Nanbu Earthquake Preliminary Report

Report by participants in the U.S.-Japan Workshop on Urban Earthquake Hazard Reduction,
Available through the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, February 1995.
Description of report by Amy Charlene Reed, RiskWorld staff.
E-mail to: reed@tec-com.com
Last updated on November 10, 1995.

This 120-page report summarizes preliminary information on the earthquake gathered by U.S. engineers, scientists, and government officials who were in Japan during the disaster attending the workshop on earthquake hazard reduction. The report includes pictures, statistics, and observations on geoscience and geotehcnical issues, architectural and planning background, damage to buildings and transportation structures, lifeline systems, emergency response, and societal and economic impact.

The report is available for $15 from:

The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute,
499 14th Street, Suite 320,
Oakland, CA 94612-1934,
Telephone: (510) 451-0905
Fax: (510) 451-5411.

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