The report contains information and photographs obtained during a preliminary investigation of structural damage caused by the San Fernando Valley, California Earthquake of 9 February 1971. Since the damage was quite widespread, the failures of only a few residential homes, commercial buildings and freeway bridges were inspected. Larger structures visited were a hydraulic fill dam which almost failed completely, two large Veterans Administration Hospital buildings, that collapsed, and the Los Angeles County Olive View Medical Center.

Excerpt from San Fernando, California, Earthquake of February 9, 1971: In Three Volumes In Volume III, studies of classical seismology, sur face and subsurface geology, vertical and horizontal geodesy, strong-motion seismology, and geomagnetism make available a vast source of physical environ mental data about the San Fernando earthquake. These studies provide the scientific input for further evaluation of structural damage to buildings, dams, towers, highways, bridges, and multipurpose facilities of utility companies as described in Volumes I and II. Many of these studies must be considered preliminary in their findings because of their early publication, which did not permit sufficient time to conduct detailed analyses. It is anticipated that the results of many additional investigations on the scientific aspects of this earthquake will appear in future publications. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Immediately following the San Fernando, California earthquake (February 9, 1971), a four-man team from the Building Research Division of the National Bureau of Standards' Institute for Applied Technology, surveyed the damage to buildings and other structures. This report is based primarily on the data gathered during the survey but includes some data provided by other agencies and individuals.Based on study of these data and observations made during the survey, recommendations are made pertaining to the improvement of building and other structural design and construction practices.(Author).