AN ASSESSMENT OF THE
CONSEQUENCES AND
PREPARATIONS FOR A
CATASTROPHIC CALIFORNIA
EARTHQUAKE:
FINDINGS AND ACTIONS TAKEN
PREPARED BY
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
FROM ANALYSES CARRIED OUT BY THE
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
ad hoc COMMITTEE ON ASSESSMENT OF
CONSEQUENCES AND PREPARATIONS FOR
A MAJOR CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE
federal emergency
management agency
Washington, D.C. 20472
November 1980