TLC :: Earthquakes: Cities at Risk

May 16, 2008

Earthquake Risk

	EXPAND EXPAND Cities at Risk for Earthquakes Cities at Risk Boston Memphis New York Vulnerable Industries Americans are accustomed to thinking of earthquakes something that only Californians have to worry about. That's a potentially lethal mistake. In fact, about 90 percent of the nation's population lives in areas considered seismically active. More than 3,500 earthquakes have been recorded east of the Mississippi River since 1700, and a few of them have been pretty scary. In 1886, for example, Charleston, S.C. was caught off guard by a massive quake, variously estimated at between 7.1 and 7.5, that leveled much of the city and killed 60 people.

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Pictures: Courtesy of Kozak Collection/Earthquake Engineering Research Center/University of California, Berkeley (2) |

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