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Damage to existing structures can be expected to be severe if large earthquakes occur in or near large urban areas. For example, Steinbrugge et al. (1981) estimate that property losses for a magnitude-7.5 earthquake on the Newport-Inglewood fault in the Los Angeles, California, metropolitan area would be $62.2 billion (1980 dollars), excluding losses for communication and transportation systems, dams, military installations, and consequent losses such as unemployment, loss of taxes, shutdown of factories due to loss of supplies, and automobile damage. These large expected dollar losses are of concern to facility owners, insurers, and government officials.
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Rojahn, C. (1994). Estimation of Earthquake Damage to Buildings and Other Structures in Large Urban Areas. In: Tucker, B.E., Erdik, M., Hwang, C.N. (eds) Issues in Urban Earthquake Risk. NATO ASI Series, vol 271. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8338-1_5
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