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" C; 20-60 partial collapse. Some damage to masonry B; none to masonry A. Fall of stucco and some masonry walls. Twisting, fall of chimneys, factory stacks, monuments, towers, elevated tanks. Frame houses moved on foundations if not bolted down: loose panel... "
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Issuances: Opinions and Decisions of the ... - Page 434
by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission - 1982
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A Study of Earthquake Losses in the San Francisco Bay Area: Data and Analysis

Sylvester Theodore Algermissen, Wilbur Rinehart, James W. Dewey, Environmental Research Laboratories (U.S.) - 1973 - 262 pages
...plaster, loose bricks, stones, tiles, cornices (also unbraced parapets and architectural ornaments). Some cracks in masonry C. Waves on ponds; water turbid...Large bells ring. Concrete irrigation ditches damaged. *The version of the scale given above was published by Richter (24), and is a slight abridgment of...
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Architects and Earthquakes

Elmer E. Botsai - 1977 - 124 pages
...stand. Shaking noticed l>.v :ni tn drivers. Other effccls: Waves on ponds; water turbid with mini. Small slides and caving in along sand or gravel banks. Large bells ring. Furniture broken. Hanging objects quiver. Structural effects: Masonry I> * heavily damaged ; Masonry...
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Manual of Seismological Observatory Practice

World Data Center A for Solid Earth Geophysics - 1979 - 184 pages
...Fall of plaster, loose bricks, stones, tiles, cornices, unbraced parapets and architectural ornaments. Some cracks in masonry C. Waves on ponds ; water turbid with mud. Small slides and caving-in along sand or gravel banks. Large bells ring. Concrete irrigation ditches damaged. VIII Steering...
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Seismic Safety and Land-use Planning--selected Examples ..., Issue 941, Part 2

M. L. Blair, W. E. Spangle - 1979 - 92 pages
...to masonry D, including cracks; fall of plaster, loose bricks, stones, tiles, and unbraced parapets. Small slides and caving in along sand or gravel banks. Large bells ring. Steering of automobiles affected. Damage to masonry C; partial collapse. Some damage to masonry B;...
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Seismic Safety and Land-use Planning--selected Examples ..., Issue 941, Part 2

M. L. Blair, W. E. Spangle - 1979 - 88 pages
...masonry D, including cracks; fall of Blaster, loose bricks, stones, tiles, and unbraced parapets, mall slides and caving in along sand or gravel banks. Large bells ring. Steering of automobiles affected. Damage to masonry C; partial collapse. Some damage to masonry B;...
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Seismic Considerations: Health Care Facilities

1990 - 126 pages
...plaster, loose bricks, stones, tiles, cornices, also unbraced parapets and architectural ornaments. Some cracks in Masonry C. Waves on ponds, water turbid...Concrete irrigation ditches damaged. VIII. Steering of cars affected. Damage to Masonry C; partial collapse. Some damage to Masonry B; none to Masonry A....
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Seismic Considerations: Elementary and Secondary Schools

Building Seismic Safety Council (U.S.) - 1990 - 126 pages
...plaster, loose bricks, stones, tiles, cornices also unbraced parapets and architectural ornaments. Some cracks in Masonry C. Waves on ponds, water turbid...Concrete irrigation ditches damaged. VIII. Steering of cars affected. Damage to Masonry C; partial collapse. Some damage to Masonry B; none to Masonry A....
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The Loma Prieta Earthquake: Lessons Learned : Hearing Before the ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology - 1990 - 328 pages
...chimneys broken. Damage to masonry; fall of plaster, loose bricks, stones, tiles, and unbraced parapets Small slides and caving in along sand or gravel banks. Large bells ring. VTH People frightened. Damage slight in specially designed structures; considerable in ordinary substantial...
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Earthquakes and Earthquake Insurance: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Policy Research and Insurance - 1990 - 1430 pages
...chimneys broken. Damage to masonry: fall of plaster, loose bricks, stones, tiles, and unbraced parapets. Small slides and caving in along sand or gravel banks. Large bells ring People frightened. Damage slight in specially designed structures: considerable in ordinary substantial...
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Missouri Geology: Three Billion Years of Volcanoes, Seas, Sediments, and Erosion

Athel Glyde Unklesbay, Jerry D. Vineyard - 1992 - 214 pages
...cornices, unbraced parapets, and architectural ornaments. Some cracks in masonry C (ordinary masonry1). Waves on ponds; water turbid with mud.* Small slides...Steering of motor cars affected. Damage to masonry C; par- 6.2 to 6.9 tial collapse of masonry D. Some damage to masonry B (good masonry); none to masonry...
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