URBAN EARTHQUAKES 1995 Presidential Address Seismological Society of America
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One extremely optimistic view is from a book by Robert Hill entitled "Southern California Geology and Los Angeles Earthquakes" publ ished by the Southern California Academy of Sciences in 1928. The following quote is from the book cover. "This book completely refutes the predict ion of Professor Bailey Willis that Los Angeles is about to be destroyed by earthquakes. It proves that this area is not only free from the probabili ty of severe seismic disturbances, but has the least to fear from Acts o f God of any city under the American flag."
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