Impacts of California Earthquakes on Buildings from Shaken Awake! | |
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In this 1996 ABAG study, existing residential buildings buildings were broadly classified according to the three sets of categories described below: the material of the structure of the building, the height or number of stories of the building, and the age of the building. These three categories enable classification of the Bay Area’s housing stock into the following thirteen building types.
You can select one of these building types for data on habitability following past California earthquakes, or scroll down for more information on the classification system used.
http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/eqmaps/shelpop/bldg.html