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At 9:50 P.M. on August 31, 1886
The city of Charleston, South Carolina, was shaken by one of the largest historic seismic disturbances in eastern North America.
The quake, estimated to have had a moment magnitude (Mw) of 7.3, caused an estimated $5 to $6 million in damage in 1886 dollars. It damaged or destroyed more than 2,000 [...]
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Most of the current residential housing stock is of woodframe construction with masonry veneer. “Manufactured housing,” which typically rests on an unreinforced foundation without anchorage, is the second most common residential building type.
Many public buildings, including schools, emergency services and fire stations, are built of unreinforced masonry – some with heavy precast concrete roofs. These [...]
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