Abstract
The structural damage that occurred during the Kern County (California) earthquake of July 21, 1952, is reviewed, and the provisions of earthquake resistant design are examined on the basis of this damage. It is shown that the prevailing scales for measuring damage caused by earthquakes are inadequate. Examination of the buildings in the area of the earthquake revealed that those buildings that were designed to resist earthquakes fared satisfactorily if they were constructed with the same degree of care with which they had been designed. Those buildings that were not designed to resist earthquakes fared poorly, especially if the construction methods were haphazard.
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