Front Matter (PDF) - Seismological Research Letters

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The SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA (SSA) is a scientific society devoted to the
advancement of earthquake science. Founded in I9o6 in San Francisco, the Society
now has members throughout the world representing a variety of technical interests"
seismologists and other geophysicists, geologists, engineers, insurers, and policymakers
in preparedness and safety.
SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
ITS OBJECT
I
Promote research in seismology, the scientific
investigation of earthquakes and related phenomena.
II
Promote public safety by all practical means.
III
Enlist the interest of engineers, architects,
contractors, insurers, and property owners
in the obligation to protect the community
against disasters due to earthquakes and
earthquake fires by showing that it is reasonably
practicable and economical to build for security.
IV
Inform the public by appropriate publications,
lectures, and other means to an understanding
of the fact that earthquakes are dangerous chiefly
because we do not take adequate precautions
against their effects, whereas it is possible
to insure ourselves against damage by proper studies
of their geographic distribution, historical sequence,
activities, and effects on buildings.

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SEARC
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Eastern Section, Seismological Society of America
Special Issue on
TH E ILLINOIS BASIN: SEISMICITY, QUATERNARY
FAULTING, AND SEISMIC HAZARD
Special Editors"
RUSSELL L. WHEELER & DHANANJAY RAVAT
SEC'FIONI
SEISMOLOGICAL