Front Matter (PDF) - Seismological Research Letters

The Seismological Society of America (SSA) is a scientific society devoted to the advancement
of earthquake science. Founded in 1906 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 policy-makers 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.
The Seismological Society of America
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http://www.seismosoc.org

Volume 81, Number 6 November/December 2010