EEFIT observation short report: Lincolnshire, UK
Date published

7 November 2014

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Free

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EEFIT observation short report: Lincolnshire, UK

Report

Date published

7 November 2014

Price

Free

PDF

This EEFIT report provides observations following the 4.7 Mw earthquake which struck Lincolnshire on 27 February 2008.

The brief report details the damage observed in the location of the earthquake, an estimation of the financial losses and an analysis of the seismic risk in the area.

Additional information

Format:
PDF
Pages:
10
Publisher:
EEFIT

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Report Disaster mitigation, management & recovery Resilience Structural failure Seismic & Vibration EEFIT

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