@article{471192,
      recid = {471192},
      author = {Musson, Roger.},
      title = {The million death quake : the science of predicting  Earth's deadliest natural disaster /},
      publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan,},
      address = {New York :},
      pages = {xiii, 255 p. :},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {"People have weeks of warning prior to volcanic eruptions,  days of warning before a blizzard, and hours of warning  before tornadoes. But there is still no warning system at  all for earthquakes, though they have killed millions, and  millions more live in constant danger from them. In The  Million Death Quake, British Geological Survey seismologist  Roger Musson takes us on a riveting journey through  earthquakes. After making plain the science behind quakes,  he tackles how engineers are fighting to make our cities  "earthquake-proof" and seismologists are searching for the  sign hidden in nature that could be interpreted as a  warning. Highlighting hotspots around the world from  Bucharest to the Azores, and with the massive Haiti & Japan  earthquakes still in recent memory, this is a fascinating  exploration of the strangest and most violent of natural  disasters"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/471192},
}