Roger Musson > Quotes

“EARTHQUAKES DON’T KILL PEOPLE, BUILDINGS DO THE”
― Roger Musson, The Million Death Quake: The Science of Predicting Earth's Deadliest Natural Disaster

“Surprisingly, the idea of an earthquake warning system is not entirely new; it was actually proposed as long ago as 1868 by a correspondent for the San Francisco Evening Daily Bulletin.”
― Roger Musson, The Million Death Quake: The Science of Predicting Earth's Deadliest Natural Disaster

“While the system proposed for San Francisco in 1868 might have been able to warn of earthquakes originating in the Hollister area, it would have been of little use in 1906, when the fault break was much closer to home. All”
― Roger Musson, The Million Death Quake: The Science of Predicting Earth's Deadliest Natural Disaster

“The US city that probably stands to benefit most from earthquake early warning is Seattle.”
― Roger Musson, The Million Death Quake: The Science of Predicting Earth's Deadliest Natural Disaster

“One of the most famous earthquake-resistant buildings in the world is the Transamerica Pyramid in downtown San Francisco.”
― Roger Musson, The Million Death Quake: The Science of Predicting Earth's Deadliest Natural Disaster