none 10.1193/1.1585463 Wiley Wiley (John Wiley & Sons) 311 8415508 5867 2026012504140800505 10.1002 2026-01-25T15:11:25Z 2003-07-31T11:06:39Z 3 Earthquake Spectra Earthquake Spectra 8755-2930 1944-8201 02 1988 4 1 B. G. Jones CISER/PURS 106 West Sibley Hall, Cornell University Ithaca NY 14853 USA C. N. Nicolaides CISER/PURS 106 West Sibley Hall, Cornell University Ithaca NY 14853 USA Current methods of risk assessment require determining the incidence of damage to the elements at risk in order to establish vulnerability. Recent disasters can provide extremely useful information for calibrating various parameters of damage rates. It is necessary to produce estimates of the elements at risk and apply the best information available concerning damage. This requires considering the total physical context in which the disaster occurred. We estimate population, number of buildings, building floor area, and building replacement cost for the Modified Mercalli Intensity VI, VII and VIII areas for the Whittier Narrows Earthquake and calculate incidence rates. 02 1988 02 1988 35 42 10.1193/1.1585463 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/tdm_license_1.1 10.1193/1.1585463 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1193/1.1585463 http://sage.cnpereading.com/paragraph/article/?doi=10.1193/1.1585463 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1193/1.1585463 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1193/1.1585463 https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/earthquake-spectra/article/4/1/35/584260/the-whittier-narrows-california-earthquake-of