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The 2002 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Seismic Hazard Maps display earthquake ground motions for various probability levels across the United States and are applied in seismic provisions of building codes, insurance rate structures, risk assessments, and other public policy. This update of the maps incorporates new findings on earthquake ground shaking, faults, seismicity, and geodesy. The resulting maps are derived from seismic hazard curves calculated on a grid of sites across the United States that describe the frequency of exceeding a set of ground motions.
Types: Citation;
Tags: B/C site class boundary,
EHP,
Earthquake Hazards Program,
GHSC,
Geologic Hazards Science Center, All tags...
Hazard Maps,
NEHRP,
National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program,
National Seismic Hazard Maps,
Seismic Hazard Maps,
USGS,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
United States,
Vs30,
building codes,
earthquake ground motions,
earthquake probability,
geophysics,
insurance rate structures,
probabilistic hazard maps,
public policy,
risk assessments,
seismic hazard,
seismic hazard curves,
seismic provisions,
spectral accelerations,
tectonic, Fewer tags
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Wildfire can significantly alter the hydrologic response of a watershed to the extent that even modest rainstorms can produce dangerous flash floods and debris flows. The USGS conducts post-fire debris-flow hazard assessments for select fires in the Western U.S. We use geospatial data related to basin morphometry, burn severity, soil properties, and rainfall characteristics to estimate the probability and volume of debris flows that may occur in response to a design storm.
Types: Citation;
Tags: GHSC,
Geologic Hazards Science Center,
LHP,
Landslide Hazards Program,
USGS, All tags...
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
United States,
debris flow,
flash floods,
hazard assessments,
hydrologic response,
landslide hazard,
wildfire, Fewer tags
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ShakeMap is a product of the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program in conjunction with the regional seismic networks. ShakeMaps provide near-real-time maps of ground motion and shaking intensity following significant earthquakes. These maps are used by federal, state, and local organizations, both public and private, for post-earthquake response and recovery, public and scientific information, as well as for preparedness exercises and disaster planning.
Types: Citation;
Tags: ANSS,
Advanced National Seismic System,
ComCat,
Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog,
Earth, All tags...
Earthquake Hazards Program,
GHSC,
Geologic Hazards Science Center,
ShakeMap,
USGS,
disaster planning,
earth science,
earthquake hazard,
geophysics,
ground motion,
post-earthquake recovery,
post-earthquake response,
preparedness exercises,
real time monitoring,
regional earthquake,
regional seismic networks,
seismic hazard,
seismology,
shaking intensity,
tectonophysics, Fewer tags
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A scenario represents one realization of a potential future earthquake by assuming a particular magnitude, location, and fault-rupture geometry and estimating shaking using a variety of strategies. In planning and coordinating emergency response, utilities, local government, and other organizations are best served by conducting training exercises based on realistic earthquake situations—ones similar to those they are most likely to face. ShakeMap Scenario earthquakes can fill this role. They can also be used to examine exposure of structures, lifelines, utilities, and transportation corridors to specified potential earthquakes. A ShakeMap earthquake scenario is a predictive ShakeMap with an assumed magnitude and...
Types: Citation;
Tags: Earthquake Hazards Program,
GHSC,
Geologic Hazards Science Center,
ShakeMap,
USGS, All tags...
United States,
earth science,
earthquake hazard,
earthquake scenario,
fault-rupture geometry,
geophysics,
seismic hazard,
seismology, Fewer tags
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New active-source shallow seismic (shear-wave and acoustic-wave) measurements were obtained at 18 prioritized seismic monitoring station locations in the north San Francisco Bay area to measure site-specific ground motion amplification effects, soil depth, depth to bedrock (Z1.0 Vs=1 km/s), calculate site specific velocity-depth profiles and Vs30, and develop NEHRP site classifications for each location. This study was led by Principal Investigators Jamey Turner, Cooper Brossy, and Daniel O’Connell and field data were acquired by Glendon Adams and Lincoln Steele. Seismic monitoring sites that recorded high PGA values during the M6.0 Napa earthquake, proximal to higher population densities, and sites recommended...
Categories: Data;
Types: Citation,
Downloadable,
Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
Shapefile;
Tags: California,
EHP,
Earthquake Hazards Program,
GHSC,
Geologic Hazards Science Center, All tags...
NEHRP,
Napa,
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program,
PGA,
PGV,
San Francisco Bay,
USGS,
United States,
earth science,
earthquake hazard,
geophysical survey,
geophysics,
peak ground acceleration,
peak ground velocity,
seismic hazards,
seismic monitoring,
seismic velocity,
seismology,
shear wave velocity,
tectonophysics, Fewer tags
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