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Expected average annual fatalities from earthquakes

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Petersen, M.D., Harmsen, S.C., Jaiswal, K.S., Rukstales, K.S., Luco, N., Haller, K.M., Mueller, C.S., and Shumway, A.M., 2018, Seismic Hazard, Risk, and Design for South America: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7Wm1BK1.

Summary

Expected average annual fatalities from earthquakes are determined by using PAGER's vulnerability functions that are unique to each country. There are significant differences in fatality rates between countries, which is indicative of their relative vulnerability to earthquakes.

Contacts

Contact :
Kenneth S Rukstales
Originator :
Mark D Petersen, Stephen C Harmsen, Kishor Jaiswal, Kenneth S Rukstales, Nicolas Luco, Kathleen M Haller, Charles S Mueller, Allison M Shumway
Data Owner :
Earthquake Hazards Program
USGS Mission Area :
Natural Hazards
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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SoAMdeath_w_site.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		11.08 KB application/fgdc+xml
FatalityRisk.png
“Map in PNG format” 		thumbnail 222.89 KB image/png
FatalityRisk.pdf
“Map in PDF format” 		553.86 KB application/pdf
SoAMdeath_w_site.dat
“Gridded data” 		236.01 MB text/plain

Purpose

This map is intended to summarize the available quantitative information about seismic ground motion hazard for South America from geologic and geophysical sources.
Map in PNG format
Map in PNG format

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