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Seismic Hazard

Seismic Hazard

National seismic hazard maps and data, interactive U.S. Fault Map and database, seismic design information, and earthquake scenarios.

Seismic Hazard Maps and Site-Specific Data
Faults
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Seismic Hazard

Seismic Hazard

National seismic hazard maps and data, interactive U.S. Fault Map and database, seismic design information, and earthquake scenarios.

Seismic Hazard Maps and Site-Specific Data
Faults
Design Ground Motions
Earthquake Scenarios
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Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Earthquake catalog (1568 to 2018) for the USGS National Seismic Hazard Model and Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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Geodetic deformation model results and corrections for use in U.S. National Seismic Hazard Model 2023

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“Aftershock Faults” and what they could mean for seismic hazard assessment

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Seismic multi-hazard and impact estimation via causal inference from satellite imagery

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The 180-km-long Meers-Willow Fault System in the Southern Oklahoma Aulacogen: A potential U.S. mid-continent seismic hazard

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A study on the effect of site response on California seismic hazard map assessment

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21-37. Seismic hazard analyses in geologic carbon sequestration

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GPS velocity field of the Western United States for the 2023 National Seismic Hazard Model update

Illustrations
Map of the United States with color gradient showing seismic hazard with the highest hazard being concentrated on the west coast in red.

Earthquake Seismic Hazard Map of the US

Data Release
Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Creep rate models for California faults in the 2023 US National Seismic Hazard Model

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Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Data Release for the 1998 Hawaii Seismic Hazard Model

Data Release
Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Data Release for the 2007 Afghanistan Seismic Hazard Model

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Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Data Release for the 2007 Alaska Seismic Hazard Model

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Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Data Release for the 2002 National Seismic Hazard Model for the Conterminous U.S.

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Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Data Release for the 1996 National Seismic Hazard Model for the Conterminous U.S.

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A fault‐based crustal deformation model with deep driven dislocation sources for the 2023 update to the U.S. National Seismic Hazard Model

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Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Data Release for the 2014 National Seismic Hazard Model for the Conterminous U.S.

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Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Data Release for the 1999 Alaska Seismic Hazard Model

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Location of the epicenter of the 23 August 2011 earthquake in Louisa County in relation to major metropolitan center locations

Geologic Framework for Seismic Hazards in Central Virginia

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Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Data Release for the 2008 National Seismic Hazard Model for the Conterminous U.S.

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map of Long Beach earthquake

M6.4 March 10, 1933 Long Beach, California Earthquake

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Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Data Release for Additional Period and Site Class Data for the 2018 National Seismic Hazard Model for the Conterminous United States (ver. 1.1, February 2020)

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Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Data Release for the 2012 Guam and Northern Mariana Islands Seismic Hazard Model

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gray relief map of western U.S. with red, yellow, and blue faults

Fault sections being used in the creation of the 2023 U.S. Seismic Hazard Maps

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Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Data Release for the 2012 American Samoa and Neighboring South Pacific Islands Seismic Hazard Model

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Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Data Release for the 2003 Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands Seismic Hazard Model

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Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Data Release for the 2016 One-Year Seismic Hazard Forecast for the Central and Eastern United States from Induced and Natural Earthquakes

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2021 U.S. National Seismic Hazard Model for the State of Hawaii

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Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Data Release for the 2021 Update of the U.S. National Seismic Hazard Model for Hawaii

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Implementation of basin models and sediment depth terms in the 2023 update of the U.S. National Seismic Hazard Model: Example from Reno, Nevada