Kishor Jaiswal
Kishor is a research civil (structural) engineer at U.S. Geological Survey in Golden, Colorado. At USGS, he leads the development of Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) system’s earthquake casualty and economic loss estimation models.
As a Chief of Engineering & Risk Project at Geologic Hazards Science Center, Dr. Jaiswal leads the development of earthquake risk related products for buildings and critical infrastructure. Dr. Jaiswal is the Principal Investigator of 2017 FEMA P-366 study that produced annualized earthquake loss estimates for the United States. Dr. Jaiswal has also contributed to the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) development efforts by participating in and contributing to number of GEM’s earthquake risk-related projects. Dr. Jaiswal serves on Editorial Board of Earthquake Spectra Journal and is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the state of Colorado. He is a recipient of numerous awards and recognition throughout his career, including 2014 EERI Housner Fellowship, inaugural recipient of 2012 Global Earthquake Model (GEM)’s Outstanding Contribution Award, and the Earthquake Spectra Outstanding Journal Paper Award. Dr. Jaiswal has authored and co-authored more than 150 professional peer reviewed publications that include journal papers, USGS publication series, conference papers, and published abstracts over the last 15 years of his professional career.
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Natural hazards and mineral commodity supply: Quantifying risk of earthquake disruption to South American copper supply
Developing a global earthquake risk model
Earthquake scenarios in South America: Application to five major cities
Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Risk Map
Development of a domestic earthquake alert protocol combining the USGS pager and FEMA Hazus systems
Seismic hazard, risk, and design for South America
U.S. Geological Survey National Strong-Motion Project strategic plan, 2017–22
Implementing Nepal's national building code—A case study in patience and persistence
Hazus® estimated annualized earthquake losses for the United States
Development and utilization of USGS ShakeCast for rapid post-earthquake assessment of critical facilities and infrastructure
Buildings (EERI Earthquake Reconnaissance Team Report: M7.8 Gorkha, Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015 and its Aftershocks)
Using structural damage statistics to derive macroseismic intensity within the Kathmandu valley for the 2015 M7.8 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake
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Natural hazards and mineral commodity supply: Quantifying risk of earthquake disruption to South American copper supply
Mineral resources, and their mining and enrichment operations, are not equally distributed across Earth. The concentration of mineral supply in certain regions, owing to the geology or geography of the mineral resource, raises the level of risk related to supply disruption. Where mineral production coincides with areas prone to natural hazards, supply may be especially at risk. However, the levelAuthorsEmily Schnebele, Kishor Jaiswal, Nicolas Luco, Nedal T. NassarDeveloping a global earthquake risk model
The understanding of earthquake risk is the first step towards the development and implementation of disaster risk reduction measures. However, in many countries, especially the countries of the developing world, earthquake risk models either do not exist or are publicly inaccessible. The Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation and its partners have been supporting regional programmes and bilaterAuthorsVitor Silva, Helen Crowley, Kishor Jaiswal, Ana Beatriz Acevedo, Massimiliano Pittore, Murray JourneyEarthquake scenarios in South America: Application to five major cities
No abstract available.AuthorsMabe Villar-Vega, Vitor Silva, Kishor JaiswalGlobal Earthquake Model (GEM) Risk Map
The Global Earthquake Risk Map (v2018.1) comprises four global maps. The main map presents the geographic distribution of average annual loss (USD) normalized by the average construction costs of the respective country (USD/m2 due to ground shaking in the residential, commercial and industrial building stock, considering contents, structural and non-structural components. The normalized metriAuthorsV. Silva, D. Amo-Oduro, A. Calderon, J. Dabbeek, V. Despotaki, L. Martins, A. Rao, M. Simionato, D. Vigano, C. Yepes, A. Acevedo, H. Crowley, Nick Horspool, Kishor Jaiswal, M. Journeay, M. PittoreDevelopment of a domestic earthquake alert protocol combining the USGS pager and FEMA Hazus systems
The U.S. Geological Survey’s PAGER automated alert system provides rapid (10-20 min) loss estimates in terms of ranges of fatalities and economic impact for all significant earthquakes around the globe. In contrast, FEMA’s Hazus software, which is currently operated manually by FEMA personnel internally within several hours of any large domestic earthquake, provides more detailed loss informationAuthorsDavid J. Wald, H.A. Seligson, Jesse Rozelle, J. Burns, Kristin Marano, Kishor Jaiswal, Mike Hearne, D BauschSeismic hazard, risk, and design for South America
We calculate seismic hazard, risk, and design criteria across South America using the latest data, models, and methods to support public officials, scientists, and engineers in earthquake risk mitigation efforts. Updated continental scale seismic hazard models are based on a new seismicity catalog, seismicity rate models, evaluation of earthquake sizes, fault geometry and rate parameters, and grouAuthorsMark D. Petersen, Stephen Harmsen, Kishor Jaiswal, Kenneth S. Rukstales, Nicolas Luco, Kathleen Haller, Charles Mueller, Allison ShumwayU.S. Geological Survey National Strong-Motion Project strategic plan, 2017–22
The mission of the National Strong-Motion Project is to provide measurements of how the ground and built environment behave during earthquake shaking to the earthquake engineering community, the scientific community, emergency managers, public agencies, industry, media, and other users for the following purposes: Improving engineering evaluations and design methods for facilities and systems;ProviAuthorsBrad T. Aagaard, Mehmet Çelebi, Lind Gee, Robert Graves, Kishor Jaiswal, Erol Kalkan, Keith L. Knudsen, Nicolas Luco, James Smith, Jamison Steidl, Christopher D. StephensImplementing Nepal's national building code—A case study in patience and persistence
The April 2015 Gorkha Nepal earthquake revealed the relative effectiveness of the Nepal Standard, or national building code (NBC), and irregular compliance with it in different parts of Nepal. Much of the damage to more than half a million Nepal's residential structures may be attributed to the prevalence of owner-built or owner-supervised construction and the lack of owner and builder responsivenAuthorsLucy Arendt, Ayse Hortacsu, Kishor Jaiswal, John Bevington, Surya Shrestha, Forrest Lanning, Garmalia Mentor-William, Ghazala Naeem, Kate ThibertHazus® estimated annualized earthquake losses for the United States
Large earthquakes can cause social and economic disruption that can be unprecedented to any given community, and the full recovery from these impacts may or may not always be achievable. In the United States (U.S.), the 1994 M6.7 Northridge earthquake in California remains the third costliest disaster in U.S. history; and it was one of the most expensive disasters for the federal government. InterAuthorsKishor Jaiswal, Doug Bausch, Jesse Rozelle, John Holub, Sean McGowanDevelopment and utilization of USGS ShakeCast for rapid post-earthquake assessment of critical facilities and infrastructure
The ShakeCast system is an openly available, near real-time post-earthquake information management system. ShakeCast is widely used by public and private emergency planners and responders, lifeline utility operators and transportation engineers to automatically receive and process ShakeMap products for situational awareness, inspection priority, or damage assessment of their own infrastructure orAuthorsDavid J. Wald, Kuo-wan Lin, C. A. Kircher, Kishor Jaiswal, Nicolas Luco, L. Turner, Daniel SloskyBuildings (EERI Earthquake Reconnaissance Team Report: M7.8 Gorkha, Nepal Earthquake on April 25, 2015 and its Aftershocks)
The most common building typologies in Nepal are reinforced concrete (RC) frame buildings with masonry infill walls, unreinforced masonry (URM) bearing wall buildings, and wood frame buildings (Figure 5-1). The RC frames with masonry infills are commonly constructed in urban and semi-urban areas. Most of these buildings are three to five stories high, and most privately owned buildings are non-engAuthorsHemant Kaushik, John Bevington, Kishor Jaiswal, Bret Lizundia, Surya ShresthaUsing structural damage statistics to derive macroseismic intensity within the Kathmandu valley for the 2015 M7.8 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake
We make and analyze structural damage observations from within the Kathmandu valley following the 2015 M7.8 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake to derive macroseismic intensities at several locations including some located near ground motion recording sites. The macroseismic intensity estimates supplement the limited strong ground motion data in order to characterize the damage statistics. This augmentationAuthorsSean McGowan, Kishor Jaiswal, David J. Wald - News