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Get your science used—Six guidelines to improve your products Get your science used—Six guidelines to improve your products
Introduction Natural scientists, like many other experts, face challenges when communicating to people outside their fields of expertise. This is especially true when they try to communicate to those whose background, knowledge, and experience are far distant from that field of expertise. At a recent workshop, experts in risk communication offered insights into the communication...
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Suzanne Perry, Michael L. Blanpied, Erin Burkett, Nnenia Campbell, Anders Carlson, Dale Cox, Carolyn Driedger, David Eisenman, Katherine Fox-Glassman, Sherry Hoffman, Susanna Hoffman, Kishor S. Jaiswal, Lucile Jones, Nico Luco, Sabine Marx, Sean McGowan, Dennis Mileti, Morgan Moschetti, David Ozman, Elizabeth Pastor, Mark Petersen, Keith Porter, David Ramsey, Liesel Ritchie, Jessica Fitzpatrick, Kenneth Rukstales, Timothy Sellnow, Wendy Vaughon, David Wald, Lisa Wald, Anne Wein, Christina Zarcadoolas
2016 update on induced earthquakes in the United States 2016 update on induced earthquakes in the United States
During the past decade people living in numerous locations across the central U.S. experienced many more small to moderate sized earthquakes than ever before. This earthquake activity began increasing about 2009 and peaked during 2015 and into early 2016. For example, prior to 2009 Oklahoma typically experienced 1 or 2 small earthquakes per year with magnitude greater than 3.0 but by...
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Mark Petersen
Earthquake probabilities for the Wasatch front region in Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming Earthquake probabilities for the Wasatch front region in Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming
In a letter to The Salt Lake Daily Tribune in September 1883, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) geologist G.K. Gilbert warned local residents about the implications of observable fault scarps along the western base of the Wasatch Range. The scarps were evidence that large surface-rupturing earthquakes had occurred in the past and more would likely occur in the future. The main actor in this...
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Ivan Wong, William R. Lund, Christopher DuRoss, Patricia Thomas, Walter Arabasz, Anthony Crone, Michael D. Hylland, Nico Luco, Susan Olig, James Pechmann, Stephen Personius, Mark Petersen, David Schwartz, Robert Smith, Steve Rowman
Assessing the seismic risk potential of South America Assessing the seismic risk potential of South America
We present here a simplified approach to quantifying regional seismic risk. The seismic risk for a given region can be inferred in terms of average annual loss (AAL) that represents long-term value of earthquake losses in any one year caused from a long-term seismic hazard. The AAL are commonly measured in the form of earthquake shaking-induced deaths, direct economic impacts or indirect...
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Kishor Jaiswal, Mark Petersen, Stephen Harmsen, Gregory Smoczyk
Seismic hazard in the eastern United States Seismic hazard in the eastern United States
The U.S. Geological Survey seismic hazard maps for the central and eastern United States were updated in 2014. We analyze results and changes for the eastern part of the region. Ratio maps are presented, along with tables of ground motions and deaggregations for selected cities. The Charleston fault model was revised, and a new fault source for Charlevoix was added. Background seismicity...
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Charles Mueller, Oliver Boyd, Mark Petersen, Morgan Moschetti, Sanaz Rezaeian, Allison Shumway
Seismic hazard in the Nation's breadbasket Seismic hazard in the Nation's breadbasket
The USGS National Seismic Hazard Maps were updated in 2014 and included several important changes for the central United States (CUS). Background seismicity sources were improved using a new moment-magnitude-based catalog; a new adaptive, nearest-neighbor smoothing kernel was implemented; and maximum magnitudes for background sources were updated. Areal source zones developed by the...
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Oliver Boyd, Kathleen Haller, Nico Luco, Morgan Moschetti, Charles Mueller, Mark Petersen, Sanaz Rezaeian, Justin Rubinstein
2014 Update of the Pacific Northwest portion of the U.S. National Seismic Hazard Maps 2014 Update of the Pacific Northwest portion of the U.S. National Seismic Hazard Maps
Several aspects of the earthquake characterization were changed for the Pacific Northwest portion of the 2014 update of the national seismic hazard maps, reflecting recent scientific findings. New logic trees were developed for the recurrence parameters of M8-9 earthquakes on the Cascadia subduction zone (CSZ) and for the eastern edge of their rupture zones. These logic trees reflect...
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Arthur Frankel, Rui Chen, Mark Petersen, Morgan Moschetti, Brian Sherrod
Seismic hazard in the Intermountain West Seismic hazard in the Intermountain West
The 2014 national seismic-hazard model for the conterminous United States incorporates new scientific results and important model adjustments. The current model includes updates to the historical catalog, which is spatially smoothed using both fixed-length and adaptive-length smoothing kernels. Fault-source characterization improved by adding faults, revising rates of activity, and...
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Kathleen Haller, Morgan Moschetti, Charles Mueller, Sanaz Rezaeian, Mark Petersen, Yuehua Zeng
Seismic source characterization for the 2014 update of the U.S. National Seismic Hazard Model Seismic source characterization for the 2014 update of the U.S. National Seismic Hazard Model
We present the updated seismic source characterization (SSC) for the 2014 update of the National Seismic Hazard Model (NSHM) for the conterminous United States. Construction of the seismic source models employs the methodology that was developed for the 1996 NSHM but includes new and updated data, data types, source models, and source parameters that reflect the current state of...
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Morgan Moschetti, Peter Powers, Mark Petersen, Oliver Boyd, Rui Chen, Edward Field, Arthur Frankel, Kathleen Haller, Stephen Harmsen, Charles Mueller, Russell Wheeler, Yuehua Zeng
The 2014 United States National Seismic Hazard Model The 2014 United States National Seismic Hazard Model
New seismic hazard maps have been developed for the conterminous United States using the latest data, models, and methods available for assessing earthquake hazard. The hazard models incorporate new information on earthquake rupture behavior observed in recent earthquakes; fault studies that use both geologic and geodetic strain rate data; earthquake catalogs through 2012 that include...
Authors
Mark Petersen, Morgan Moschetti, Peter Powers, Charles Mueller, Kathleen Haller, Arthur Frankel, Yuehua Zeng, Sanaz Rezaeian, Stephen Harmsen, Oliver Boyd, Edward H. Field, Rui Chen, Kenneth Rukstales, Nico Luco, Russell Wheeler, Robert Williams, Anna Olsen
Ground motion models used in the 2014 U.S. National Seismic Hazard Maps Ground motion models used in the 2014 U.S. National Seismic Hazard Maps
The National Seismic Hazard Maps (NSHMs) are an important component of seismic design regulations in the United States. This paper compares hazard using the new suite of ground motion models (GMMs) relative to hazard using the suite of GMMs applied in the previous version of the maps. The new source characterization models are used for both cases. A previous paper (Rezaeian et al. 2014)...
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Sanaz Rezaeian, Mark Petersen, Morgan Moschetti
Earthquake shaking hazard estimates and exposure changes in the conterminous United States Earthquake shaking hazard estimates and exposure changes in the conterminous United States
A large portion of the population of the United States lives in areas vulnerable to earthquake hazards. This investigation aims to quantify population and infrastructure exposure within the conterminous U.S. that are subjected to varying levels of earthquake ground motions by systematically analyzing the last four cycles of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Seismic Hazard...
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Kishor S. Jaiswal, Mark Petersen, Kenneth Rukstales, William Leith
New USGS map shows where damaging earthquakes are most likely to occur in US New USGS map shows where damaging earthquakes are most likely to occur in US
USGS scientists and our partners recently revealed the latest National Seismic Hazard Model, showing that nearly 75% of the United States could experience a damaging earthquake, emphasizing seismic hazards span a significant part of the country.
Science and Products
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Get your science used—Six guidelines to improve your products Get your science used—Six guidelines to improve your products
Introduction Natural scientists, like many other experts, face challenges when communicating to people outside their fields of expertise. This is especially true when they try to communicate to those whose background, knowledge, and experience are far distant from that field of expertise. At a recent workshop, experts in risk communication offered insights into the communication...
Authors
Suzanne Perry, Michael L. Blanpied, Erin Burkett, Nnenia Campbell, Anders Carlson, Dale Cox, Carolyn Driedger, David Eisenman, Katherine Fox-Glassman, Sherry Hoffman, Susanna Hoffman, Kishor S. Jaiswal, Lucile Jones, Nico Luco, Sabine Marx, Sean McGowan, Dennis Mileti, Morgan Moschetti, David Ozman, Elizabeth Pastor, Mark Petersen, Keith Porter, David Ramsey, Liesel Ritchie, Jessica Fitzpatrick, Kenneth Rukstales, Timothy Sellnow, Wendy Vaughon, David Wald, Lisa Wald, Anne Wein, Christina Zarcadoolas
2016 update on induced earthquakes in the United States 2016 update on induced earthquakes in the United States
During the past decade people living in numerous locations across the central U.S. experienced many more small to moderate sized earthquakes than ever before. This earthquake activity began increasing about 2009 and peaked during 2015 and into early 2016. For example, prior to 2009 Oklahoma typically experienced 1 or 2 small earthquakes per year with magnitude greater than 3.0 but by...
Authors
Mark Petersen
Earthquake probabilities for the Wasatch front region in Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming Earthquake probabilities for the Wasatch front region in Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming
In a letter to The Salt Lake Daily Tribune in September 1883, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) geologist G.K. Gilbert warned local residents about the implications of observable fault scarps along the western base of the Wasatch Range. The scarps were evidence that large surface-rupturing earthquakes had occurred in the past and more would likely occur in the future. The main actor in this...
Authors
Ivan Wong, William R. Lund, Christopher DuRoss, Patricia Thomas, Walter Arabasz, Anthony Crone, Michael D. Hylland, Nico Luco, Susan Olig, James Pechmann, Stephen Personius, Mark Petersen, David Schwartz, Robert Smith, Steve Rowman
Assessing the seismic risk potential of South America Assessing the seismic risk potential of South America
We present here a simplified approach to quantifying regional seismic risk. The seismic risk for a given region can be inferred in terms of average annual loss (AAL) that represents long-term value of earthquake losses in any one year caused from a long-term seismic hazard. The AAL are commonly measured in the form of earthquake shaking-induced deaths, direct economic impacts or indirect...
Authors
Kishor Jaiswal, Mark Petersen, Stephen Harmsen, Gregory Smoczyk
Seismic hazard in the eastern United States Seismic hazard in the eastern United States
The U.S. Geological Survey seismic hazard maps for the central and eastern United States were updated in 2014. We analyze results and changes for the eastern part of the region. Ratio maps are presented, along with tables of ground motions and deaggregations for selected cities. The Charleston fault model was revised, and a new fault source for Charlevoix was added. Background seismicity...
Authors
Charles Mueller, Oliver Boyd, Mark Petersen, Morgan Moschetti, Sanaz Rezaeian, Allison Shumway
Seismic hazard in the Nation's breadbasket Seismic hazard in the Nation's breadbasket
The USGS National Seismic Hazard Maps were updated in 2014 and included several important changes for the central United States (CUS). Background seismicity sources were improved using a new moment-magnitude-based catalog; a new adaptive, nearest-neighbor smoothing kernel was implemented; and maximum magnitudes for background sources were updated. Areal source zones developed by the...
Authors
Oliver Boyd, Kathleen Haller, Nico Luco, Morgan Moschetti, Charles Mueller, Mark Petersen, Sanaz Rezaeian, Justin Rubinstein
2014 Update of the Pacific Northwest portion of the U.S. National Seismic Hazard Maps 2014 Update of the Pacific Northwest portion of the U.S. National Seismic Hazard Maps
Several aspects of the earthquake characterization were changed for the Pacific Northwest portion of the 2014 update of the national seismic hazard maps, reflecting recent scientific findings. New logic trees were developed for the recurrence parameters of M8-9 earthquakes on the Cascadia subduction zone (CSZ) and for the eastern edge of their rupture zones. These logic trees reflect...
Authors
Arthur Frankel, Rui Chen, Mark Petersen, Morgan Moschetti, Brian Sherrod
Seismic hazard in the Intermountain West Seismic hazard in the Intermountain West
The 2014 national seismic-hazard model for the conterminous United States incorporates new scientific results and important model adjustments. The current model includes updates to the historical catalog, which is spatially smoothed using both fixed-length and adaptive-length smoothing kernels. Fault-source characterization improved by adding faults, revising rates of activity, and...
Authors
Kathleen Haller, Morgan Moschetti, Charles Mueller, Sanaz Rezaeian, Mark Petersen, Yuehua Zeng
Seismic source characterization for the 2014 update of the U.S. National Seismic Hazard Model Seismic source characterization for the 2014 update of the U.S. National Seismic Hazard Model
We present the updated seismic source characterization (SSC) for the 2014 update of the National Seismic Hazard Model (NSHM) for the conterminous United States. Construction of the seismic source models employs the methodology that was developed for the 1996 NSHM but includes new and updated data, data types, source models, and source parameters that reflect the current state of...
Authors
Morgan Moschetti, Peter Powers, Mark Petersen, Oliver Boyd, Rui Chen, Edward Field, Arthur Frankel, Kathleen Haller, Stephen Harmsen, Charles Mueller, Russell Wheeler, Yuehua Zeng
The 2014 United States National Seismic Hazard Model The 2014 United States National Seismic Hazard Model
New seismic hazard maps have been developed for the conterminous United States using the latest data, models, and methods available for assessing earthquake hazard. The hazard models incorporate new information on earthquake rupture behavior observed in recent earthquakes; fault studies that use both geologic and geodetic strain rate data; earthquake catalogs through 2012 that include...
Authors
Mark Petersen, Morgan Moschetti, Peter Powers, Charles Mueller, Kathleen Haller, Arthur Frankel, Yuehua Zeng, Sanaz Rezaeian, Stephen Harmsen, Oliver Boyd, Edward H. Field, Rui Chen, Kenneth Rukstales, Nico Luco, Russell Wheeler, Robert Williams, Anna Olsen
Ground motion models used in the 2014 U.S. National Seismic Hazard Maps Ground motion models used in the 2014 U.S. National Seismic Hazard Maps
The National Seismic Hazard Maps (NSHMs) are an important component of seismic design regulations in the United States. This paper compares hazard using the new suite of ground motion models (GMMs) relative to hazard using the suite of GMMs applied in the previous version of the maps. The new source characterization models are used for both cases. A previous paper (Rezaeian et al. 2014)...
Authors
Sanaz Rezaeian, Mark Petersen, Morgan Moschetti
Earthquake shaking hazard estimates and exposure changes in the conterminous United States Earthquake shaking hazard estimates and exposure changes in the conterminous United States
A large portion of the population of the United States lives in areas vulnerable to earthquake hazards. This investigation aims to quantify population and infrastructure exposure within the conterminous U.S. that are subjected to varying levels of earthquake ground motions by systematically analyzing the last four cycles of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Seismic Hazard...
Authors
Kishor S. Jaiswal, Mark Petersen, Kenneth Rukstales, William Leith
New USGS map shows where damaging earthquakes are most likely to occur in US New USGS map shows where damaging earthquakes are most likely to occur in US
USGS scientists and our partners recently revealed the latest National Seismic Hazard Model, showing that nearly 75% of the United States could experience a damaging earthquake, emphasizing seismic hazards span a significant part of the country.