Natural Hazards
What if the ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning System Had Been Operating During the M6.9 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake?
How will ShakeAlert® likely perform now on a large earthquake impacting a major urban area? How much warning will you get? To answer this, let’s do a thought experiment...
Resources: EXPRESS
Along the U.S. west coast, the Pacific Ocean, ocean floor, and winds above contain potentially vast energy and mineral resources. Developing these resources safely and wisely requires detailed information for each area of interest. One goal of EXPRESS is to inform ocean...
Hazards: EXPRESS
Marine geohazards including earthquakes, landslides, and tsunamis lie offshore of densely populated areas of California, Oregon, and Washington. One goal of EXPRESS is to improve assessments of these hazards.
Soil Type and Shaking Hazard in the San Francisco Bay Area
Liquefaction Hazard Maps
Overview
Liquefaction is a phenomenon that is caused by earthquake shaking. Wet sand can become liquid-like when strongly shaken. The liquefied sand may flow and the ground may move and crack, causing damage to surface structures and underground utilities.
Urban Seismic Hazards
Thailand Seismic Hazard Workshop - 2007
January 16-19, 2007 - Chulalongkorn University
Next Generation Attenuation (NGA) Relationships Workshop - 2006
PEER Facility, Richmond, CA - September 25-26, 2006
Central and Eastern U.S. Workshop - 2006
May, 2006
Pacific Northwest Workshop - 2006
March 28-29, 2006 - Jackson Federal Building, Downtown Seattle
Workshop on Hazard from Induced Seismicity
Co-hosted by the Oklahoma Geological Survey and the USGS
Midwest City, OK
November 17th 2014: Field trip
November 18th 2014: Workshop
November 19th 2014: Internal meeting to discuss workshop content
Pacific Northwest Workshop - 2012
March 21-22, 2012
South Campus Center, University of Washington, Seattle