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Book United States National Seismic Hazard Maps

Download or read book United States National Seismic Hazard Maps written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Site Specific Seismic Hazard Maps and Deaggregation in the Western United States Using the NGA Models for Ground Motion Prediction

Download or read book Site Specific Seismic Hazard Maps and Deaggregation in the Western United States Using the NGA Models for Ground Motion Prediction written by U.S. Department of the Interior and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-02-19 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2008 National Seismic Hazard Mapping Project (NSHMP) update for the conterminous United States employs several new ground-motion prediction equations which include modern empirical models of linear and nonlinear site response to local and regional earthquakes. The recent availability of attenuation functions incorporating site conditions via Vs30 values permits the calculation of site-specific hazard maps for a wide range of spectral accelerations. I compare alternative site specific hazard maps using Vs30 values estimated according to the methods of Wills and Clahan (2006), Wald and Allen (2007), and Yong and others (in press). These maps are presented for 5-hertz (Hz) and 3-second spectral accelerations having 2 percent probability of exceedance in 50 years for central California and the western part of southern California.

Book Nuclear Power Plant Sites

Download or read book Nuclear Power Plant Sites written by Anthony Andrews and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Currently, 104 commercial nuclear power plants operate on 64 sites in the 48 contiguous U.S. 69 of the 104 are pressurized water reactors and the 35 remaining are boiling water reactors. The Nuclear Regulatory Comm. has received 28 Combined License applications for new reactors based on advanced reactor designs. This report determined the coordinates of plant sites using web-based applications and overlaid the sites on base maps of: 1. Quaternary faults, 2. Seismic hazards in terms of percent gravitational acceleration, 3. Levels of horizontal ground shaking (gravitational acceleration) that have a 2-in-100 (2%) probability of being exceeded in a 50-year period, and 4. Metro. populations. Tables and maps. This is a print on demand report.

Book Recommendations to the U S Geological Survey National Seismic Hazard Mapping Program for the 2014 Update of the National Seismic Hazard Maps

Download or read book Recommendations to the U S Geological Survey National Seismic Hazard Mapping Program for the 2014 Update of the National Seismic Hazard Maps written by William R. Lund and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report presents the consensus recommendations of the Basin and Range Province Earthquake Working Group II (BRPEWG II) to the U.S. Geological Survey National Seismic Hazard Mapping Program (NSHMP) regarding eight Basin and Range Province (BRP) seismic-hazard issues important to the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) 2014 update of the National Seismic Hazard Maps (NSHMs).

Book NEHRP Recommended Provisions National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program for Seismic Regulations for New Buildings and Other Structures Commentary

Download or read book NEHRP Recommended Provisions National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program for Seismic Regulations for New Buildings and Other Structures Commentary written by United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book HAZUS r MH Estimated Annualized Earthquake Losses for the United States FEMA 366 April 2008

Download or read book HAZUS r MH Estimated Annualized Earthquake Losses for the United States FEMA 366 April 2008 written by Federal Emergency Agency and published by FEMA. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent earthquakes around the world show a pattern of steadily increasing damages and losses that are due primarily to two factors: (1) significant growth in earthquake-prone urban areas and (2) vulnerability of the older building stock, including buildings constructed within the past 20 years. In the United States, earthquake risk has grown substantially with development while the earthquake hazard has remained relatively constant. Understanding the hazard requires studying earthquake characteristics and locales in which they occur while understanding the risk requires an assessment of the potential damage to the built environment and to the welfare of people - especially in high risk areas. Estimating the varying degree of earthquake risk throughout the United States is useful for informed decision-making on mitigation policies, priorities, strategies, and funding levels in the public and private sectors. For example, potential losses to new buildings may be reduced by applying seismic design codes and using specialized construction techniques. However, decisions to spend money on either of those solutions require evidence of risk. In the absence of a nationally accepted criterion and methodology for comparing seismic risk across regions, a consensus on optimal mitigation approaches has been difficult to reach. While there is a good understanding of high risk areas such as Los Angeles, there is also growing recognition that other regions such as New York City and Boston have a low earthquake hazard but are still at high risk of significant damage and loss. This high risk level reflects the dense concentrations of buildings and infrastructure in these areas constructed without the benefit of modern seismic design provisions. In addition, mitigation policies and practices may not have been adopted because the earthquake risk was not clearly demonstrated and the value of using mitigation measures in reducing that risk may not have been understood. This study highlights the impacts of both high risk and high exposure on losses caused by earthquakes. It is based on loss estimates generated by HAZUS(R)-MH, a geographic information system (GIS)-based earthquake loss estimation tool developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in cooperation with the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS). The HAZUS tool provides a method for quantifying future earthquake losses. It is national in scope, uniform in application, and comprehensive in its coverage of the built environment.

Book National Seismic hazard Maps

Download or read book National Seismic hazard Maps written by Arthur D. Frankel and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Documentation of Changes in Fault Parameters for the 2002 National Seismic Hazard Maps conterminous United States Except California

Download or read book Documentation of Changes in Fault Parameters for the 2002 National Seismic Hazard Maps conterminous United States Except California written by Kathleen M. Haller and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Earthquake Probabilities for the Wasatch Front Region in Utah Idaho and Wyoming

Download or read book Earthquake Probabilities for the Wasatch Front Region in Utah Idaho and Wyoming written by Working Group on Utah Earthquake Probabilities and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication presents probabilistic earthquake forecasts developed by the Working Group on Utah Earthquake Probabilities which developed 30,50, and 100 year forecasts that include combined time dependent probabilities of large earthquakes for the five central segments of the Wasatch Fault Zone.

Book National Earthquake Probabilistic Hazard Mapping Program

Download or read book National Earthquake Probabilistic Hazard Mapping Program written by Elliott Mittler and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: