Publications - Fact Sheets

Media

Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details

California and Western US

• U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Science Center
  (FS-2019-3067)
• Santa Rosa's Past and Future Earthquakes
  (FS-2019-3035)
• The HayWired Earthquake Scenario
  (SIR-2017-5013)
• Earthquake Outlook for the San Francisco Bay Region 2014-2043
  (FS-2016-3020)
• Earthquake Forecast for the Wasatch Front Region of the Intermountain West
  (FS-2016-3019)
• UCERF3: A New Earthquake Forecast for California's Complex Fault System
  (FS-2015-3009)
• Progress Toward a Safer Future Since the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake
  (FS-2014-3092, supersedes FS-151-99)
• ShakeAlert™ - An Earthquake Early Warning System for the United States West Coast
  (FS-2014-3083)
• The 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake and tsunamis - A modern perspective and enduring legacies
  (FS-2014-3018)
• Steam Explosions, Earthquakes, and Volcanic Eruptions - What's in Yellowstone's Future?
  (FS-2005-3024)
• The Hayward Fault - Is It Due for a Repeat of the Powerful 1868 Earthquake?
  (FS-2018-3052)
• Increasing the Resilience to Natural Hazards in Southern California
  (FS-2007-3037)
• Seismic monitoring of the Atwood Building in Anchorage, Alaska
  (FS-2004-3103)
• Rupture in South-Central Alaska - The Denali Fault Earthquake of 2002
  (FS-014-03)
• SCIGN-New Southern California GPS Network Advances the Study of Earthquakes
  (FS-069-01)
• Earthquake Shaking - Finding the "Hotspots"
  (FS-001-01)
• Forecasting California's Earthquakes - What Can We Expect in the Next 30 Years?
  (FS-2008-3027)
• The LARSE Project - Working Toward a Safer Future for Los Angeles
  (FS-110-99)
• Earthquake Technology Fights Crime
  (FS-096-96)
• When Will the Next Great Quake Strike Northern California?
  (FS-094-96)
• Southern Californians Cope With Earthquakes
  (FS-225-95)
• Utah Braces for the Future
  (FS-166-95)
• The Los Angeles Dam Story
  (FS-096-95)

Central and Eastern US

• Understanding earthquake hazards in urban areas - Evansville Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project
  (FS-2012-3014)
• Earthquake Hazard in the New Madrid Seismic Zone Remains a Concern
  (FS-2009-3071)
• St. Louis Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project
  (FS-2007-3073)
• Urban Seismic Hazard Mapping for Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
  (FS-05-3142)
• Earthquake Hazard in the Heart of the Homeland
  (FS-2006-3125)
• East Meets West: An Earthquake in India Helps Hazard Assessment in the Central US
  (FS-007-02)
• Earthquakes In and Near the Northeastern United States, 1638-1998
  (FS-006-01)

Global and National

• Earthquake Information Products and Tools from the Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS)
  (FS-2020-3042)
• Helping safeguard Veterans Affairs' hospital buildings by advanced earthquake monitoring
  (FS-2012-3094)
• Natural Hazards Science at the U.S. Geological Survey
  (FS-2013-3082)
• Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory - 50 Years of Global Seismology
  (FS-2011-3065)
• The Global Seismographic Network
  (FS-2011-3021)
• PAGER - Rapid Assessment of an Earthquake's Impact
  (FS-2010-3036)
• Monitoring earthquake shaking in federal buildings
  (FS-2005-3052)
• 2008 United States National Seismic Hazard Maps
  (FS-2008-3018)
• United States National Seismic Hazard Maps
  (FS-2008-3017)
• USGS ShakeCast
  (FS-2007-3086)
• Earthquakes Pose a Serious Hazard in Afghanistan
  (FS-2007-3027)
• Earthquake Hazards - A National Threat
  (FS-2006-3016)
• Assessing the Seismic Hazards of Afghanistan
  (FS-2005-3038)
• Did You Feel It? - Citizens Contribute to Earthquake Science
  (FS-2005-3016)
• Quaternary Fault and Fold Database for the Nation
  (FS-2004-3033)
• Earthquakes - Rattling the Earth's Plumbing System
  (FS-096-03)
• ShakeMap - A Tool for Earthquake Response
  (FS-087-03)
• Monitoring Earthquake Shaking in Buildings to Reduce Loss of Life and Property
  (FS-068-03)
• ANSS-Reducing the Devastating Effects of Earthquakes
  (FS-046-03)
• The USGS Earthquake Hazards Program in NEHRP-Investing in a Safer Future
  (FS-017-03)
• ANSS - Advanced National Seismic System: Advancing National Seismic Safety-Accomplishments FY2002
  (FS-012-03)
• The Advanced National Seismic System: Management and Implementation
  (FS-0045-01)
• Did You Feel It? - Community-Made Earthquake Shaking Maps
  (FS-030-01)
• Helping coastal communities at risk from tsunamis; the role of the U. S. Geological Survey research
  (FS 0150-00)
• ANSS - Advanced National Seismic System
  (FS-075-00)
• Earthquake Information for the World
  (FS-125-97)
• Taking the Earth's Pulse
  (FS-103-97)
• Monitoring Earthquakes Across the United States
  (FS-146-97)
• Hazard Maps Help Save Lives and Property
  (FS-183-96)
• Quake Forecasting - An Emerging Capability
  (FS-242-95)
• Seismic Maps Foster Landmark Legislation
  (FS-224-95)
• Saving Lives Through Better Design Standards
  (FS-176-95)
• Pay a Little Now, or a Lot Later
  (FS-169-95)
• Building Safer Structures
  (FS-167-95)
• Speeding Earthquake Disaster Relief
  (FS-097-95)
• USGS natural hazards programs; lessons learned for reducing risk
  (FS-0061-95)

Hawaii

• Earthquakes in Hawaii - An Underappreciated But Serious Hazard

Other

• Other USGS Hazards Fact Sheets

Pacific Northwest

• Reducing Risk Where Tectonic Plates Collide
  (FS-2017-3024)
• PNSN-Pacific Northwest Seismographic Network
  (FS- 2004-3073)
• Airborne Hunt for Faults in the Portland - Vancouver Area
  (FS-105-96)
• Averting Surprises in the Pacific Northwest
  (FS-111-95)