The HayWired earthquake scenario—We can outsmart disaster
A new Fact Sheet summarizing the potential effects of another large earthquake on the Hayward Fault
The Hayward Fault Scenario Movie
What does a M7.0 earthquake look like? The HayWired Movie shows the severe potential impacts.
What happens when the Hayward Fault has a M 7.0 earthquake?
Scientists look at ground shaking, aftershocks, fault slip, landslides, liquefaction, and more in the HayWired Scenario.
The HayWired scenario depicts a scientifically realistic earthquake sequence, and its cascading impacts, that all starts with a magnitude 7 earthquake on the Hayward Fault. The scenario emphasizes connectedness: multi-hazards of an earthquake, interactions between critical infrastructure systems, and compounded effects in communities and economies.
The HayWired project is the earthquake scenario designed to model and study effects on the San Francisco Bay area from a magnitude 7 earthquake on the Hayward Fault. The study builds upon understanding of the last large earthquake to occur on the Hayward Fault in 1868, but with the realization that modern urban infrastructures are made vulnerable by multiple layers of interdependencies between transportation and utilities, with reliance on telecommunications and the Internet. This scenario also considers impacts from a sequence of aftershocks following the main earthquake, an aspect often overlooked but an important component of the physical and emotional damage associated with large earthquakes extending into the days and months following.
The HayWired scenario is the fourth disaster scenario from the SAFRR Project and is supported by the USGS Natural Hazards and Science Analytics and Synthesis (SAS) Mission Areas.
Below are data or web applications associated with this project.
USGS has produced a number of multimedia products to help understand earthquake impacts.
The HayWired Scenario is documented in three USGS Scientific Investigations Reports that describe the potential geologic, structural, economic, and social consequences of a M 7.0 earthquake on the Hayward Fault. There are also two factsheet summarizing the reports.
Below are data or web applications associated with this project.
Below are some partners associated with this project. Additional partners will be added soon.
The HayWired scenario depicts a scientifically realistic earthquake sequence, and its cascading impacts, that all starts with a magnitude 7 earthquake on the Hayward Fault. The scenario emphasizes connectedness: multi-hazards of an earthquake, interactions between critical infrastructure systems, and compounded effects in communities and economies.
The HayWired project is the earthquake scenario designed to model and study effects on the San Francisco Bay area from a magnitude 7 earthquake on the Hayward Fault. The study builds upon understanding of the last large earthquake to occur on the Hayward Fault in 1868, but with the realization that modern urban infrastructures are made vulnerable by multiple layers of interdependencies between transportation and utilities, with reliance on telecommunications and the Internet. This scenario also considers impacts from a sequence of aftershocks following the main earthquake, an aspect often overlooked but an important component of the physical and emotional damage associated with large earthquakes extending into the days and months following.
The HayWired scenario is the fourth disaster scenario from the SAFRR Project and is supported by the USGS Natural Hazards and Science Analytics and Synthesis (SAS) Mission Areas.
Below are data or web applications associated with this project.
USGS has produced a number of multimedia products to help understand earthquake impacts.
The HayWired Scenario is documented in three USGS Scientific Investigations Reports that describe the potential geologic, structural, economic, and social consequences of a M 7.0 earthquake on the Hayward Fault. There are also two factsheet summarizing the reports.
Below are data or web applications associated with this project.
Below are some partners associated with this project. Additional partners will be added soon.