Earthquakes: Risk, Monitoring and Research (Natural Disaster Research, Prediction and Mitigation Series)

EARTHQUAKES: RISK, MONITORING AND RESEARCH......Page 3
CONTENTS......Page 7
PREFACE......Page 9
ABSTRACT......Page 13
EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS AND RISK......Page 15
USGS RELEASES NEW NATIONAL SEISMIC HAZARDS MAPS AND NEW EARTHQUAKE FORECAST FOR CALIFORNIA......Page 17
MAGNITUDE 7.9 EARTHQUAKE ON MAY 12, 2008, IN CHINA......Page 20
MONITORING......Page 24
Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS)......Page 25
Global Seismic Network (GSN)......Page 26
DETECTION, NOTIFICATION, AND WARNING......Page 27
National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC)......Page 28
ShakeMap......Page 29
Mitigation......Page 31
HAZUS-MH......Page 33
U.S. Geological Survey......Page 34
CONCLUSIONS......Page 35
ADDITIONAL READING......Page 36
REFERENCES......Page 37
PREFACE......Page 41
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY......Page 42
1.1. Legislative Overview......Page 44
National Institute of Standards and Technology......Page 45
1.3. NEHRP Coordination and Oversight......Page 46
Program Coordination Working Group......Page 47
National Institute of Standards and Technology......Page 48
National Science Foundation......Page 49
U.S. Geological Survey......Page 50
2.1. Introduction......Page 51
2.2. NEHRP FY 2008 Enacted BudgetsListed by Program Goal......Page 52
3. EHRP FY 2007 ACTIVITIESAND RESULTS......Page 53
Objective 1: Advance Understanding of Earthquake Phenomena and Generation Processes Physics-Based Models of Earthquake Sources in Southern California......Page 54
Precise Mapping of Major Earthquake Fault Systems......Page 55
USGS External Grants and Cooperative Agreements......Page 56
Performance-Based Seismic Design (PBSD) Research......Page 57
Analysis ofPost-Disaster Commodity Lifelines......Page 58
The Effects on Natural Hazard Mitigation of New Urban Developments Compared to Conventional Low-Density Developments......Page 59
Planning or a PIMS......Page 60
Objective 5: Assess Earthquake Hazards for Research and Practical Application Updated National Seismic Hazard Maps......Page 61
Seismic Hazard Maps for the Seattle Urban Region......Page 62
Multi-Hazard Demonstration Project in Southern California......Page 63
Risk Assessmentfor the Northeast United States......Page 64
PBSD Development......Page 65
Seismic Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings Workshop......Page 66
Homebuilders\' Guide to Earthquake Resistant Design and Construction......Page 67
Pipeline Safety......Page 68
3.3. Strategic Goal C: Improve the Earthquake Resilience of Communities Nationwide......Page 69
ShakeCast Upgraded~ User Base Expanded......Page 70
Earthquake Alert Display Software Upgraded......Page 71
Notification and Analysis of Utah Mine Collapse......Page 72
Scenario Earthquake for the Southern San Andreas Fault......Page 73
California Catastrophic Disaster Readiness Planning......Page 74
Earthquake Disaster Planning in the Pacific Northwest......Page 75
Supportfor Seismic Elements of New and Existing Building Codes and Standards......Page 76
Earthquake Policy Development and Coordination in the Western United States......Page 78
Earthquake Mitigation Training......Page 79
Translation ofEarthquake 0utreach Document......Page 80
Post-Earthquake Information Clearinghouses......Page 81
Hayward Fault Alliance......Page 82
NSF Undergraduates Program......Page 83
Earthquake Science and High-Performance (Cyber) Computing......Page 84
Advanced National Seismic System......Page 85
Alaska......Page 87
California......Page 88
Pacific Northwest......Page 89
Northeast United States......Page 90
George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation......Page 91
Global Seismographic Network......Page 93
Real-Time Data Communications Upgrades......Page 94
4.1. Earthscope......Page 95
San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth......Page 96
USArray......Page 98
U.S.-Japan Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects......Page 99
U.S.-China Cooperation in Earthquake Studies......Page 100
Seismic Hazard Assessment for Afghanistan......Page 101
U.S. Contribution to GEOSS......Page 102
Global Training in Seismology and Tsunami Warning......Page 103
NEES Tsunami Wave Basin at Oregon State University......Page 104
Alaska......Page 105
Hawaii......Page 106
Indiana......Page 107
Missouri......Page 108
Puerto Rico......Page 109
Tennessee......Page 110
Utah......Page 111
APPENDIX A. COOPERATING ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVING NEHRP SUPPORT......Page 112
Central United States Earthquake Consortium......Page 113
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute......Page 114
Mid-America Earthquake Center......Page 115
Natural Hazards Center......Page 116
Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center......Page 117
B. EHRP MANAGEMENT CHRONOLOGY FY 2007......Page 118
PCWG—Program Coordination Working Group......Page 119
C. LIST OF ACRONYMS......Page 120
WHAT IS AN EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE FORECAST?......Page 125
HOW LIKELY IS A DAMAGING QUAKEIN THE NEXT 30 YEARS?......Page 128
INDEX......Page 131