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Chance of potentially damaging ground shaking (MMI=VI) in 100 years, based on the 2023 update to the National Seismic Hazard Model

The 2023 Update of the U.S. National Seismic Hazard Model defines the potential for earthquake ground shaking for various probability levels across the United States and is applied in seismic provisions of building codes, insurance rate structures, risk assessments, and other public policy. The updated model represents an assessment of the best available science in earthquake hazards and incorporates new findings on earthquake ground shaking, seismicity, and long-period amplification over deep sedimentary basins. The new model represents an update of the seismic hazard model; previous versions were developed in 1996, 2002, 2008, 2014, and 2018. This data set represents the chance of potentially damaging ground shaking (MMI=VI) in 100 years for a grid of points with a spacing of 0.1 degrees in latitude and longitude for Alaska, 0.02 degrees for Hawaii, and 0,05 degrees for the conterminous United States. The values are obtained by averaging the probability of experiencing MMI VI based on a peak ground acceleration, and the probability of experiencing MMI VI based on 1.0-second spectral acceleration. Ground motions are amplified using topographic, slope-based Vs30 values.

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Author(s) Mark D Petersen orcid, Allison M Shumway orcid, Peter M Powers orcid, Ned Field orcid, Morgan P Moschetti orcid, Kishor Jaiswal orcid, Kevin R Milner orcid, Sanaz Rezaeian orcid, Arthur D Frankel orcid, Andrea L Llenos orcid, Andrew J Michael orcid, Jason M Altekruse orcid, Sean K Ahdi orcid, Kyle Withers orcid, Charles S Mueller orcid, Yuehua Zeng orcid, Robert E Chase, Leah M Salditch orcid, Nicolas Luco orcid, Kenneth S Rukstales orcid, Julie A Herrick orcid, Demi L Girot, Brad T Aagaard orcid, Adrian M Bender orcid, Michael L Blanpied orcid, Richard Briggs orcid, Oliver S Boyd orcid, Brandon S Clayton orcid, Christopher B Duross orcid, Eileen Evans, Peter J Haeussler orcid, Alexandra E Hatem orcid, Kirstie L Haynie orcid, Elizabeth Hearn orcid, Kaj Johnson, Zachary A Kortum, Neal Kwong orcid, Andrew J Makdisi orcid, Henry B. Mason, Daniel E McNamara orcid, Devin F. McPhillips orcid, Paul G Okubo, Morgan T Page orcid, Fred Pollitz orcid, Justin L Rubinstein orcid, Bruce Shaw orcid, Zheng-Kang Shen, Brian R Shiro orcid, James A Smith orcid, William J Stephenson orcid, Eric M Thompson orcid, Jessica A Jobe orcid, Erin W Moriarty orcid, Robert C Witter orcid
Publication Date 2023-12-28
Beginning Date of Data 2023-12-28
Ending Date of Data Unknown
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DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9GNPCOD
Citation Petersen, M.D., Shumway, A.M., Powers, P.M., Field, N., Moschetti, M.P., Jaiswal, K., Milner, K.R., Rezaeian, S., Frankel, A.D., Llenos, A.L., Michael, A.J., Altekruse, J.M., Ahdi, S.K., Withers, K., Mueller, C.S., Zeng, Y., Chase, R.E., Salditch, L.M., Luco, N., Rukstales, K.S., Herrick, J.A., Girot, D.L., Aagaard, B.T., Bender, A.M., Blanpied, M.L., Briggs, R., Boyd, O.S., Clayton, B.S., Duross, C.B., Evans, E., Haeussler, P.J., Hatem, A.E., Haynie, K.L., Hearn, E., Johnson, K., Kortum, Z.A., Kwong, N., Makdisi, A.J., Mason, H.B., McNamara, D.E., McPhillips, D.F., Okubo, P.G., Page, M.T., Pollitz, F., Rubinstein, J.L., Shaw, B., Shen, Z., Shiro, B.R., Smith, J.A., Stephenson, W.J., Thompson, E.M., Jobe, J.A., Moriarty, E.W., and Witter, R.C., 2023, Chance of potentially damaging ground shaking (MMI=VI) in 100 years, based on the 2023 update to the National Seismic Hazard Model: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9GNPCOD.
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Metadata Date 2023-12-21
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