Eric M Thompson

A database of instrumentally recorded ground motion intensity measurements from induced earthquakes in Oklahoma and Kansas

The database contains uniformly processed ground motion intensity measurements (peak horizontal ground motions and 5-percent-damped pseudospectral accelerations for oscillator periods 0.1–10 s). The earthquake event set includes more than 3,800 M≥3 earthquakes in Oklahoma and Kansas from January 2009 to December 2016. Ground motion time series were collected out to 500 km. We also relocated the majority of the earthquake hypocenters using a multiple-event relocation algorithm to produce a set of near-uniformly processed hypocentral locations. Details about data processing are reported in the accompanying article. First posted - October 11, 2017 Revised - December 18, 2017, ver. 1.1

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: EHP, Earthquake Hazards Program, GHSC, Geologic Hazards Science Center, Kansas, All tags... Oklahoma, USGS, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), earthquake, earthquake ground motion, earthquake hazard, geophysics, ground motion intensity, induced earthquake, relocated earthquake hypocenter, seismic hazard, spectral acceleration, Fewer tags

Inventory of landslides triggered by the 2020 Puerto Rico earthquake sequence

Here we present an inventory of remotely and field-observed landslides triggered by 2019-2020 Puerto Rico earthquake sequence. The inventory was mapped using pre- and post-event satellite imagery (PR_landslide_inventory_imagery.csv), an extensive collection of field observations (https://doi.org/10.5066/P96QNFMB) and using pre-earthquake lidar as guidance for mapping polygons with more precise locations and geometries (2015 - 2017 USGS Lidar DEM: Puerto Rico dataset). The inventory consists of a shapefile of 309 polygons (PR_landslide_inventory_pts.shp) outlining the source area and deposits together. It also includes a point inventory (PR_landslide_inventory_pts.shp) marking 170 individual displaced boulders that...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Earthquake Hazards Program, GHSC, Geologic Hazards Science Center, Guayanilla, Guánica, All tags... Landslide Hazards Program, Peñuelas, Ponce, Puerto Rico, USGS, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, earth science, earthquake hazard, geophysics, landslide, rock fall, seismic hazard, seismology, Fewer tags

Inventory of liquefaction features triggered by the 7 January 2020 M6.4 Puerto Rico earthquake

This dataset consists of an inventory of the locations of liquefaction-related phenomena triggered by the 7 January 2020 M6.4 Puerto Rico earthquake. The inventory is primarily based on field observations collected during post-earthquake reconnaissance conducted by the USGS and partners (Allstadt and others, 2020, Interactive Dashboard). Some additional locations were added based on reconnaissance reports by other groups (Miranda and others, 2020; Morales-Velez and others, 2020). We delineated 43 polygons of liquefaction areas and lateral spreading where we had sufficient evidence to do so (liquefaction_polygons_20210913.zip), but all outlines are approximate because liquefaction is primarily a subsurface process...

Tags: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Geomorphology, Puerto Rico, Seismology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... earthquakes, hazards, liquefaction, Fewer tags

Earthquake-triggered ground-failure, such as landsliding and liquefaction, can contribute significantly to losses, but our current ability to accurately include them in earthquake hazard analyses is limited. The development of robust and transportable models requires access to numerous inventories of ground failure triggered by earthquakes that span a broad range of terrains, shaking characteristics, and climates. We present an openly accessible, centralized earthquake-triggered ground-failure inventory repository in the form of a ScienceBase Community to provide open access to these data, and help accelerate progress. The Community hosts digital inventories created by both USGS and non-USGS authors. We present...

Categories: Collection, Data; Tags: Earthquake, Earthquake Hazards, GHSC, GIS, Geologic Hazards Science Center, All tags... Global, Inventory, Landslide, Landslide Hazards, USGS, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), World, database, Fewer tags

This data release contains data sets associated with the 2023 50-State National Seismic Hazard Model Update. The 2023 50-State National Seimsic Hazard Model (NSHM) Update includes an update to the NSHMs for the conterminous U.S (CONUS, last updated in 2018), Alaska (AK, last updated in 2007), and Hawaii (last updated in 2001). Data sets include inputs like seismicity catalogs used as input to the smoothed seismicity model and updated induced seismicity zone polygons in the central and eastern U.S., as well as outputs like hazard curves and uniform-hazard ground motion values. Plots of selected data sets are also included. The data sets provided here are primarily for the 2023 CONUS NHSM and 2023 AK NSHM. Additional...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Alaska, Conterminous United States, Earthquake, Hawaii, Hazard, All tags... Map Service, National Seismic Hazard Model, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service, Seismic, Seismology, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), earthquake hazard, geophysics, seismology, Fewer tags