Memphis Urban Seismic Hazard Maps, v2008

Dates

Publication Date: 2023-05-30
Time Period: 2008

Citation

Boyd, O.S., Cramer, C.H., 2023, Memphis Urban Seismic Hazard Maps, v2008: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P92MIZ2R.

Summary

Memphis has a dense urban population near faults capable of producing major earthquakes. A high probability of a moderate earthquake in the near future (e.g., a 25-40% probability of a magnitude 6.0 or greater in the next 50 years) from the New Madrid seismic zone, and relatively low regional attenuation (in other words, seismic waves do damage over a greater area in this region than for the same magnitude earthquake in the west) necessitates being prepared for earthquake hazards. This dataset provides maps of probabilistic and deterministic earthquake ground motions and liquefaction hazard for the Memphis area. Deterministic ground motion maps show different types of motions for a single specific hypothetical earthquake (scenario [...]

Summary

Memphis has a dense urban population near faults capable of producing major earthquakes. A high probability of a moderate earthquake in the near future (e.g., a 25-40% probability of a magnitude 6.0 or greater in the next 50 years) from the New Madrid seismic zone, and relatively low regional attenuation (in other words, seismic waves do damage over a greater area in this region than for the same magnitude earthquake in the west) necessitates being prepared for earthquake hazards. This dataset provides maps of probabilistic and deterministic earthquake ground motions and liquefaction hazard for the Memphis area. Deterministic ground motion maps show different types of motions for a single specific hypothetical earthquake (scenario or magnitude and location). Deterministic liquefaction maps show the likelihood of exceeding a certain level of liquefaction given the scenario ground motions. Probabilistic ground motion maps show different types of motions for various probability levels, for example, the ground motions that are expected to be exceeded with a 2% probablity in 50 years. Similarly, probabilistic liquefaction maps show the level of liquefaction that is expected to be exceeded for various probability levels.

The following maps are available:
Probabilistic Maps (graphic.zip/posters.zip)
Peak Acceleration (%g) with 10% Probability of Exceedance in 50 Years: pdf, jpg, poster
Peak Acceleration (%g) with 2% Probability of Exceedance in 50 Years: pdf, jpg, poster
0.2 sec Spectral Acceleration (%g) with 10% Probability of Exceedance in 50 Years: pdf, jpg, poster
0.2 sec Spectral Acceleration (%g) with 2% Probability of Exceedance in 50 Years: pdf, jpg, poster
1.0 sec Spectral Acceleration (%g) with 10% Probability of Exceedance in 50 Years: pdf, jpg, poster
1.0 sec Spectral Acceleration (%g) with 2% Probability of Exceedance in 50 Years: pdf, jpg, poster

Deterministic (Scenario) Maps (graphic.zip/posters.zip)
Peak Acceleration (%g) for a M7.7 earthquake located northwest of Memphis, on a fault coincident with the southern linear zone of modern seismicity: pdf, jpg, poster
0.2 sec Spectral Acceleration for a M7.7 earthquake located northwest of Memphis, on a fault coincident with the southern linear zone of modern seismicity: pdf, jpg, poster
1.0 sec Spectral Acceleration (%g) for a M7.7 earthquake located northwest of Memphis, on a fault coincident with the southern linear zone of modern seismicity: pdf, jpg, poster
Peak Acceleration (%g) for a M6.2 earthquake located northwest of Memphis, on a fault at the closest end of the southern linear zone of modern seismicity: pdf, jpg, poster
0.2 sec Spectral Acceleration for a M6.2 earthquake located northwest of Memphis, on a fault at the closest end of the southern linear zone of modern seismicity: pdf, jpg, poster
1.0 sec Spectral Acceleration (%g) for a M6.2 earthquake located northwest of Memphis, on a fault at the closest end of the southern linear zone of modern seismicity: pdf, jpg, poster

Other Maps (graphic.zip)
MMI Hazard for a M7.7 earthquake located northwest of Memphis, on a fault coincident with the southern linear zone of modern seismicity, geology included: gif
PGA Hazard for a M7.7 earthquake located northwest of Memphis, on a fault coincident with the southern linear zone of modern seismicity, geology included: gif
Memphis/Shelby County average shear-wave velocity over 30 meters: gif

The deterministic and probabilistic maps are also available as gridded data values (ascii.zip)
Probabilistic Map Grids
PGA with 10% PE in 50 yrs
PGA with 2% PE in 50 yrs
0.2 sec SA with 10% PE in 50 yrs
0.2 sec SA with 2% PE in 50 yrs
1.0 sec SA with 10% PE in 50 yrs
1.0 sec SA with 2% PE in 50 yrs

Deterministic Map Grids
PGA for M7.7 scenario earthquake
PGA for M6.2 scenario earthquake
0.2 sec SA for M7.7 scenario earthquake
0.2 sec SA for M6.2 scenario earthquake
1.0 sec SA for M7.7 scenario earthquake
1.0 sec SA for M6.2 scenario earthquake

and ArcInfo Point Shapefiles (arcgis.zip) with accompanying ArccGIS style file (Memphis.style)
Probabilistic Point Grids
PGA with 10% PE in 50 yrs
PGA with 2% PE in 50 yrs
0.2 sec SA with 10% PE in 50 yrs
0.2 sec SA with 2% PE in 50 yrs
1.0 sec SA with 10% PE in 50 yrs
1.0 sec SA with 2% PE in 50 yrs

Deterministic Point Grids
PGA for M7.7 scenario earthquake
PGA for M6.2 scenario earthquake
0.2 sec SA for M7.7 scenario earthquake
0.2 sec SA for M6.2 scenario earthquake
1.0 sec SA for M7.7 scenario earthquake
1.0 sec SA for M6.2 scenario earthquake

Liquefaction Potential maps (liquefaction.zip)
Probabilistic Maps
Liquefaction Potential Index >5 with 2% Probability of Exceedance in 50 Years: pdf, gif
Liquefaction Potential Index >5 with 5% Probability of Exceedance in 50 Years: pdf, gif
Liquefaction Potential Index >5 (%g) with 10% Probability of Exceedance in 50 Years: pdf, gif
Liquefaction Potential Index >15 with 2% Probability of Exceedance in 50 Years: pdf, gif
Liquefaction Potential Index >15 with 5% Probability of Exceedance in 50 Years: pdf, gif
Liquefaction Potential Index >15 with 10% Probability of Exceedance in 50 Years: pdf, gif

Deterministic (Scenario) Maps
Liquefaction Potential Index >5 for a M7.7 earthquake located northwest of Memphis, on a fault coincident with the southern linear zone of modern seismicity: pdf, gif
Liquefaction Potential Index >15 for a M7.7 earthquake located northwest of Memphis, on a fault coincident with the southern linear zone of modern seismicity: pdf, gif
Liquefaction Potential Index >5 for a M6.2 earthquake located northwest of Memphis, on a fault at the closest end of the southern linear zone of modern seismicity: pdf, gif
Liquefaction Potential Index >15 for a M6.2 earthquake located northwest of Memphis, on a fault at the closest end of the southern linear zone of modern seismicity: pdf, gif

Contacts

Point of Contact :: Oliver S Boyd
Originator :: Oliver S Boyd, Chris H Cramer
Publisher :: U.S. Geological Survey
SDC Data Owner :: Geologic Hazards Science Center
USGS Mission Area :: Natural Hazards
Distributor :: U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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MemphisUrbanSeismicHazardMaps_v2008.xml Original FGDC Metadata	View	9.56 KB	application/fgdc+xml
arcgis.zip		294.83 KB	application/zip
ascii.zip		92.73 KB	application/zip
liquefaction.zip		22.36 MB	application/zip
DATA_README.txt		6.63 KB	text/plain
MemphisUrbanSeismicHazardMaps_v2008_VersionHistory.txt		361 Bytes	text/plain
graphic.zip		13.09 MB	application/zip
posters.zip		21.54 MB	application/zip

Related External Resources

Type: Citation

Cramer, C.H., J.S. Gomberg, E.S. Schweig, B.A. Waldron, and K. Tucker, 2006, First USGS urban seismic hazard maps predict the effects of soils, Seism. Res. Lett. 77, 23-29.	https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.77.1.23
Cramer, C.H., G. Rix, and K. Tucker, 2008, Probabilistic liquefaction hazard maps for Memphis, Tennessee, Seis. Res. Lett. 79, 416-423.	https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.79.3.416
Cramer, C.H., M.S. Dhar, and D. Arellano, 2018, Update of the urban seismic and liquefaction hazard maps for Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee: liquefaction probability curves and 2015 hazard maps, Seis. Res. Lett. 89, 688-701.	https://doi.org/10.1785/0220170139

Purpose

The purpose of this dataset is to provide to users with maps of probabilistic and determinstic ground motion and liquefaction hazards for Memphis, TN.

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