Impact of Earthquakes on the Central USA

Amr S. Elnashai, Lisa J. Cleveland, Theresa Jefferson, John Harrald

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION 1

2 EARTHQUAKE IMPACT ASSESSMENT OVERVIEW 1

3 PHASE I EARTHQUAKE HAZARD 5

4 PHASE I INVENTORY 14

5 PHASE I FRAGILITY 25

6 RESULTS OF THE EARTHQUAKE IMPACT ASSESSMENTS 25

7 SOCIAL IMPACT AND DIRECT ECONOMIC LOSS 60

8 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS 88

9 IMPLICATIONS ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 89


Appendix I: SHAKING MAPS 95

Appendix II: INVENTORY 173

Appendix III: FRAGILITY RELATIONSHIPS 183

Appendix IV: EARTHQUAKE IMPACT ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY 192

Appendix V: DETAILED EARTHQUAKE IMPACT ASSESSMENT RESULTS 205

Appendix VI: SOCIAL IMPACTS AND ECONOMIC LOSSES 432

Appendix VII: GUIDE FOR IMPACT ASSESSMENT TERMINOLOGY 516

Appendix VIII: DAMAGE AND LOSS MAPS 573

Appendix IX: COMPARISON WITH CUSEC EARTHQUAKE IMPACT ASSESSMENT 912

References 92

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