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Service Description: This report estimates losses from earthquakes that could occur near 38 Nevada communities, including all county seats and major population centers (Figure 1). The report uses the loss-estimation computer model of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, HAZUS-MH, to estimate such potential consequences as total economic loss, numbers of buildings receiving extensive to complete damage, number of people needing public shelter and hospital care, and number of fatalities from earthquakes of magnitude 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, 6.5, and 7.0. The report also tabulates earthquake probabilities for these communities from the probabilistic seismic hazard analysis of the U.S. Geological Survey. Due to the inherent variability between earthquakes and the incomplete and imperfect information about the surface geology of the Earth and human structures, the specific effects of any future earthquake cannot be predicted in detail. The general types and extent of potential effects can be projected, as represented by these loss estimation models. Some factors, such as geologic setting and high visitor volumes, are not modeled by HAZUS but can significantly increase losses and damage.
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Description: Given an earthquake location and magnitude, HAZUS estimates amounts of various types of economic and social loss. This new study uses the most recent version of HAZUS-MH based on ShakeMap inputs and an estimated unreinforced masonry building inventory for Nevada. This had led to an increase in the estimated number of extensively to completely damaged buildings in a total of 38 communities. For earthquake scenarios for each community, the closest Quaternary fault on the map by dePolo (2008) were chosen because they are likely candidates for future earthquakes. The epicenters of the earthquakes were chosen at the fault position closest to the community. Magnitudes from 5.0 to 7.0 were used to illustrate the impact that increasing magnitude has on losses. Earthquakes larger than magnitude 7.0 have occurred in Nevada (dePolo and dePolo, 1999; dePolo and others, 2000) and will occur here in the future. Thus, damages could be greater than listed in this report.
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Title: Estimated Losses from Earthquakes
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Comments: Given an earthquake location and magnitude, HAZUS estimates amounts of various types of economic and social loss. This new study uses the most recent version of HAZUS-MH based on ShakeMap inputs and an estimated unreinforced masonry building inventory for Nevada. This had led to an increase in the estimated number of extensively to completely damaged buildings in a total of 38 communities. For earthquake scenarios for each community, the closest Quaternary fault on the map by dePolo (2008) were chosen because they are likely candidates for future earthquakes. The epicenters of the earthquakes were chosen at the fault position closest to the community. Magnitudes from 5.0 to 7.0 were used to illustrate the impact that increasing magnitude has on losses. Earthquakes larger than magnitude 7.0 have occurred in Nevada (dePolo and dePolo, 1999; dePolo and others, 2000) and will occur here in the future. Thus, damages could be greater than listed in this report.
Subject: Estimated losses from earthquakes near Nevada communities
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Keywords: hazus,earthquakes,damage,fema,hazard,nevada,nv,usa,nbmg
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