Products & Publications

This is not a complete listing, but a selected subset of earthquake-related USGS publications. For a complete inventory of earthquake-related USGS publications, please see the USGS Maps, Products, and Publications webpage.

Fact Sheets

California and Western US

• Steam Explosions, Earthquakes, and Volcanic Eruptions—What’s in Yellowstone’s Future?
  (FS-2005-3024)
• The Hayward Fault - Is It Due for a Repeat of the Powerful 1868 Earthquake?
  (FS-2008-3019)
• Increasing the Resilience to Natural Hazards in Southern California
  (FS-2007-3037)
• Seismic monitoring of the Atwood Building in Anchorage, Alaska
  (FS-2004-3103)
• Rupture in South-Central Alaska–The Denali Fault Earthquake of 2002
  (FS-014-03)
• SCIGN—New Southern California GPS Network Advances the Study of Earthquakes
  (FS-069-01)
• Earthquake Shaking-Finding the "Hotspots"
  (FS-001-01)
• Forecasting California’s Earthquakes—What Can We Expect in the Next 30 Years?
  (FS-2008-3027)
• Progress Toward a Safer Future Since the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake
  (FS-151-99)
• The LARSE Project - Working Toward a Safer Future for Los Angeles
  (FS-110-99)
• Earthquake Technology Fights Crime
  (FS-096-96)
• When Will the Next Great Quake Strike Northern California?
  (FS-094-96)
• Southern Californians Cope With Earthquakes
  (FS-225-95)
• Utah Braces for the Future
  (FS-166-95)
• The Los Angeles Dam Story
  (FS-096-95)

Central and Eastern US

• Earthquakes and tsunamis in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
  (FS-141-00)
• St. Louis Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project
  (FS-2007-3073)
• Urban Seismic Hazard Mapping for Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
  (FS-05-3142)
• Earthquake Hazard in the Heart of the Homeland
  (FS-2006-3125)
• East Meets West: An Earthquake in India Helps Hazard Assessment in the Central US
  (FS-007-02)
• Earthquakes In and Near the Northeastern United States, 1638-1998
  (FS-006-01)

Global and National

• Monitoring earthquake shaking in federal buildings
  (FS-2005-3052)
• 2008 United States National Seismic Hazard Maps
  (FS-2008-3018)
• United States National Seismic Hazard Maps
  (FS-2008-3017)
• PAGER—Rapid Assessment of an Earthquake’s Impact
  (FS-2007-3101)
• USGS ShakeCast
  (FS-2007-3086)
• Earthquakes Pose a Serious Hazard in Afghanistan
  (FS-2007-3027)
• Earthquake Information Products and Tools from the Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS)
  (FS-2006-3050)
• Earthquake Hazards - A National Threat
  (FS-2006-3016)
• Assessing the Seismic Hazards of Afghanistan
  (FS-2005-3038)
• Did You Feel It? – Citizens Contribute to Earthquake Science
  (FS-2005-3016)
• Quaternary Fault and Fold Database for the Nation
  (FS-2004-3033)
• Earthquakes - Rattling the Earth's Plumbing System
  (FS-096-03)
• ShakeMap–A Tool for Earthquake Response
  (FS-087-03)
• Monitoring Earthquake Shaking in Buildings to Reduce Loss of Life and Property
  (FS-068-03)
• ANSS–Reducing the Devastating Effects of Earthquakes
  (FS-046-03)
• The USGS Earthquake Hazards Program in NEHRP–Investing in a Safer Future
  (FS-017-03)
• ANSS - Advanced National Seismic System: Advancing National Seismic Safety–Accomplishments FY2002
  (FS-012-03)
• The Advanced National Seismic System: Management and Implementation
  (FS-0045-01)
• Did You Feel It? - Community-Made Earthquake Shaking Maps
  (FS-030-01)
• Helping coastal communities at risk from tsunamis; the role of the U. S. Geological Survey research
  (FS 0150-00)
• ANSS - Advanced National Seismic System
  (FS-075-00)
• Seismograms live from around the world
  (FS-176-99)
• Earthquake Information for the World
  (FS-125-97)
• Taking the Earth's Pulse
  (FS-103-97)
• Monitoring Earthquakes Across the United States
  (FS-146-97)
• Hazard Maps Help Save Lives and Property
  (FS-183-96)
• Quake Forecasting--An Emerging Capability
  (FS-242-95)
• Seismic Maps Foster Landmark Legislation
  (FS-224-95)
• Saving Lives Through Better Design Standards
  (FS-176-95)
• Pay a Little Now, or a Lot Later
  (FS-169-95)
• Building Safer Structures
  (FS-167-95)
• Speeding Earthquake Disaster Relief
  (FS-097-95)
• USGS natural hazards programs; lessons learned for reducing risk
  (FS-0061-95)

Other

• Other USGS Hazards Fact Sheets

Pacific Northwest

• PNSN–Pacific Northwest Seismographic Network
  (FS- 2004-3073)
• Airborne Hunt for Faults in the Portland-Vancouver Area
  (FS-105-96)
• Averting Surprises in the Pacific Northwest
  (FS-111-95)

General Information

General Interest Publications

• Earthquake science explained: a series of ten short articles for students, teachers, and families
  (GIP-21)
• Facing the Great Disaster How the Men and Women of the U.S. Geological Survey Responded to the 1906 “San Francisco Earthquake”
  (GIP-31)
• Where's the San Andreas fault? A guidebook to tracing the fault on public lands in the San Francisco Bay region
  (GIP-16)
• USGS Library
  Searchable database of USGS Authored Publications
• The Severity of an Earthquake
  understanding intensity and magnitude
• The San Andreas Fault
  What? Where? When? Why? read all about it!
• Our Changing Continents
  introduction to paleogeography, the study of changes in the earth's surface
• The Interior of the Earth
  description of earth's crust, mantle, and core
• Geologic Time
  discussion of how geoscientists determine age of rocks on the earth
• Earthquakes
  overview

Plate Tectonics Publications

• Subduction Zone and Crustal Dynamics of Western Washington: A Tectonic Model for Earthquake Hazards Evaluation
• How to Build a Model Illustrating Sea-Floor Spreading and Subduction
• This Dynamic Earth - the Story of Plate Tectonics

Tsunami Publications

• Improving Earthquake and Tsunami Warnings for the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Atlantic Coast
  (FS-2006-3012)
• Earthquakes and Tsunamis in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
• Helping Coastal Communities at Risk from Tsunamis–The Role of U.S. Geological Survey Research
• Surviving a Tsunami—Lessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan
  Spanish version

Information Services

Earthquake Notification Services

• Earthquake Notification E-mail

Moment Tensors via E-mail

• NEIC Fast Moment Tensors

RSS Feeds

• Latest Earthquakes Feeds & Data

Seismicity Reports via E-mail

• Weekly Seismicity Reports for Northern California

Maps

Earthquake Maps

• Earthquakes in Virginia and Vicinity 1774 − 2004
  (OFR-06-1017)
• Earthquakes in Ohio and Vicinity 1776—2007
• Posters of Significant Earthquakes: 2002-Present
• World Seismicity Poster, 1979-1988
• Tsunami Generating Earthquakes
• Southern California Earthquakes
• Earthquakes in Alaska
• Seismotectonic Map of Afghanistan
• Seismicity of Hawaii, 1962-1985
• Seismicity of Alaska, 1786-1987
• Modified Mercalli Intensity Maps for the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Plotted in ShakeMap Format
• Major Earthquakes of the Pacific Northwest
• Major Earthquakes of Canada
• Major Earthquakes and Fault Zones of California
• Large Earthquakes of North and Central America
• Global Seismicity and World Cities
• Earthquakes in Washington and Oregon
• Earthquakes in Utah, 1884-1989
• Earthquakes In and Near the Northeastern United States, 1638-1998
• Earthquakes in the Conterminous United States
• Earthquakes in the Central United States–1699-2002
• Earthquakes in California and Nevada
• Earthquakes & Faults in the San Francisco Bay Area (1970-2003)
• Earthquake Damage in Greater Los Angeles
• This Dynamic Planet
• Circum-Pacific Seismic Potential, 1989 - 1999
• Caribbean Seismicity 1900-1994
• A Century of Great Earthquakes: 1897-1996

Fault and Landform Maps

• Digital Geologic Maps of San Francisco Bay Area
• Digital Map showing faults, lineaments, and earthquake epicenters in the Pahute Mesa 30' x 60' quadrangle, Nevada
• Downloadable geologic maps, various scales (free)
• Inventory of Landslides triggered by the 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake
• Field Investigations of Suspected Late Quaternary Faults in Central Nebraska -- Evidence of Non-Tectonic Origins
• Map Showing Inferred and Mapped Basement Faults, San Juan Basin and Vicinity, New Mexico and Colorado
• Late Quaternary surface faulting on the Cheraw Fault, southeastern Colorado
• Map and Database of Quaternary Faults in the Vicinity of Managua, Nicaragua
• Maps and Database of Quaternary Faults in Bolivia and Chile
• Map and Database of Quaternary Faults and Folds in Colombia and its Offshore Regions
• Map and Database of Quaternary Faults and Folds in Argentina
• Map of Quaternary Faults and Folds of Panama and Its Offshore Regions
• Map and Database of Quaternary Faults in Venezuela and its Offshore Regions
• Map and database of Quaternary faults and folds in Costa Rica and its offshore regions
• Earthquakes & Faults in the San Francisco Bay Area (1970-2003)
• United States Quaternary Faults
  (interactive)

Seismic Hazard Maps

• Preliminary Earthquake Hazard Map of Afghanistan
  (OFR-07-1137)
• Urban Seismic Hazard Maps
• Global Seismic Hazard Maps
• National Seismic Hazard Maps

Site Response

• Eastern United States Infrastructure at Risk
• Site-Response Maps for the Los Angeles Region Based on Earthquake Ground Motions
• Community Internet Intensity Maps (CIIM)
• Earthquake Ground-Motion Amplification in Southern California

Multimedia

CDROMs

• GLORIA imagery and bathymetry from the U.S. EEZ off Washington, Oregon, and California
• Digital recordings of aftershocks of the October 17, 1989
  Loma Prieta, California, earthquake : Santa Cruz, Los Gatos, and surrounding areas, Part B - Computer disc

Videos

• USGS Tsunami Videos
• USGS Plate Tectonics Videos
• USGS Earthquake Videos
• HIDDEN FURY--THE NEW MADRID EARTHQUAKE ZONE,
  1993, 27 minutes, in color, High School and up
• The Hayward Fault - We Can't Ignore It
  1995, 60 minutes, in color, Middle School to college
• Public Broadcasting's SAVAGE EARTH,
  1998, 4 1-hour episodes, Middle School to college

Open-File Reports/Bulletins/Circulars

• The ShakeOut Earthquake Scenario—A Story That Southern Californians Are Writing
  (Circular 1324)
• Creating a Global Building Inventory for Earthquake Loss Assessment and Risk Management
• Historical Seismicity in the South San Francisco Bay Region
• Documentation for the 2008 Update of the United States National Seismic Hazard Maps
  (OFR-2008-1128)
• Map and Data for Quaternary Faults and Fault Systems on the Island of Hawaii
• Subduction zone and crustal dynamics of western Washington: A tectonic model for earthquake hazards evaluation (1999)
• USGS Response to an Urban Earthquake: Northridge '94
• Responses to Iben Brownings prediction of a 1990 New Madrid, Missouri, earthquake. 1993
• Tecumseh's prophecy; preparing for the next New Madrid earthquake; a plan for an intensified study of the New Madrid seismic zone. 1990
• The 1886 Charleston, South Carolina, earthquake; a 1986 perspective. 1986
• The New Madrid earthquake. 1912
• Assessment of regional earthquake hazards and risk along the Wasatch Front, Utah, edited by P. L. Gori and W. W. Hays, U.S. Geological Survey. 2000.
• Earthquake research at Parkfield, California, 1993 and beyond; report of the NEPEC working group to evaluate the Parkfield earthquake prediction experiment. 1994
• Program for earthquake hazards assessment in the Pacific Northwest. 1991
• Probabilities of large earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay region, California. 1990
• Lessons learned from the Loma Prieta, California, earthquake of October 17, 1989
• Alaska's Good Friday earthquake, March 27, 1964, a preliminary geologic evaluation. 1964
• The Lyman Hawaiian earthquake diary, 1833-1917. 1992
• The San Francisco earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906, and their effects on structures and structural materials. 1907
• Implications for Earthquake Risk Reduction in the United States from the Kocaeli, Turkey, Earthquake of August 17, 1999. 2000.
• An Assessment of Seismic Monitoring in the United States: Requirement for an Advanced National Seismic System. 1999.
• Goals, opportunities, and priorities for the USGS Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program. 1992