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
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
Moment Tensors via E-mail
RSS Feeds
Seismicity Reports via E-mail
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