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)