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"Did You Feel It?" Intensity Data: A Surprisingly Good Measure of Earthquake Ground Motion

scholarly article by Gail M. Atkinson & David J. Wald published 1 May 2007 in Seismological Research Letters

"ShakeMaps" - instant maps of earthquake shaking

scholarly article published 2000

88 Hours: The U.S. Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center Response to the 11 March 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku Earthquake

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A Geospatial Liquefaction Model for Rapid Response and Loss Estimation

A Global Building Inventory for Earthquake Loss Estimation and Risk Management

scholarly article by Kishor S. Jaiswal et al published August 2010 in Earthquake Spectra

A Global Earthquake Discrimination Scheme to Optimize Ground-Motion Prediction Equation Selection

scholarly article

A Global Empirical Model for Near-Real-Time Assessment of Seismically Induced Landslides

A Revised Ground-Motion and Intensity Interpolation Scheme for ShakeMap

article published in 2010

A VS30 Map for California with Geologic and Topographic Constraints

article by E. M. Thompson et al published 16 September 2014 in Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

A dislocation model of the 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake determined from strong ground motions

scholarly article by David J. Wald & T.H. Heaton published 1994 in Open-File Report

A domestic earthquake impact alert protocol based on the combined USGS PAGER and FEMA Hazus loss estimation systems

scholarly article by David J. Wald et al published 20 January 2020 in Earthquake Spectra

A global hybrid VS30 map with a topographic slope–based default and regional map insets

article by David C Heath et al published 9 June 2020 in Earthquake Spectra

Advanced National Seismic System delivers improved information

An Atlas of ShakeMaps and population exposure catalog for earthquake loss modeling

scholarly article by Trevor I. Allen et al published 26 May 2009 in Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

An Empirical Model for Global Earthquake Fatality Estimation

scholarly article by Kishor S. Jaiswal & David J. Wald published November 2010 in Earthquake Spectra

An atlas of ShakeMaps for selected global earthquakes

scholarly article by Trevor I. Allen et al published 2008 in Open-File Report

An open repository of earthquake-triggered ground-failure inventories

scholarly article published 2017

Bayesian Estimations of Peak Ground Acceleration and 5% Damped Spectral Acceleration from Modified Mercalli Intensity Data

Book review: Louise K Comfort, The Dynamics of Risk: Changing Technologies and Collective Action in Seismic Events

Compilation of VS30 Data for the United States

article by Alan K. Yong et al published 2016 in Data Series

Creating a Global Building Inventory for Earthquake Loss Assessment and Risk Management

scientific article published in 2008

Developing Empirical Collapse Fragility Functions for Global Building Types

article published in 2011

Development of a globally applicable model for near real-time prediction of seismically induced landslides

article

Did you feel it? : citizens contribute to earthquake science

scholarly article published 2005

Did you feel it? Community-made earthquake shaking maps

scholarly article published 2001

DisasterNet: Causal Bayesian Networks with Normalizing Flows for Cascading Hazards Estimation from Satellite Imagery

scientific article published on 04 August 2023

Earthquake Impact Scale

scholarly article by David J. Wald et al published August 2011 in Natural Hazards Review

Earthquakes, Did You Feel It?

scholarly article by David J. Wald et al published 2020 in Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences

Earthquakes, PAGER

entry in "Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics"

Earthquakes, PAGER

scientific article published in 2019

Earthquakes, Shake Map

entry in "Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics"

Earthquakes, ShakeCast

scholarly article by Kuo-wan Lin et al published 2020 in Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences

Estimating Casualties for Large Earthquakes Worldwide Using an Empirical Approach

scientific article published in 2009

Estimating Economic Losses from Earthquakes Using an Empirical Approach

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Estimating Rupture Dimensions of Three Major Earthquakes in Sichuan, China, for Early Warning and Rapid Loss Estimates

scholarly article by Jiawei Li et al published 28 January 2020 in Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Evaluation of Ground-Motion Modeling Techniques for Use in Global ShakeMap - A Critique of Instrumental Ground-Motion Prediction Equations, Peak Ground Motion to Macroseismic Intensity Conversions, and Macroseismic Intensity Predictions in Different

article published in 2009

Fault Extent Estimation for Near-Real-Time Ground-Shaking Map Computation Purposes

scholarly article

Felt reports and intensity assignments for aftershocks and triggered events of the great 1906 California earthquake

scholarly article by Aron J. Meltzner & David J. Wald published 2002 in Open-File Report

Foreshocks and aftershocks of the great 1857 California earthquake

scholarly article by A.J. Meltzner & David J. Wald published 1998 in Open-File Report

Geophysical Advances Triggered by 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake

scholarly article by Peter J. Haeussler et al published 29 April 2014 in Eos

Get your science used—Six guidelines to improve your products

scientific article published in 2016

Global Earthquake Response with Imaging Geodesy: Recent Examples from the USGS NEIC

scholarly article

Grand challenges for integrated USGS science—A workshop report

article by Karen E. Jenni et al published 2017 in Open-File Report

Ground Motion to Intensity Conversion Equations (GMICEs): A Global Relationship and Evaluation of Regional Dependency

Improving Near‐Real‐Time Coseismic Landslide Models: Lessons Learned from the 2016 Kaikōura, New Zealand, Earthquake

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Integrate Urban‐Scale Seismic Hazard Analyses with the U.S. National Seismic Hazard Model

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Intensity attenuation for active crustal regions

scholarly article

Intensity distribution and isoseismal maps for the Nisqually, Washington, earthquake of 28 February 2001

scholarly article by James W. Dewey et al published 2002 in Open-File Report

On the Use of High-Resolution Topographic Data as a Proxy for Seismic Site Conditions (VS30)

scientific article

PAGER - Rapid Assessment and Notification of an Earthquake's Impact

PAGER--Rapid assessment of an earthquake?s impact

scholarly article published 2010

PAGER-CAT: A Composite Earthquake Catalog for Calibrating Global Fatality Models

scholarly article by T. I. Allen et al published 1 January 2009 in Seismological Research Letters

Practical limitations of earthquake early warning

scholarly article by David J. Wald published 12 April 2020 in Earthquake Spectra

Probabilistic Relationships between Ground-Motion Parameters and Modified Mercalli Intensity in California

scholarly article

Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER): A System for Rapidly Determining the Impact of Earthquakes Worldwide

scientific article published in 2009

Quantifying and Qualifying USGS ShakeMap Uncertainty

scientific article published in 2008

Rapid Characterization of the 2015Mw 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake Sequence and Its Seismotectonic Context

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Rapid estimation of the economic consequences of global earthquakes

scholarly article by Kishor S. Jaiswal & David J. Wald published 2011 in Open-File Report

Relationships between Peak Ground Acceleration, Peak Ground Velocity, and Modified Mercalli Intensity in California

Rupture process of the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake

scientific article

Seismic multi-hazard and impact estimation via causal inference from satellite imagery

scientific article published in 2022

Seismicity Associated with the Sumatra-Andaman Islands Earthquake of 26 December 2004

scientific article

ShakeMap manual: technical manual, user's guide, and software guide

ShakeMap, a tool for earthquake response

scholarly article published 2003

ShakeMap-based prediction of earthquake-induced mass movements in Switzerland calibrated on historical observations

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Slab1.0: A three-dimensional model of global subduction zone geometries

scientific article

Slip distribution and tectonic implication of the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, Earthquake

scholarly article by Chen Ji et al published 1 December 2001 in Geophysical Research Letters

Slip history and dynamic implications of the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, earthquake

scholarly article by Chen Ji et al published September 2003 in Journal of Geophysical Research

Southern California Seismic Network: Caltech/USGS Element of TriNet 1997-2001

scientific article published in November 2001

Spatial and Spectral Interpolation of Ground‐Motion Intensity Measure Observations

scholarly article

Strategies for rapid global earthquake impact estimation: the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) system

scholarly article published 2013

Stronger Peak Ground Motion, Beyond the Threshold to Initiate a Response, Does Not Lead to Larger Stream Discharge Responses to Earthquakes

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The Intensity Signature of Induced Seismicity

The Mw 6.0 24 August 2014 South Napa Earthquake

scholarly article by Thomas M. Brocher et al published 1 March 2015 in Seismological Research Letters

The USGS Earthquake Notification Service (ENS): Customizable Notifications of Earthquakes around the Globe

scholarly article by L. A. Wald et al published 1 January 2008 in Seismological Research Letters

The slip history of the 1994 Northridge, California, earthquake determined from strong-motion, teleseismic, GPS, and leveling data

scientific article published in 1996

The southern California network bulletin, January-December 1996

scientific article published in 1997

Topographic Slope as a Proxy for Seismic Site-Conditions (VS30) and Amplification Around the Globe

scientific article published in 2007

Trauma signature analysis of the great East Japan disaster: guidance for psychological consequences

scientific article published on April 2013

USGS Near‐Real‐Time Products—and Their Use—for the 2018 Anchorage Earthquake

scientific article published in 2019

USGS ShakeCast

USGS approach to real-time estimation of earthquake-triggered ground failure - Results of 2015 workshop

scholarly article by Kate E. Allstadt et al published 2016 in Open-File Report

Using structural damage statistics to derive macroseismic intensity within the Kathmandu valley for the 2015 M7.8 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake

scholarly article by S.M. McGowan et al published September 2017 in Tectonophysics

When will the next great quake strike northern California?