Quick Quake Briefing Webinar: Turkey M7.8 & M7.5 Earthquakes of 6 February 2023 – Insured Loss Aspects
HAZUS Analysis for M6.4 Earthquake in Puerto Rico
High level summary of estimated impacts: $838M in total economic losses, including $380M in Ponce 52,380 damaged structures 41,380 Affected 10,370 Minor 620 Major 10 Destroyed New Hazus Puerto Rico Inventory data were used in this analysis and includes general building stock updates for building Counts, building value, content value and square footage estimates at the census […]
EEFIT Mission Report: Christchurch, New Zealand earthquake of 22 February 2011
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HAZUS Analysis for M7.1 Ridgecrest, CA Earthquake
High-level summary of estimated impacts: $119M in total econ losses, including $112M in Kern County 5,380 damaged structures 4,350 Affected 950 Minor 80 Major <10 Destroyed All Hazus GIS exported data are available here: download the file. USGS PAGER Report: ci38457511-gsmv5-OnePager (PDF) USGS Hazus-PAGER Report: ci38457511-gsmv5-TwoPager (PDF) Hazus Quick Assessment Report: us_v5_gas (PDF) Earthquake Global Risk Report: us_v5_global (PDF) Direct Economic Losses for Buildings: us_v5_deconbld (PDF) GIS Files: https://www.floodmaps.fema.gov/ffx/files/940765_SearlesValley_v5NEIC.gdb.zzz
HAZUS Analysis for M6.4 Ridgecrest, CA Earthquake
High-level summary of estimated impacts (Estimates are based on ground shaking only): $56.2M in total econ losses with the majority ($51.4M) in Kern County 2,670 damaged structures (2,340 Affected, 330 Minor) Data and Report Files: Direct Economic Losses For Buildings (PDF) Hazus Quick Assessment Report (PDF) M6.4 Searles Valley EQ 2pager (PDF) SearlesValleySM.gdb.zip (GIS files)
Quantifying Business Interruption, Downtime, and Recovery following the 2014 South Napa Earthquake and Identifying the Causes
Read the Convention Paper: Quantifying Business Interruption, Downtime, and Recovery following the 2014 South Napa Earthquake and Identifying the Causes (0.1 MB PDF)
Measuring the Resilience of Businesses Following the 2014 South Napa Earthquake in California
Read the Paper: Measuring the Resilience of Businesses Following the 2014 South Napa Earthquake in California (1.0 MB PDF)
Situation Summary as of January 13, 2010
As of Sunday 1/10, Humboldt County Emergency Managers (Contact: Jo Wattle, Leslie Lollich) estimate losses at: Date Direct Property Losses # Bldgs Damaged #Injuries #Blds Red Tagged1-10 $12.5 million 271-11 $14.3 1751-12 $22 240 301-13 $28 295 3 Saint Joseph’s Hospital. The worst injury being a hip fracture. Mostly cuts and bruises otherwise. PG&E reports […]
January 9, 2010 Mw 6.5 Gorda Plate Earthquake offshore of Northern California
Read the Report: January 9, 2010 Mw 6.5 Gorda Plate Earthquake offshore of Northern California (0.6 MB PDF)
A Look at Building Stock and Insurance Impacts
A seismogram at Heathcote Valley, which is located one kilometer from the epicenter, recorded PGA (Peak Ground Acceleration) as high as 1.4 g. However, while no complete collapses were observed, fallen chimneys were widespread. In the hillside town of Lyttleton, about four km away from the epicenter, except for the collapse of old masonry buildings and a […]