New report on Impact of New Madrid Seismic Zone Earthquakes on the Central USA

This report contains earthquake impact assessment for the region comprising the 8 central US (CUSEC) states due to earthquakes caused by the New Madrid Seismic Zone. It reports Phase II work from a major New Madrid Earthquakes Catastrophic Event Planning project funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The report gives damage to the built environment, impact on transportation and utility networks as well as social and economic consequences. It supersedes the report, “Impact of Earthquakes on the Central USA,” published in 2008. The analysis employs the best available and most reliable hazard and inventory data that has ever been assembled for the region.

The work was undertaken by the Mid-America Earthquake Center at the University of Illinois in partnership with the Center for Technology, Security and Policy at Virginia Tech University and the Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management at the George Washington University, with contributions from the 8 State Geological Surveys, US Army Corps of Engineers, IEM, FEMA, US Geological Survey, and the Central US Earthquake Consortium. Bound paper and CD copies are available from Breanne Ertmer, Program Coordinator, email: ertmer@illinois.edu.

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