The Mid-America Earthquake (MAE) Center at the University of Illinois announces the release of its report entitled ‘Impact of Earthquakes on the Central USA’. The report is the one of the products of the largest earthquake consequence assessment project in United States history, the New Madrid Seismic Zone Catastrophic Planning Project. The report contains earthquake impact assessments for the eight CUSEC Member States, and lists damage and other consequences to the built environment as well as social and economic impacts. The earthquake scenarios used represent the New Madrid, the Wabash Valley, and East Tennessee seismic zones. The analysis employs new and more reliable hazard and inventory data that has not been used before.
The project is managed by the US Army Corps of Engineers’ Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, and the work was undertaken in partnership with the Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management at the George Washington University, with contributions for the Association of CUSEC State Geologists, IEM, FEMA, US Geological Survey, and CUSEC. The report is available for download at IDEALS. Bound paper and CD copies are available from Jessica Vlna, MAE Center Program Coordinator.
