
Description
The 2023 United States National Seismic Hazard Model (Petersen et al., 2023), covers the conterminous United States and was developed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) within the National Seismic Hazard Model Project (NSHMP). The California portion of the the model is covered by the time-independent version of the Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast version 3 (UCERF3; Field et al., 2015). The model has been translated from its original format into the OpenQuake engine by GEM.
How to cite this work
Petersen, M. D., Shumway, A. M., Powers, P. M., Field, E. H., Moschetti, M. P., Jaiswal, K. S., Milner, K. R., Rezaeian, S., Frankel, A. D., Llenos, A. L., Michael, A. J., Altekruse, J. M., Ahdi, S. K., Withers, K. B., Mueller, C. S., Zeng, Y., Chase, R. E., Salditch, L. M., Luco, N., … Herrick, J. A. (2023). The 2023 US 50-State National Seismic Hazard Model: Overview and implications. Earthquake Spectra, 40(1), 5–88. https://doi.org/10.1177/87552930231215428 Field, E. H., et al. (2014). Uniform California earthquake rupture forecast, Version 3 (UCERF3) —The time-independent model, Bull. Seismological Soc. Amer. 104, 1122–1180
Available Versions
The latest version (v2023.0.0) translated from its original format into the OpenQuake engine by GEM can be requested by clicking on the "License Request", where a specific license will be provided, depending on the use case. Previous versions of this model are listed in the table at the bottom of this page.
License information
Currently, the model is only available under a restricted license that has to be tailored for each specific use case. Please click on "License Request".
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