Evansville Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project
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| Evansville Skyline photo by Kent Whitehead |
Overview
In tri-state Evansville area of Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois the USGS is partnering with a local working group to produce urban earthquake hazard maps for the community.
In the Evansville area, the project is being lead by representatives from the State Geologic Surveys of Kentucky, Illinois, and Indiana, the Southwest Indiana Disaster Resistant Community Corp., the Central U.S. Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC) emergency managers, CUSEC State Geologists, and the USGS.
Links to other Central US Earthquake Information Relevant to Evansville
Products
- Surficial Geologic Map of the Evansville, Indiana, and Henderson, Kentucky, Area
- Evansville Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project (EAEHMP) Progress Report 2008
- Implementation of an AGS-Cosmos-FHWA Compatible Geotechnical Databases for the St. Louis Metro Area, Missouri and Illinois and, the Evansville-Henderson Area, Indiana and Kentucky
- Calculation and validation of probabilistic seismic hazard assessment for the urban area of Evansville incorporating site effects
- Liquefaction Susceptibility Mapping in the Evansville, Indiana, Region Including An Investigation of 2D Amplification and Duration Effects Due to Bedrock Valley Structure
