St. Louis Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project
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Overview
In the St. Louis area of Missouri and Illinois the USGS is partnering with a local working group to produce urban earthquake hazard maps for the community.
The project is being led by representatives from the Missouri University of Science and Technology Natural Hazards Mitigation Institute, the Illinois State Geological Survey, the Missouri Division of Geology and Land Survey , the Central U.S. Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC) emergency managers, CUSEC State Geologists, CERI at the University of Memphis, and the USGS.
Links to other Central United States Earthquake Information Relevant to St. Louis
Products
- PowerPoint Presentation: St. Louis Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project
- 2009 Fact Sheet: Earthquake Hazard in the New Madrid Seismic Zone Remains a Concern
- USGS OFR 2009-1059: St. Louis Area Earthquake Hazards Mapping Project— A Progress Report-November 2008
- Comparing the 2002 and 2008 USGS Seismic Hazard Model in the St. Louis Area
- Report describing the St. Louis area surficial materials database
- Download the St. Louis area surficial materials database (MDB 31Mb)
- Liquefaction susceptibility and probabilistic liquefaction potential hazard mapping, St. Louis, Missouri and Illinois
- Creation of a Geologic GIS Database for the St. Louis Metro Area, Missouri and Illinois
- St. Louis, Metro Area Shear Wave Velocity Testing
- Shallow P- and S-Wave Velocities and Site Resonances in the St. Louis Region, Missouri-Illinois
