Seismic source characterization for the 2014 update of the U.S. National Seismic Hazard Model
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Abstract
We present the updated seismic source characterization (SSC) for the 2014 update of the National Seismic Hazard Model (NSHM) for the conterminous United States. Construction of the seismic source models employs the methodology that was developed for the 1996 NSHM but includes new and updated data, data types, source models, and source parameters that reflect the current state of knowledge of earthquake occurrence and state of practice for seismic hazard analyses. We review the SSC parameterization and describe the methods used to estimate earthquake rates, magnitudes, locations, and geometries for all seismic source models, with an emphasis on new source model components. We highlight the effects that two new model components—incorporation of slip rates from combined geodetic-geologic inversions and the incorporation of adaptively smoothed seismicity models—have on probabilistic ground motions, because these sources span multiple regions of the conterminous United States and provide important additional epistemic uncertainty for the 2014 NSHM.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Seismic source characterization for the 2014 update of the U.S. National Seismic Hazard Model |
| Series title | Earthquake Spectra |
| DOI | 10.1193/110514EQS183M |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | S1 |
| Year Published | 2015 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | EERI |
| Contributing office(s) | Geologic Hazards Science Center |
| Description | 27 p. |
| First page | S31 |
| Last page | S57 |
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