Resources
- Head to the USC Libraries homepage and select Advanced Search from the drop down menu.
- You will be redirected to a new search page. Under the Material Types menu to the right of the search bar, select Maps
- Try typing in seismic* AND the location you're wanting to view.
- Try broadening or narrowing the location if it returns no results.
- Design Ground MotionsThis resource is provided by USGS to aid in seismic design.
- Unified Hazard Tools (Beta)Provided by USGS. Allows for the creation of custom hazard maps, EQ probability maps, and hazard curves
- United States Geological Survey (USGS)
This website is sponsored by the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program. USGS is an agency of the U.S. government. This website includes a variety of resources such as seismic hazard maps, seismic data, and world seismicity maps. Includes an interactive map of recent earthquakes (seen above). - Southern California Earthquake Data Center (SCEDC)SCEDC is the archive of the Southern California Seismic Network and is funded by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Southern California Earthquake Center. This website includes various resources including an archive of seismic data for the U.S.A., monthly/annual seismicity maps and graphs for Southern California, and an index map of recent earthquakes in California-Nevada.
- Interactive CGS Information Warehouse Regulatory MapsIncludes regulatory maps of California including fault zone maps, fault evaluation reports, seismic, hazard reports, and landslide / liquefaction maps. Provided by CA.gov.
- A to Z Maps OnlineIncludes USGS Latest Earthquakes Map, USGS Geologic MapView, and other seismicity maps as well as political maps, physical maps, and thematic maps on population, weather, trees, etc. In the link to Education--Teaching Tools are games, images and puzzles.
- The National Geologic Map DatabaseProvided by USGS and the Association of American State Geologists
- Seismic Design Value MapsPublished in Structure magazine in 2016 by Ronald. O. Hamburger. Structure is a magazine for practicing structural engineers.