Georgia seismic zone map. This maps shows only those earthquakes with epicenters located within the boundaries of georgia even though earthquakes in nearby states or countries may have been felt or may have cause damage in georgia. The material presented in this web application should not be used or relied upon for any specific application without competent examination and verification of its accuracy suitability and applicability by. Use our ibc seismic design categories map to easily obtain the seismic design category and spectral response acceleration parameter section 1613 of the ibc 2015 for any location in the contiguous united states puerto rico and alaska.
Georgia geologic survey maps related files sm 1 mineral resource map of georgia 1500000 1992 851 mb sm 2 mineral resource map of georgia 12000000 1969 223 mb. The strong motion network in georgia author. This map is one of a series of seismicity maps produced by the us.
1997 edition ubc seismic zones ground acceleration kauai oahu maui honolulu seattle portland rexburg reno los angeles las vegas san francisco san jose san diego fort worth dallas houston kansas city wichita norman white plains miami. There is an interactive map application to view the faults online and a seperate database search function. Find local businesses view maps and get driving directions in google maps.
Geological survey that show earthquake data of individual states or groups of states at the scale of 11000000. Kml google earth type files and gis shape files are also available for download from the site. Typically a high seismic hazard zone is nearest a seismic zone where there are more earthquakes and a lower seismic hazard zone is farther away from a seismic zone.
Another point of confusion is that the california geological survey has two sets of maps with the names earthquake hazards zones and earthquake fault zones alquist. With the simplified procedure of asce 7 section 1214 the seismic load effects including overstrength factor in accordance with section 121432 of asce 7 shall be used. Zone 0 00g zone 1 0075g zone 2a 015g zone 2b 020g zone 3 030g zone 4 040g source.
An online map of united states quaternary faults faults that have been active in the last 16 million years is available via the quaternary fault and fold database.