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             Eastern United States Infrastructure at Risk
A digital database and maps of approximately the central third of the conterminous US showing elements of the built infrastructure that could be at risk from a large earthquake in the New Madrid seismic zone. 

           Seismotectonics of New Madrid seismic zone
A digital database and a series of maps showing seismicity and sandblows, large geological structures interpreted from geophysical data, locations of geophysical survey lines and modeling lines, the structure of the Mississippi Valley graben, surficial and hydrologic features, and a synopsis of seismotectonic features in the vicinity of New Madrid, Missouri.

           Seismotectonics of Wabash Valley seismic zone
A digital database and a series of maps of the Lower Wabash Valley showing seismicity, earthquake intensities, selected wells and geophysical survey and modeling lines, faults, igneous rocks, and geophysical and neotectonic features, geologic materials, and infrastructure for emergency response planning.

           Upper Mississippi embayment Paleozoic and Precambrian rocks
Map showing structure contours to Precambrian strata within and near the graben of the Reelfoot rift in the New Madrid seismic zone.

      Memphis, Shelby County Site Response Data
On-line database and a location map of a variety of site response data (mostly shear-wave velocity profiles) measured and compiled for the Memphis-Shelby County Hazard Mapping Project.

Shelby County Subsurface Database
An on-line database information about geological, geotechnical, and hydrological subsurface properties compiled from hundreds of well and geotechnical boring logs.   The database may be queried using ArcView and viewed with a mapserver using any standard browser.
 

geological cross-section of the embayment Embayment Reference Model
Compilation of published literature (i.e. references with summaries) and descriptions of work in progress (as of 1999) related to characterizing features of the Mississippi embayment that might affect earthquake ground motions.
The USGS Earthquake Hazards Program (EHP) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is part of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) lead by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). 
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