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• Wood, N.; Soulard, C.
  Variations in Community Exposure and Sensitivity to Tsunami Hazards on the Open-Ocean and Strait of Juan de Fuca Coasts of Washington.
  January 2008, 44 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS-SIR-2008-5004
  Keywords: Geographic information system tools; Hazards; Tsunamis; Coastal areas; Composite indices; Vulnerability assessments; Figures; Tables (Data); Earthquakes; Exposure; Critical facilities data; Strait of Juan de Fuca; Sensitivity; Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) earthquake; Land cover data; Population data; Economic assests; Statistical analysis; Washington (State); Communities; Natural disasters; Economic data

• Meltzner, A. J.; Wald, D. J.
  Felt Reports and Intensity Assignments for Aftershocks and Triggered Events of the Great 1906 California Earthquake.
  January 2002, 301 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS/OFR-02-37
  Keywords: Figures; Strike slip faults; Felt reports; Great 1906 California Earthquake; Earthquakes; Aftershocks; Triggered events; Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale; Maps; San Andreas fault; First-hand accounts; Intensity assignments; Tables (Data)

• Allen, T. I.; Wald, D. J.
  Evaluation of Ground-Motion Modeling Techniques for Use in Global ShakeMap--A Critique of Instrumental Ground-Motion Prediction Equations, Peak Ground Motion to Macroseismic Intensity Conversions, and Macroseismic Intensity Predictions in Different Tectonic Settings.
  January 2009, 122 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-2009-1047
  Keywords: Mapping; Instruments; Figures; Macroseismic intensity prediction equations; Earthquakes; Peak Ground-Motion-to-Intensity Relations; Ground motion estimation; Ground-Motion Datasets; Evauations; Subduction zones; Instrumental Ground-Motion Predictions; Qualitative uncertainty assignments; Ground-motion modeling; Tectonic settings; ShakeMaps; Shallow crusts; Earthquake Source Parameters and Distance Metrics

• Wang, D.; Filiatrault, A.
  Numerical and Experimental Studies of Self-Centering Post-Tensioned Steel Frames.
  Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., May 12, 2008, 436 p.
  Keywords: Self-Centering Post-Tensioned (SCPT) steel frames; Figures; Steel structures; Self-centering systems; Earthquake resistant structures; Models; Tables (Data); Steel Moment Resisting Frames (SMRF); Shake table testing; Relative Performance Index (RPI); Numerical analysis; California; Hospitals; Steel moment resisting frames

• Petersen, M. D.; Frankel, A. D.; Harmsen, S. C.; Mueller, C. S.; Haller, K. M.
  Documentation for the 2008 Update of the United States National Seismic Hazard Maps.
  January 2009, 128 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-2008-1128
  Keywords: Mapping; Source models; Figures; Tables (Data); Ground motions; Seismic maps; Seismic hazard curves; Earthquakes; National Seismic Hazard Maps; Central Region (United States); Faults; Ground shaking; Ground-motion relations; Eastern Region (United States); Methodologies; Seismology; Western Region (United States); Seismic hazard calculations

• Evans, J. R.
  SideBar Computer Program, a Seismic-Shaking Intensity Meter: Users' Manual and Software Description (Release 3.0.TO).
  January 2003, 26 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS/OFR-03-202
  Keywords: Configuration file example; ShakeMap; Figures; Ground motion; Seismic-shaking intensity meters; Seismographs; SideBar computer program; Computer software; Earthquakes; WEB sources; Seismic intensity; Earth movements; User's manuals; Tables (Data); Tremor seismographs

• Lee, G. C.; Ou, Y.; Liang, Z.; Niu, T.; Song, J.
  Principles and Performance of Roller Seismic Isolation Bearings for Highway Bridges.
  Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, Buffalo, NY.; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.; Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC., December 10, 2007, 334 p.
  Identifying Number(s): MCEER-07-0019
  Keywords: Friction energy dissipation; Figures; Tables (Data); Roller seismic isolation bearings; Earthquake engineering; Case studies; Highway bridges; Bearing; Seismic protection; Performance; Principles; Bridges (Structures); Seismic isolation