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INTRODUCTION

  • This research seeks to provide a forecast of the types of losses that the New York area could suffer after an earthquake.

  • Risk is typically defined by 3 components: 

    • a hazard (the earthquake)

    • the assets involved (our focus is the building stock), and

    • the fragility of those assets.

  • There is a low probability of recurrence of earthquakes; HOWEVER, the NYC area is high risk because of: 

    • portfolio concentration, and 

    • the fragility of that portfolio

      • most structures are not seismically designed like those on the West Coast

      • the 1st seismic code was just passed in 1995

  • Scenarios were performed using the HAZUS (or Hazards US) modeling GIS code

  • Essential/Critical Facilities Studied

 

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