Puerto Rico and the U. S. Virgin Islands, 2003

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DOCUMENTATION and MAPS

Documentation for 2003 USGS Seismic Hazard Maps for Puerto Rico and the U. S. Virgin Islands by C. S. Mueller, A. D. Frankel, M. D. Petersen, and E. V. Leyendecker HTML

Figure 1. Map of North American - Caribbean plate boundary region gif, pdf, ps

Figure 2. Map showing modeled seismic hazard sources gif, pdf, ps

Figure 3a. PGA (%g) with 2% probability of exceedance in 50 years from shallow seismicity (d<50km). gif, pdf, ps

Figure 3b. PGA (%G) with 2% probability of exceedance in 50 years from deep seismicity (d>=50km).gif, pdf, ps

Figure 3c. PGA (%G) with 2% probability of exceedance in 50 years from Puerto Rico subduction. (gif, pdf, ps

Figure 3d. PGA (%G) with 2% probability of exceedance in 50 years from Hispaniola subduction. (gif, pdf, ps

Figure 3e. PGA (%G) with 2% probability of exceedance in 50 years from Anegada and Mona extensional zones.(gif, pdf, ps

Figure 4. PGA (%G) with 2% probability of exceedance in 50 years from all modeled sources. (gif, pdf, ps

Figure 5. 1.0-sec spectral acceleration (%g) with 2% probability of exceedance in 50 years from all modeled sources. (gif, pdf, ps

Figure 6. 0.2-sec spectral acceleration (%g) with 2% probability of exceedance in 50 years from all modeled sources. (gif, pdf, ps

Figure 7. PGA (%g) with 10% probability of exceedance in 50 years from all modeled sources. (gif, pdf, ps

Figure 8. 1.0-sec spectral acceleration (%g) with 10% probability of exceedance in 50 years from all modeled sources. (gif, pdf, ps

Figure 9. 0.2-sec spectral acceleration (%g) with 10% probability of exceedance in 50 years from all modeled sources. (gif, pdf, ps

Figure 10. PGA (%g) with 10% probability of exceedance in 50 years from all modeled sources, 9-mm/year and 1-mm/year scenarios for South Puerto Rico Sloper fault zone. (gif, pdf, ps

Figure 11. 0.2-second spectral acceleration (%g) with 2% probability of exceedance in 50 years from all modeled sources, 50% and 10% weights for Motazedian & Atkinson (2003) attenuation. (gif, pdf, ps

Figure 12. 1.0-second spectral acceleration(%g) with 2% probability of exceedance in 50 years from all modeled sources, 50% and 10% weights for Motazedian & Atkinson (2003) attenuation. (gif, pdf, ps

Figure 13a. PGA hazard curves for San Juan. (gif, pdf, ps

Figure 13b. PGA hazard curves for Mayaguez. (gif, pdf, ps

Figure 13c. PGA hazard curves for Ponce. (gif, pdf, ps

Figure 13d. PGA hazard curves for Charlotte Amalie. (gif, pdf, ps

Figure 13e. PGA hazard curves for Christiansted. (gif, pdf, ps

Figure 13f. PGA hazard curves for southwest Puerto Rico. (gif, pdf, ps

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