Sismicidad en haiti

Documentation for Initial Seismic Hazard Maps for Haiti
By Arthur Frankel, Stephen Harmsen, Charles Mueller, Eric Calais, and Jennifer Haase

Open-File Report 2010–1067

U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey

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Documentation for Initial Seismic Hazard Maps for Haiti
By Arthur Frankel, Stephen Harmsen, Charles Mueller, Eric Calais, andJennifer Haase

Open-File Report 2010–1067

U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey

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U.S. Department of the Interior KEN SALAZAR, Secretary U.S. Geological Survey Marcia K. McNutt, Director

U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia: 2010

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Suggested citation: Frankel, Arthur, Harmsen, Stephen, Mueller, Charles, Calais, Eric, and Haase, Jennifer,2010, Documentation for initial seismic hazard maps for Haiti: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1067, 12 p.

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Contents
Crustal Faults ..................................................................................................................................................1 Subduction Zones..........................................................................................................................................3 Spatially Smoothed Seismicity ....................................................................................................................4 Attenuation Relations ....................................................................................................................................4 Results.............................................................................................................................................................4 Acknowledgments .........................................................................................................................................5 ReferencesCited............................................................................................................................................5

Figures
1. Seismicity for the Hispaniola region for the time period 1900–2010 ................................................7 2. Crustal faults and subduction zones used in the hazard maps .......................................................8 3. Seismic hazard map with peak ground acceleration (PGA; in %g) having 10 percent probability ofexceedance in 50 years without aftershock hazard..................................................9 4. Seismic hazard map with PGA (%g) having 2 percent probability of exceedance in 50 years (1 in 2,500 annual probability of exceedance), without aftershock hazard ..................10 5. Map of Hispaniola showing shear-wave velocity averaged over the top 30 m of the ground (Vs30) derived from topographicslope .....................................................................11 6. Seismic hazard maps using site amplification based on Vs30 grid in figure 5 .............................12

Tables
1. Parameters for crustal faults and subduction zones, Hispaniola region. .......................................7

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