ShakeCast: Automating and improving the use of shakemap for post-earthquake deeision-making and response
Earthquake Spectra
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Abstract
When a potentially damaging earthquake occurs, utility and other lifeline managers, emergency responders, and other critical users have an urgent need for information about the impact on their particular facilities so they can make appropriate decisions and take quick actions to ensure safety and restore system functionality. ShakeMap, a tool used to portray the extent of potentially damaging shaking following an earthquake, on its own can be useful for emergency response, loss estimation, and public information. However, to take full advantage of the potential of ShakeMap, we introduce ShakeCast. ShakeCast facilitates the complicated assessment of potential damage to a user's widely distributed facilities by comparing the complex shaking distribution with the potentially highly variable damageability of their inventory to provide a simple, hierarchical list and maps of structures or facilities most likely impacted. ShakeCast is a freely available, post-earthquake situational awareness application that automatically retrieves earthquake shaking data from ShakeMap, compares intensity measures against users' facilities, sends notifications of potential damage to responsible parties, and generates facility damage maps and other Web-based products for both public and private emergency managers and responders. ?? 2008, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.
Suggested Citation
Wald, D., Lin, K., Porter, K., and Turner, L., 2008, ShakeCast: Automating and improving the use of shakemap for post-earthquake deeision-making and response: Earthquake Spectra, v. 24, no. 2, p. 533-553, https://doi.org/10.1193/1.2923924.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | ShakeCast: Automating and improving the use of shakemap for post-earthquake deeision-making and response |
| Series title | Earthquake Spectra |
| DOI | 10.1193/1.2923924 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication Date | May 01, 2008 |
| Year Published | 2008 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Earthquake Spectra |
| First page | 533 |
| Last page | 553 |