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AN: S51A-0223    [Abstracts]
TI: Linking ShakeMap and Emergency Managers in the Utah Region
AU: * Pankow, K
EM: pankow@seis.utah.edu
AF: University of Utah Seismograph Stations, 135 South 1460 East, Room 705, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0111,
AU: Bausch, D
EM: douglas.bausch@dhs.gov
AF: FEMA, P.O.Box 25267, DFC Building 710A, Denver, CO 80225-0267,
AU: Carey, B
EM: bcarey@utah.gov
AF: Utah Division of Homeland Security, Room 1110, State Office Bldg., Salt Lake City, UT 84114,
AB: In 2001, the University of Utah Seismograph Stations (UUSS) locally customized and began producing automatic ShakeMaps in Utah's Wasatch Front urban corridor as part of a new real-time earthquake information system developed under the Advanced National Seismic System. In 2005, motivated by requests from Utah's Division of Homeland Security and FEMA, ShakeMap capabilities were expanded to cover the entire Utah region. Now in 2007, ShakeMap capabilities throughout the region will again be enhanced by increased station coverage. The increased station coverage comes both from permanent stations funded by a state initiative and from the temporary deployment of EarthScope USArray stations. The state initiative will add ~22 strong-motion instruments and ~10 broadband instruments to the UUSS network. The majority of these stations will be located in southwestern Utah--one of the fastest growing regions in the U.S. EarthScope will evenly distribute 70 broadband stations in the region during 2007 that will be removed after 18 to 24 months. In addition to the enhanced station coverage for producing ShakeMaps in the Utah region, the transfer of information to the emergency response community is also being enhanced. First, tools are being developed that will link ShakeMap data with HAZUS loss-estimation software in near-real-time for rapid impact assessment. Second, ShakeMap scenarios are being used in conjunction with HAZUS loss-estimation software to produce customized maps for planning and preparedness exercises and also for developing templates that can be used following a significant regional earthquake. With the improvements to ShakeMap and the improved dialogue with the emergency managers, a suite of maps and information products were developed based on scenario earthquakes for training and exercise purposes. These products will be available in a timely fashion following a significant earthquake in the Utah region.
DE: 6334 Regional planning (1880)
DE: 7212 Earthquake ground motions and engineering seismology
DE: 7219 Seismic monitoring and test-ban treaty verification
SC: Seismology [S]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting