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#           An open repository of earthquake-triggered ground-failure inventories      

      December 20, 2017    

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Earthquake-triggered ground failure, such as landsliding and liquefaction, can contribute significantly to losses, but our current ability to accurately include them in earthquake-hazard analyses is limited. The development of robust and widely applicable models requires access to numerous inventories of ground failures triggered by earthquakes that span a broad range of terrains, shaking characteristics, and climates. We present an openly accessible, centralized earthquake-triggered groundfailure inventory repository in the form of a ScienceBase Community to provide open access to these data with the goal of accelerating research progress. The ScienceBase Community hosts digital inventories created by both U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and non-USGS authors. We present the original digital inventory files (when available) as well as an integrated database with uniform attributes. We also summarize the mapping methodology and level of completeness as reported by the original author(s) for each inventory. This document describes the steps taken to collect, process, and compile the inventories and the process for adding additional ground-failure inventories to the ScienceBase Community in the future.

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March 31, 2018

####                 An Interactive Web-based Application for Earthquake-triggered Ground Failure Inventories              

Community for Data Integration (CDI)

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March 31, 2018

####   An Interactive Web-based Application for Earthquake-triggered Ground Failure Inventories

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October 12, 2017

####                 An Open Repository of Earthquake-Triggered Ground-Failure Inventories              

Natural Hazards Mission Area, Earthquake Hazards Program, Landslide Hazards Program, Geologic Hazards Science Center

August 9, 2017

####                 landslides-metadata              

Natural Hazards Mission Area, Earthquake Hazards Program, Landslide Hazards Program, Community for Data Integration (CDI), Geologic Hazards Science Center

#### Robert G Schmitt

##### GIS Specialist

Geologic Hazards Science Center

rschmitt@usgs.gov

303-273-8583

#### Kate E Allstadt, Ph.D.

##### Research Geophysicist

Landslide Hazards Program

##### Research Geophysicist

Earthquake Hazards Program

kallstadt@usgs.gov

303-273-8570

#### Eric M Thompson

##### Research Geophysicist

Earthquake Hazards Program

emthompson@usgs.gov

303-273-8562

#### David J Wald

##### Research Geophysicist

Earthquake Hazards Program

wald@usgs.gov

303-273-8441

#### Jonathan Godt

##### Landslide Hazards Program Coordinator

Natural Hazards Mission Area

jgodt@usgs.gov

303-273-8626

## Related Content

link

March 31, 2018

####                 An Interactive Web-based Application for Earthquake-triggered Ground Failure Inventories              

Community for Data Integration (CDI)

link

March 31, 2018

####   An Interactive Web-based Application for Earthquake-triggered Ground Failure Inventories

Learn More

October 12, 2017

####                 An Open Repository of Earthquake-Triggered Ground-Failure Inventories              

Natural Hazards Mission Area, Earthquake Hazards Program, Landslide Hazards Program, Geologic Hazards Science Center

August 9, 2017

####                 landslides-metadata              

Natural Hazards Mission Area, Earthquake Hazards Program, Landslide Hazards Program, Community for Data Integration (CDI), Geologic Hazards Science Center

#### Robert G Schmitt

##### GIS Specialist

Geologic Hazards Science Center

rschmitt@usgs.gov

303-273-8583

#### Kate E Allstadt, Ph.D.

##### Research Geophysicist

Landslide Hazards Program

##### Research Geophysicist

Earthquake Hazards Program

kallstadt@usgs.gov

303-273-8570

#### Eric M Thompson

##### Research Geophysicist

Earthquake Hazards Program

emthompson@usgs.gov

303-273-8562

#### David J Wald

##### Research Geophysicist

Earthquake Hazards Program

wald@usgs.gov

303-273-8441

#### Jonathan Godt

##### Landslide Hazards Program Coordinator

Natural Hazards Mission Area

jgodt@usgs.gov

303-273-8626

### Contact

#### Geologic Hazards Science Center

1711 Illinois St.Golden, CO80401United States

303-273-8500

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