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Data associated with the national assessment of potential average annualized losses from tsunamis in the United States
Data tables and data references supporting the journal article titled: "Estimated average annualized losses from potential building damage and fatalities due to earthquake-generated tsunamis in the United States."
Earthquake-generated tsunamis represent substantial economic threats to states and territories in the United States (U.S.), but we are unaware of any effort to quantify potential impacts at the national level. This gap is partially due to the lack of nationally consistent data on tsunamigenic sources and associated return periods. This study addresses this issue and provides estimates of average annualized losses (AAL) for potential residential fatalities and capital stock losses associated with building damage (i.e., structural, non-structural, contents, and inventory damage) in the U.S. by curating tsunami-hazard information based on deterministic scenarios and probabilistic approaches, calculating potential losses, and estimating return periods where necessary. This assessment was done for the U.S. West Coast, Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. Pacific Territories, and U.S. Atlantic Territories.
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| accessLevel | public |
| bureauCode |
[ "010:12" ] |
| contactPoint |
{ "fn": "Anne Sheehan", "@type": "vcard:Contact", "hasEmail": "mailto:anne.sheehan@fema.dhs.gov" } |
| description | Data tables and data references supporting the journal article titled: "Estimated average annualized losses from potential building damage and fatalities due to earthquake-generated tsunamis in the United States." Earthquake-generated tsunamis represent substantial economic threats to states and territories in the United States (U.S.), but we are unaware of any effort to quantify potential impacts at the national level. This gap is partially due to the lack of nationally consistent data on tsunamigenic sources and associated return periods. This study addresses this issue and provides estimates of average annualized losses (AAL) for potential residential fatalities and capital stock losses associated with building damage (i.e., structural, non-structural, contents, and inventory damage) in the U.S. by curating tsunami-hazard information based on deterministic scenarios and probabilistic approaches, calculating potential losses, and estimating return periods where necessary. This assessment was done for the U.S. West Coast, Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. Pacific Territories, and U.S. Atlantic Territories. |
| distribution |
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| identifier | http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_68750de9d4be025f81987bc2 |
| keyword |
[ "Alaska", "American Samoa", "California", "Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands", "Guam", "Hawaii", "Oregon", "Puerto Rico", "USGS:68750de9d4be025f81987bc2", "United States Virgin Islands", "Washington", "evacuation", "modeling", "pedestrian", "tsunamis", "vulnerability" ] |
| modified | 2025-09-25T00:00:00Z |
| publisher |
{ "name": "U.S. Geological Survey", "@type": "org:Organization" } |
| spatial | -179.6484, 19.3111, -47.8125, 71.3500 |
| theme |
[ "geospatial" ] |
| title | Data associated with the national assessment of potential average annualized losses from tsunamis in the United States |
