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Training Details

Training Covers:

  • ShakeCast background and history
  • What is in ShakeMap and how it is made
  • Overview of ShakeCast
  • User, Inventory, fragility database inputs
  • How it works with ShakeMap, triggering, thresholds
  • ShakeCast Reports - How to get the most out ShakeCast information
  • Bridge (FEMA HAZUS) and Building Fragilities
  • New features and improvements in progress F
  • FHWA Collaboration: ShakeCast (Dr. Jerry Shen, FHWA)


Training Length:

2 Hours and 22 Minutes


Conducted by:

Dr. David Wald, Research Geophysicist USGS

Dr. Kuo-Wan Lin, Geophysicist, USGS

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ShakeMap & ShakeCast 101 Training is a partnership between the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) Division of Research, Innovation and System Information (DRISI)