ShakeCast: An Application of Post-Earthquake Response Technologies

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ShakeCast An Application of Post-Earthquake
Response Technologies

• Loren Turner
• Division of Research Innovation
• GeoResearch Group (GRG)

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ShakeCast Project Scope

• ShakeCast ShakeMap BroadCast
• Improve basic web-based pager and email
  earthquake notification services for Caltrans.
• Refine preliminary bridge damage assessment
  methods.
• Develop ShakeCast to automate
• Retrieval of ShakeMaps
• Analysis of bridge inventory for damage
  likelihood
• Delivery of bridge inspection priorities by pager
  and email

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ShakeCast at Caltrans
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ShakeCast at Caltrans

• Functions
• Automatic delivery of ShakeMap products to
  Caltrans.
• Automatic analysis of potential bridge damage
  state based on Basoz Mander methodology using
  ShakeMap peak spectral accelerations.
• Email/Page bridge inspection prioritization lists.

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ShakeCast 2
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ShakeCast 2

• Public Release Nov., 2007 (at Caltech Earthquake
  Research Affiliates Meeting, Pasadena)
• Automatic delivery and use of ShakeMap for
  Critical Users
• ShakeCast Lite for scientists and casual users.

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ShakeCast 2

• RSS Feed from USGS ShakeMap Web Pages Assures
  access to all ShakeMaps, redundancy, and
  bandwidth
• Priority users include Utilities, Veterans
  Administration Hospitals, FEMA, LA Unified School
  District, California Dept of Dam Safety Dept of
  Transportation

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Summary

• Benefits
• Represents the most reliable information within
  the first hours following an event.
• Responders get information 10 to 15 minutes
  following an earthquake.
• Limitations
• ShakeCast does not report real damage.

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ShakeCast An Application of Post-Earthquake
Response Technologies

• Loren Turner
• Division of Research Innovation
• GeoResearch Group (GRG)