External references
Engineering Resources
Professional organizations, research institutions, and technical information providers.
California State Agencies
Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists (BPELSG) (opens in a new tab)California Building Standards Commission (opens in a new tab)California Geological Survey (opens in a new tab)Division of the State Architect (DSA) (opens in a new tab)Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) (opens in a new tab)California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) (opens in a new tab)Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) (opens in a new tab)Western States Seismic Policy Council (WSSPC) (opens in a new tab)
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- California Seismic Safety Commission
- Governor’s Office Of Emergency Services (OES)
- California Governor’s Emergency Management Agency (CalEMA)
- United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Earthquake Awareness
San Francisco Bay Hazards Map (opens in a new tab)
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- Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)
- Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation Cyberinfrastructure Center (NEEShub)
- California Governor’s Office Of Emergency Services (OES)
- Disasters Roundtable
- Earthquake Information Network, EQNET
- MCEER Information Service
- National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Codes and Standards
Applied Technology Council (ATC) (opens in a new tab)The International Code Council (ICC) (BOCA, ICBO, SBBCI integrated with ICC) (opens in a new tab)
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- Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC)
Structural Engineering Associations
Structural Engineers Association of Southern California (SEAOSC) (opens in a new tab)Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC) (opens in a new tab)Structural Engineers Association of San Diego (SEAOSD) (opens in a new tab)Structural Engineers Association of Washington (SEAW) (opens in a new tab)Structural Engineers Association of Central California (SEAOCC) (opens in a new tab)American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) (opens in a new tab)National Council of Structural Engineers Associations (NCSEA) (opens in a new tab)American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (opens in a new tab)
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- Structural Engineers Association – International (SEAINT)
- Structural Engineers Association of Northern California (SEAONC)
U.S. Government Agencies
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) (opens in a new tab)National Institute of Standards and Technology (opens in a new tab)National Science Foundation (NSF) (opens in a new tab)
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- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- United States Geological Survey
Building Materials Associations
American Concrete Institute (ACI) (opens in a new tab)American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) (opens in a new tab)APA The Engineered Wood Association (opens in a new tab)Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) (opens in a new tab)Portland Cement Association (PCA) (opens in a new tab)
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- American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI)
- Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI)
Research Institutes
Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) (opens in a new tab)Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) (opens in a new tab)Center for Earthquake Research and Information (CERI), University of Memphis (opens in a new tab)Seismological Society of America (SSA) (opens in a new tab)Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering (CUREE) (opens in a new tab)John A. Blume Earthquake Engineering Center, Stanford University (opens in a new tab)University of California, Berkeley Civil and Environmental Engineering Department (UCB-CEE) (opens in a new tab)University of California, Berkeley Seismology Lab (BSL) (opens in a new tab)
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- Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER)
- Structural Stability Research Council
- Engineering Center for the Southeastern United States (ECSUS), Virginia Tech
- Earthquake Engineering Research Center (EERC), University of California, Berkeley
- Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES)
- Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER), SUNY Buffalo
Non-Structural Engineering Professional Organizations
American Institute of Architects (opens in a new tab)American Institute of Planners (opens in a new tab)Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup (CREW) (opens in a new tab)Public Agency Risk Managers Association (opens in a new tab)Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc (opens in a new tab)
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- Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS)
- National Institute for Urban Search and Rescue (NIUSR)
- Natural Hazards Center
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Strong Motion Data
California Strong Motion Instrumentation Program (CSMIP) (opens in a new tab)Consortium of Organizations for Strong-Motion Observations (COSMOS) (opens in a new tab)Seismological Society of America (SSA) (opens in a new tab)
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- European Strong-Motion Database (ESD)
- National Strong-Motion Program (NSMP)
- PEER Strong Motion Database
Seismic Hazard Information
California Division of Mines & Geology (CDMG) (opens in a new tab)California Strong Motion Instrumentation Program (CSMIP) (opens in a new tab)CISN-ShakeMaps of California Earthquakes (opens in a new tab)Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) (opens in a new tab)The IRIS Consortium (opens in a new tab)Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) (opens in a new tab)Shake Maps (opens in a new tab)Consortium of Organizations for Strong-Motion Observations (COSMOS) (opens in a new tab)Northern California Earthquake Data Center (opens in a new tab)San Francisco Bay Hazard Maps (opens in a new tab)U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program (USGS) – Earthquake Hazard Program (opens in a new tab)
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- National Seismic Hazard Mapping Project
- Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program (GSHAP)
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
- United States Geological Survey (USGS)