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U.S. National Atlas Historic Earthquakes 2002

Identification Information
Citation
Originator
National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
Originator
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
Publication Date
20020401
Title
U.S. National Atlas Historic Earthquakes 2002
Edition
2002
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Series Information
Series Name
ESRI Data Maps
Issue Identification
2002
Publication Information
Publication Place
Redlands, California, USA
Publisher
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
Online Linkage
https://figgy.princeton.edu/downloads/6e44028b-0eb6-492d-8502-46cca0f41bce/file/95fad96a-e0e7-4bc6-b458-494b0007b4a7
Abstract
U.S. National Atlas Historic Earthquakes represents the locations of significant, historic earthquakes in United States and adjacent Canada and Mexico that caused deaths, property damage, and geological effects, or were otherwise experienced by the resident populations.
Purpose
U.S. National Atlas Historic Earthquakes provides the locations of significant, historic earthquakes for geographic display and analysis at regional and national levels. This data set is intended for a mixed audience of specialists and non-specialists alike who have a need for general, non-technical information about significant U.S. earthquakes.
Supplemental Information
Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:1,000,000.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
ground condition
Bounding Box
West
-178.799561
East
179.999420
North
65.989418
South
17.367044
Theme Keyword
point
earthquakes
historic earthquakes
deaths
property damage
geological effects
geoscientificInformation
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Place Keyword
United States
Puerto Rico
U.S. Virgin Islands
Canada
Mexico
Place Keyword Thesaurus
None
Temporal Keyword
1568–1996
1568–1989
1638–1970
1990–1996
Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
None
Access Restrictions
Access granted to Licensee only.
Use Restrictions
The data are provided by multiple, third party data vendors under license to ESRI for inclusion on ESRI Data Maps CD–ROMs for use with ESRI® software. Each data vendor has its own data licensing policies and may grant varying redistribution rights to end users. Please consult the redistribution rights below for this data set provided on ESRI Data Maps CD–ROMs. As used herein, “Geodata” shall mean any digital data set consisting of geographic data coordinates and associated attributes. The redistribution rights for this data set: Public domain data from U.S. government is freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. The terms and conditions below apply to all the data sets provided on the ESRI Data Maps CD–ROMs. Proprietary Rights and Copyright: Licensee acknowledges that the Data and Related Materials contain proprietary and confidential property of ESRI and its licensor(s). The Data and Related Materials are owned by ESRI and its licensor(s) and are protected by United States copyright laws and applicable international copyright treaties and/or conventions. Limited Warranty and Disclaimer: ESRI warrants that the media upon which the Data and Related Materials are provided will be free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal use and service for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of receipt. THE DATA AND RELATED MATERIALS ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE LIMITED WARRANTY, AND THE LICENSEE EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE DATA CONTAINS SOME NONCONFORMITIES, DEFECTS, OR ERRORS. ESRI DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE DATA WILL MEET LICENSEE'S NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS; THAT THE USE OF THE DATA WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED; OR THAT ALL NONCONFORMITIES, DEFECTS, OR ERRORS CAN OR WILL BE CORRECTED. ESRI IS NOT INVITING RELIANCE ON THIS DATA, AND THE LICENSEE SHOULD ALWAYS VERIFY ACTUAL DATA. EXCEPT FOR THE LIMITED WARRANTY SET FORTH ABOVE, THE DATA AND RELATED MATERIALS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE PROVIDED "AS-IS," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Exclusive Remedy and Limitation of Liability: The entire liability of ESRI or its licensor(s) and Licensee's exclusive remedy shall be to terminate the Agreement upon Licensee returning the Data and Related Materials to ESRI with a copy of Licensee's invoice/receipt and ESRI returning the license fees paid to Licensee. IN NO EVENT SHALL ESRI AND/OR ITS LICENSOR(S) BE LIABLE FOR COSTS OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOST PROFITS, LOST SALES, OR BUSINESS EXPENDITURES, INVESTMENTS, OR COMMITMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH ANY BUSINESS; LOSS OF ANY GOODWILL; OR FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR USE OF THE DATA AND RELATED MATERIALS, HOWEVER CAUSED, ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, AND WHETHER OR NOT ESRI OR ITS LICENSOR(S) HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. THESE LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY EXCLUSIVE REMEDY. Third Party Beneficiary: ESRI's licensor(s) has (have) authorized ESRI to (sub)distribute and (sub)license its (their) data as incorporated into the Data and Related Materials. As an intended third party beneficiary to this Agreement, the ESRI licensor(s) is (are) entitled to directly enforce, in its own name, the rights and obligations undertaken by the Licensee and to seek all legal and equitable remedies as are afforded to ESRI. In the event that the data vendor(s) has (have) granted the end user permission to redistribute the Geodata, please use proper proprietary or copyright attribution for the various data vendor(s), and provide the associated metadata file(s) with the Geodata. In compliance with FGDC metadata standards, ESRI has attempted to practice proper metadata methodologies by providing any data source information, descriptions, and file names to assist in this effort.
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
Matches software update releases
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
Princeton University Library
Contact Telephone
609-258-6804
Contact Electronic Mail Address
shawatw@princeton.edu
Hours of Service
8:45 a.m.–5:00 p.m. EST, Monday–Friday
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.1.3.679
Data Quality Information
Attribute Accuracy Report
The attribute table was scanned for unreasonable attribute values of depth, magnitude, number of casualties, and damage amounts.
Logical Consistency Report
This data set contains information arrived at by either or both quantitative (i.e. instrumental) and qualitative (i.e. historical) methods. Earthquakes that occurred prior to seismographs are known only from written records, which often may provide contradictory information that has to be carefully examined and weighed. Once seismographs were introduced and became more common in the early 1900's, the origin time and location were both more precisely and accurately determined but the compilation and evaluation of intensity reports was and still is a process that involves considerable subjectivity. As a result, all attributes associated with a given earthquake should be considered provisional and subject to further revision. No duplicate features are present. The shapefile is exported using Avenue request ExportClean. This request verifies and enforces the correctness of shapes.
Completeness Report
This data set contains information on significant, historical earthquakes that caused deaths, property damage, geological effects, or that were experienced by populations in the epicentral area, for the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. These data are limited to the best estimates of earthquake locations and attributes such as magnitude and maximum intensity, brief descriptions of the earthquake, and in some cases, illustrations and maps showing the extent of the earthquake effects. After processing, the data set is checked for drawing display and number of records and file sizes compared with source materials.
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
The geospatial part of this data set was calculated from latitude/longitude coordinates. For recent earthquakes, 100 meters is the nominal precision of the reported coordinate values but accuracy is significantly less. For recent earthquakes, accuracy depends upon numerous factors including imprecision of the velocity model of the earth, uneven distribution of seismic stations, and imprecisions in the computational algorithm. For earlier earthquakes, accuracy drops considerably more.
Lineage
Source
Originator
National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
Publication Date
19990809
Title
nationalatlas.gov™ –Significant and Historic Earthquakes
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Series Information
Publication Information
Publication Place
Reston, Virginia, USA
Publisher
United States Geological Survey
Online Linkage
http://www.nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html
Source Scale Denominator
2000000
Type of Source Media
online
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Multiple Dates/Times
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
1568–1989
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
1638–1970
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
19900101–19960901
Source Currentness Reference
ground condition
Contribution
Attribute and geospatial data
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Vector
Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
Entity point
Point and Vector Object Count
1264
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Geographic
Latitude Resolution
0.000001
Longitude Resolution
0.000001
Geographic Coordinate Units
Decimal degrees
Geodetic Model
Horizontal Datum Name
North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid Name
Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major Axis
6378137.000000
Denominator of Flattening Ratio
298.257222
Vertical Coordinate System Definition
Entity and Attribute Information
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
quakehis
Entity Type Definition
The points represent earthquakes within or near to the United States that caused deaths, property damage, or geological effects, or that were experienced by populations in the epicentral area.
Entity Type Definition Source
National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
Attributes
FID
Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
ESRI
Shape
Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
Definition Source
ESRI
STATE
The two-letter abbreviation for the state in which the earthquake occurred. (Federal Information Processing Standards 5–2National Institute of Standards and Technology)
BC
Province of British Columbia, Canada
BN
State of Baja California del Norte, Mexico
NB
Province of New Brunswick, Canada
NF
Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
ON
Province of Ontario, Canada
PQ
Province of Quebec, Canada
SN
State of Sonora, Mexico
Definition Source
Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology; United States Geological Survey
DEPTH
The depth of focus in kilometers of the earthquake. A value of 0 may indicate the depth is not known. (Numbers for the features.)
Definition Source
National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
DEATHS
The deaths attributed to the earthquake, either directly or indirectly. (Numbers for the features.)
Definition Source
National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
DAMAGE
The direct cost of the earthquake in U.S. dollars for the year of the earthquake. (Numbers for the features.)
Definition Source
National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
MAG
The maximum magnitude of the earthquake. The maximum magnitude is the greatest of the body wave magnitude, surface wave magnitude, or local magnitude defined for the region. (Numbers for the features.)
Definition Source
National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
MMI
The modified Mercalli Intensity of the earthquake, where the integer value represents the Roman numeral designation of the MMI intensity.
1
Not felt except by a very few under especially favorable circumstances.
2
Felt only by a few persons at rest, especially on upper floors of buildings. Delicately suspended objects may swing.
3
Felt quite noticeably by persons indoors, especially on upper floors of buildings. Many people do not recognize it as an earthquake. Standing motorcars may rock slightly. Vibration similar to the passing of truck. Duration estimated.
4
Felt indoors by many, outdoors by few during the day. At night, some awakened. Dishes, windows, doors disturbed; walls make cracking sound. Sensation like heavy truck striking building. Standing motorcars rocked noticeably.
5
Felt by nearly everyone; many awakened. Some dishes, windows broken. Unstable objects overturned. Pendulum clocks may stop.
6
Felt by all; many frightened. Some heavy furniture moved; a few instances of fallen plaster. Damage slight.
7
Damage negligible in building of good design and construction; slight to moderate in well-built ordinary structures; considerable damage in poorly built or badly designed structures; some chimneys broken. Noticed by persons driving motorcars.
8
Damage slight in specially designed structures; considerable in ordinary substantial buildings with partial collapse. Damage great in poorly built structures. Fall of chimneys, factory stacks, columns, monuments, and walls. Heavy furniture overturned.
9
Damage considerable in specially designed structures; well-designed frame structures thrown out of plumb. Damage great in substantial buildings, with partial collapse. Buildings shifted off foundations.
10
Some well-built wooden structures destroyed; most masonry and frame structures destroyed with foundations. Rails bent.
11
Few, if any (masonry) structures remain standing. Bridges destroyed. Rails bent greatly.
12
Damage total. Lines of sight and level distorted. Objects thrown into the air.
Definition Source
National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
LOCATION
The name of the town, city, physical feature, or other describable location nearest to the occurrence. (Names for the features.)
Definition Source
National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
YEAR
The year of the occurrence. (1568 to 1996)
Definition Source
National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
MONTH
The month of the occurrence; 0 is used when the month is not known. (0 to 12)
Definition Source
National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
DAY
The day of the month of the occurrence; 0 is used when the day is not known. (0 to 31)
Definition Source
National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
HOUR
The hour of day of the occurrence, on a 24-hour clock. A value of 0 may indicate the hour is not known. (0 to 23)
Definition Source
National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
MINUTE
The minute of the hour of occurrence. A value of 0 may indicate the minute is not known. (0 to 59)
Definition Source
National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
SECOND
The second of the minute of occurrence. A value of 0 may indicate the second is not known. (0.00 to 59.90)
Definition Source
National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey
Distribution Information
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20080930
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Princeton University Library
Contact Person
Tsering Wangyal Shawa
Contact Address
Address
Digital Map and Geospatial Information Center, The Lewis Library, Room 228, Princeton University
City
Princeton
State or Province
NJ
Postal Code
08544
Country
USA
Contact Voice Telephone
609-258-6804
Contact Electronic Mail Address
shawatw@princeton.edu
Hours of Service
8:45 a.m.–5:00 p.m. EST, Monday–Friday
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version
FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata Extensions
Online Linkage
http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
Profile Name
ESRI Metadata Profile
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