HAZUS Case Studies: HAZUS-MH Prepares Wyoming to Face Earthquake Hazards

The State of Wyoming is using HAZUS to support hazard mitigation planning in all of its 23 counties. Currently a county-wide Level 1 analysis is being conducted, based on seismological characterization and information on active faults, historic faults, and earthquake character in each county. Wyoming's county-wide risk assessments will include state-specific information about slope stability, landslides, windborne deposits, underground mines, and windfire hazard potential, and will estimate the potential loss of the life and the potential dollar amount of damage to buildings and utilities in each of the 23 counties.

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