Fri, Oct 01
|Zoom, link will be given in separate email
October Coffee Talk: Impact of USGS 2018 Hazard Update on Loss Assessments
Yajie Lee, Director at ImageCat, will summarize the influential changes and the impacts on earthquake assessments for the U.S.
Time & Location
Oct 01, 2021, 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
Zoom, link will be given in separate email
Guests
About the Event
The recent United States Geological Survey (USGS)'s 2018 hazard update incorporates important advances of Earth science in modeling strong ground shaking from earthquakes and significantly changes the seismic hazard estimates for some high exposure areas. Join October's coffee talk to hear about the impact of this update on U.S. earthquake loss assessments.
Yajie Lee, Director at ImageCat, will summarize the influential changes and the impacts on earthquake assessments for the U.S.
About the ISCM Coffee Talk Series: First Friday of every other month 11 AM – 11:30 AM (ET)
These 30-minute monthly coffee talks will bring key industry topics covered by catastrophe management professionals into an accessible setting for discussion. Topics could include recent natural hazard events and lessons learned, climate change analytics, model development needs and use cases, etc. Coffee talks will generally include ~15 minutes of content and ~15 minutes of Q&A.
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