Table of Contents

Business continuity, risk mitigation, loss estimation, and performance-based earthquake engineering (PBEE)

Fire following earthquake

 Scawthorn, C., 2018. Fire following the Mw 7.05 HayWired earthquake scenario. In Detweiler, S.T., and Wein, A.M., eds., The HayWired Earthquake Scenario—Engineering Implications. Scientific Investigations Report 2017–5013–I–Q. Reston, VA: United States Geological Survey, ch. P, p. 367-400, 

Fragility and vulnerability of buildings

Porter, K., and Thomas, E. (2019). First the earth quakes, then the law suits. American Bar Association Probate and Property 33 (6):34-40.

SPA Risk LLC and Henderson Creative, 2014. Mobile Homes in Earthquakes: How to Protect your Home and Family. Prepared for California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services and Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. SPA Risk LLC, Denver CO, 2 pp,

Cho, I.H. and K.A. Porter, 2013. Three Techniques for Modeling Building Classes using Moment Matching. SESM 13-01, Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics Program, Department of Civil Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder,

 K. Farokhnia and K.A. Porter, 2012. Estimating the Non-Structural Seismic Vulnerability of Building Categories. Proc. 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Lisbon, 24-28 Sep 2012, paper number 3900,

Porter, K.A., K. Farokhnia, I.H. Cho, T. Rossetto, I. Ioannou, D. Grant, K. Jaiswal, D. Wald, D. D’Ayala, A. Meslem, E. So, A.S. Kiremidjian & H.Y. Noh, 2012 (expected). Global vulnerability estimation methods for the Global Earthquake Model. Proc. 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Lisbon, 24-28 Sep 2012, paper number 4504,

Porter, K.A., 2011. Practical Development and Application of Fragility Functions. A lecture to the University of Colorado at Boulder’s Department of Civil Engineering, graduate course CVEN 5835-02 SPTPS: Nonlinear Structural Analysis, Theory & Applications. April 19, 2011.

 Porter, K.A., G. Johnson, R. Sheppard, and R. Bachman, 2010. Fragility of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing equipment. Earthquake Spectra 26 (2) 451-472,

 Porter, K.A., and K. Cobeen, 2009. Loss estimates for large soft-story wood frame buildings in San Francisco. Proc. ATC & SEI 2009 Conference on Improving the Seismic Performance of Existing Buildings and Other Structures. Dec 9-11, 2009, San Francisco, CA,

Porter, K.A., 2009. CAPSS Soft-Story Loss Study. SPA Risk LLC, Denver CO,

Samant, L.D., K. Porter, K. Cobeen, L.T. Tobin, L. Kornfield, H. Seligson, S. Alejandrino, and J. Kidd, 2009. Mitigating San Francisco’s soft-story building problem. Proc. ATC & SEI 2009 Conference on Improving the Seismic Performance of Existing Buildings and Other Structures. Dec 9-11, 2009, San Francisco, CA, paper 109,

 Porter, K.A., R.P. Kennedy, and R.E. Bachman, 2007. Creating fragility functions for performance-based earthquake engineering. Earthquake Spectra 23 (2), May 2007, 471-489, DOI:10.1193/1.2720892

 Porter, K.A., R.O. Hamburger, and R.P Kennedy, 2007. Practical development and application of fragility functions. Proc. SEI Structures Congress, May 16-19, 2007, Long Beach CA.

Fragility and vulnerability of lifelines

Porter, K.A., 2018. Groundproofing a new model for estimating earthquake damage and planning recovery. Source, 32 (2), p. 40-43, www.sparisk.com/pubs/Porter-2018-AWWA-Source.pdf Porter, K.A., McMullin, R., Terentieff, S.V., Wollbrinck, J., and Irias, X., 2018. Applying the model. Source, 32 (2), p. 43-45,

Porter, K.A., 2018. A new model of water-network resilience, with application to the HayWired scenario. Detweiler S.T. and Wein, A.M., eds, The HayWired Earthquake Scenario—Engineering Implications. Scientific Investigations Report 2017–5013–I–Q, Reston, VA: United States Geological Survey, ch. N., p. 195-264, https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20175013 and www.sparisk.com/pubs/HayWired-2018-vol2.pdf

Scawthorn, C.R., K.A., Porter, and F.T. Blackburn, 1992. Performance of emergency-response services after the earthquake. In T.D. O’Rourke, ed., The Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of October 17, 1989-Marina District. Strong Motion and Ground Failure. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1551-F. Reston VA, p. F195-F215.

Porter, K.A. C. Scawthorn, D.G. Honegger, T.D. O’Rourke, and F. Blackburn, 1992. Performance of water supply pipelines in liquefied soil. Proceedings of the 4th US-Japan Workshop on Earthquake Disaster Prevention for Lifeline Systems, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 08/19-21/91; pp. 3-17. 1992.

Disaster planning scenarios: ShakeOut, ARkStorm, SAFRR Tsunami, and HayWired Scenario

 Porter, K.A. (2018). Overview of the HayWired scenario engineering-implications volume. Detweiler, S.T. and Wein, A.M., eds., The HayWired Earthquake Scenario—Engineering Implications. Scientific Investigations Report 2017–5013–I–Q, Reston, VA: United States Geological Survey, ch. I, p. 2-11, https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20175013 and www.sparisk.com/pubs/HayWired-2018-vol2.pdf

Hudnut, K.W., Wein, A.M., Cox, D.A., Perry, S.C., Porter, K.A., Johnson, L.A., and Strauss, J.A. (2017). The HayWired scenario—how can the San Francisco Bay region bounce back from or avert an earthquake disaster in an interconnected world? In Detweiler S.T. and Wein, A.M., eds., The HayWired Earthquake Scenario—Earthquake Hazards. Scientific Investigations Report 2017–5013–A–H, Reston, VA: United State Geological Survey, ch A., p. 1-16, https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20175013 and www.sparisk.com/pubs/HayWired-2017-vol1.pdf

Aagaard, B.T., Boatwright, J.L., Jones, J.L., MacDonald, T.G., Porter, K.A., and Wein, A.M. (2017). HayWired scenario mainshock ground motions. In Detweiler S.T. and Wein, A.M., eds., The HayWired Earthquake Scenario—Earthquake Hazards. Scientific Investigations Report 2017–5013–A–H, Reston, VA: United State Geological Survey, ch C., p. 27-36, https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20175013 and www.sparisk.com/pubs/HayWired-2017-vol1.pdf [/expander_maker]

Wein, A.M., Felzer, K.R., Jones, J.L., and Porter, K.A. (2017). HayWired Scenario Aftershock Sequence. In Detweiler S.T. and Wein, A.M., eds., The HayWired Earthquake Scenario—Earthquake Hazards. Scientific Investigations Report 2017–5013–A–H, Reston, VA: United State Geological Survey, ch G., p. 91-112, https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20175013 and www.sparisk.com/pubs/HayWired-2017-vol1.pdf

Porter, K., S. Terentieff, R. McMullin, and X. Irias, 2017. Water supply damage, recovery, and lifeline interaction in an earthquake sequence. Proc. First Congress on Technical Advancement, September 10-13, 2017, Duluth, Minnesota. Reston Virginia: American Society of Civil Engineers. 12 p.

Porter, K.A., and A.M. Wein, 2014. Engineering and economic lessons of the SAFRR Tsunami Scenario. Proceedings of the 10th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 21-25 July 2014, Anchorage AK

Porter, K.A., and A.M. Wein, 2014. Advances in tsunami risk assessment. SSA 2014, 2 May 2014, Anchorage AK

Porter, K., W. Byers, D. Dykstra, A. Lim, P. Lynett, J. Ratliff, C. Scawthorn, A. Wein, and R. Wilson, 2013. The SAFRR tsunami scenario—physical damage in California. S. Ross and L. Jones, Eds, The SAFRR (Science Application for Risk Reduction) Tsunami Scenario. US Geological Survey.

Ross, S.L., L.M. Jones, K. Miller, K.A. Porter, A. Wein, R.I. Wilson, B. Bahng, A. Barberopoulou, J.C. Borrero, D.M. Brosnan, J.T. Bwarie, E.L. Geist, L.A. Johnson, S.H. Kirby, W.R. Knight, K. Long, P. Lynett, C.E. Mortensen, D.J. Nicolsky, S.C. Perry, G.S. Plumlee, C.R. Real, K. Ryan, E. Suleimani, H.K. Thio, V.V. Titov, P.M. Whitmore, and N.J. Wood, 2013. The SAFRR (Science Application for Risk Reduction) tsunami scenario—executive summary and Introduction. S. Ross and L. Jones, Eds, The SAFRR (Science Application for Risk Reduction) Tsunami Scenario. US Geological Survey.

Ross, S.L., Jones, L.M., Miller, K., Porter, K.A., Wein, A., Wilson, R.I., Bahng, B., Barberopoulou, A., Borrero, J.C., Brosnan, D.M., Bwarie, J.T., Geist, E.L., Johnson, L.A., Kirby, S.H., Knight, W.R., Long, K., Lynett, P., Mortensen, C.E., Nicolsky, D.J., Perry, S.C., Plumlee, G.S., Real, C.R., Ryan, K., Suleimani, E., Thio, H., Titov, V.V., Whitmore, P.M., and Wood, N.J., 2013, The SAFRR tsunami scenario—Improving resilience for California: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2013–3081, 4 p.,

Porter, K., L Jones, S Ross, J Borrero, J Bwarie, D Dykstra, EL Geist, L Johnson, S Kirby, K Long, P Lynett, K Miller, C Mortensen, S Perry, G Plumlee, C Real, L Ritchie, C Scawthorn, HK Thio, A Wein, P Whitmore, R Wilson, and N Wood, 2013. The SAFRR Tsunami Scenario. Proc., PORTS ’13, August 25-28, Seattle WA. manuscript: https://sparisk.com/pubs/Porter-2013-COPRI-Tsunami-MS.pdf, conference presentation: https://sparisk.com/pubs/Porter-2013-COPRI-Tsunami-presentation.pdf

Porter, K., A. Wein, C. Alpers, A. Baez, P. Barnard, J. Carter, A. Corsi, J. Costner, D. Cox, T. Das, M. Dettinger, J. Done, C. Eadie, M. Eymann, J. Ferris, P. Gunturi, M. Hughes, R. Jarrett, L. Johnson, H.D. Le-Griffin, D. Mitchell, S. Morman, P. Neiman, A. Olsen, S. Perry, G. Plumlee, M. Ralph, D. Reynolds, A. Rose, K. Schaefer, J. Serakos, W. Siembieda, J. Stock, D. Strong, I.S. Wing, A. Tang, P. Thomas, and K. Topping, 2010. Overview of the ARkStorm Scenario. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1312, 183 pp. and appendices,

Porter, K., K. Hudnut, S. Perry, M. Reichle, C. Scawthorn, and A. Wein, 2011. Foreword. Earthquake Spectra 27 (2), 235-237.

Porter, K., L. Jones, D. Cox, J. Goltz, K. Hudnut, D. Mileti, S. Perry, D. Ponti, M. Reichle, A.Z. Rose, C.R. Scawthorn, H.A. Seligson, K.I. Shoaf, J. Treiman, and A. Wein, 2011. The ShakeOut Scenario: a hypothetical Mw7.8 earthquake on the southern San Andreas Fault. Earthquake Spectra 27 (2), 239-261,

 Jones, L.M., R. Bernknopf, D. Cox, J. Goltz, K. Hudnut, D. Mileti, S. Perry, D. Ponti, K. Porter, M. Reichle, H. Seligson, K. Shoaf, J. Treiman, and A. Wein, 2008. The ShakeOut Scenario. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1150 and California Geological Survey Preliminary Report 25

 USGS. (2003). “The Plan to Coordinate Nehrp Post-Earthquake Investigations.” USGS Circular 1242, Thomas L. Holzer (Chair), Roger D. Borcherdt, Craig D. Comartin, Robert D. Hanson, Charles R. Scawthorn, Kathleen Tierney, T. Leslie Youd, ed., prepared in coordination with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Science Foundation, and National Institute of Standards and Technology, USGS Western Region, Menlo Park CA.

Holzer, T. L., Scawthorn, C., and Rojahn, C. (2005). “Coordinating Nehrp Post-Earthquake Investigations – Exercising the Plan.” Earthquake Spectra, 21(4), 1043-1062. Earthquake Spectra 2005

Hurricanes, atmospheric rivers, and wind hazard

Casualty loss estimation

Porter, K.A., and Jones, J.L., 2018. How many injuries can be avoided in the HayWired Scenario through earthquake early warning and drop, cover, and hold on? Detweiler S.T. and Wein, A.M., eds, The HayWired Earthquake Scenario—Engineering Implications. Scientific Investigations Report 2017–5013–I–Q, Reston, VA: United States Geological Survey, ch. Q., p. 401-429, https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20175013 and www.sparisk.com/pubs/HayWired-2018-vol2.pdf

Acceptable risk

 Porter, K.A., 2018. Not safe enough—a survey of public preferences for the seismic performance of new buildings in California and the New Madrid Seismic Zone. Detweiler, S.T. and Wein, A.M., eds., The HayWired Earthquake Scenario—Engineering Implications. Scientific Investigations Report 2017–5013–I–Q, Reston, VA: United States Geological Survey, ch. L, p. 79-96, https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20175013 and www.sparisk.com/pubs/HayWired-2018-vol2.pdf

Porter, K.A., 2018. Is life safety enough?
Improvements in earthquake science and risk reduction. American Association for the Advancement of Science 2018 Annual Meeting, February 15-19, 2018, Austin, Texas,

Davis, M. and K. Porter, 2016. The public’s role in seismic design provisions. Earthquake Spectra, preprint, doi:10.1193/081715EQS127M

Porter, K.A., 2013. Safe enough? How buildings codes protect our lives but not our cities. Phi Beta Kappa Northern California Association 26th Asilomar Conference, February 15-18, 2012, and University of Colorado Boulder SESM Seminar 1 Mar 2013.

Porter, K.A., C. Scawthorn, C. Taylor, N. Blais, 1998. Appropriate Seismic Reliability for Critical Equipment Systems: Recommendations Based on Regional Analysis of Financial and Life Loss. MCEER-98-0016, Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 104 pp.

Real-time loss estimation

Wald, D., K.W. Lin, K. Porter, and L. Turner, 2008. ShakeCast: automating and improving the use of ShakeMap for post-earthquake decision-making and response. Earthquake Spectra, 24 (2), 533-553.

Porter, K.A., J.L. Beck, J.Y. Ching, and J. Mitrani-Reiser, 2004. Real-Time Loss Estimation for Instrumented Buildings. Report EERL 2004-08, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA.

Porter, K.A., J. Mitrani-Reiser, J.L. Beck, and J.Y, Ching, 2006. Smarter structures: real-time loss estimation for instrumented buildings, paper NCEE-1236. Proc., 8th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, April 18-22, 2006, San Francisco, CA.

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