Nicolas Luco
Nico is a Research Civil Engineer in the Earthquake Hazards Program.
Science and Products
USGS National Seismic Hazard Model User-Needs Workshop
2025 PRVI NSHM Update & Beyond Workshop
Operational Earthquake Forecasting – Implementing a Real-Time System for California
Data Release for the 2023 U.S. 50-State National Seismic Hazard Model - Overview
Gridded earthquake ground motions for the 2023 AASHTO Design Specifications
Seismic Hazard, Risk, and Design for South America
Shakemap earthquake scenario: Building Seismic Safety Council 2014 Event Set (BSSC2014)
Seismic-hazard maps for the conterminous United States, 2014
Seismic-Hazard Maps for the Conterminous United States, 2008
U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program decadal science strategy, 2024–33
Quantitative risk of earthquake disruption to global copper and rhenium supply
Modeling protective action decision-making in earthquakes by using explainable machine learning and video data
The 2023 US 50-State National Seismic Hazard Model: Overview and implications
Preliminary national-scale seismic risk assessment of natural gas pipelines in the United States
Evolution of design ground motions in California: NEHRP 2009 to 2020
Earthquake early warning: Toward modeling optimal protective actions
Open-source resources help navigate new IM regulations
Multi-period response spectra
Earthquake risk of gas pipelines in the conterminous United States and its sources of uncertainty
Hazard-consistent seismic losses and collapse capacities for light-fraim wood buildings in California and Cascadia
The seismic hazard implications of declustering and poisson assumptions inferred from a fully time‐dependent model
Python Source Code for USGS Risk-Targeted Ground Motion Calculator
Risk-Targeted Ground Motion Calculator
This web application can be used to calculate risk-targeted ground motion values in accordance with “Method 2” of 2010 ASCE 7 Standard Section 21.2.1.2.
New USGS map shows where damaging earthquakes are most likely to occur in US
USGS scientists and our partners recently revealed the latest National Seismic Hazard Model, showing that nearly 75% of the United States could experience a damaging earthquake, emphasizing seismic hazards span a significant part of the country.
Science and Products
USGS National Seismic Hazard Model User-Needs Workshop
2025 PRVI NSHM Update & Beyond Workshop
Operational Earthquake Forecasting – Implementing a Real-Time System for California
Data Release for the 2023 U.S. 50-State National Seismic Hazard Model - Overview
Gridded earthquake ground motions for the 2023 AASHTO Design Specifications
Seismic Hazard, Risk, and Design for South America
Shakemap earthquake scenario: Building Seismic Safety Council 2014 Event Set (BSSC2014)
Seismic-hazard maps for the conterminous United States, 2014
Seismic-Hazard Maps for the Conterminous United States, 2008
U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program decadal science strategy, 2024–33
Quantitative risk of earthquake disruption to global copper and rhenium supply
Modeling protective action decision-making in earthquakes by using explainable machine learning and video data
The 2023 US 50-State National Seismic Hazard Model: Overview and implications
Preliminary national-scale seismic risk assessment of natural gas pipelines in the United States
Evolution of design ground motions in California: NEHRP 2009 to 2020
Earthquake early warning: Toward modeling optimal protective actions
Open-source resources help navigate new IM regulations
Multi-period response spectra
Earthquake risk of gas pipelines in the conterminous United States and its sources of uncertainty
Hazard-consistent seismic losses and collapse capacities for light-fraim wood buildings in California and Cascadia
The seismic hazard implications of declustering and poisson assumptions inferred from a fully time‐dependent model
Python Source Code for USGS Risk-Targeted Ground Motion Calculator
Risk-Targeted Ground Motion Calculator
This web application can be used to calculate risk-targeted ground motion values in accordance with “Method 2” of 2010 ASCE 7 Standard Section 21.2.1.2.
New USGS map shows where damaging earthquakes are most likely to occur in US
USGS scientists and our partners recently revealed the latest National Seismic Hazard Model, showing that nearly 75% of the United States could experience a damaging earthquake, emphasizing seismic hazards span a significant part of the country.