SGER: Household Impacts of the Nisqually Earthquake

Nisqually地震对家庭的影响2001年2月28日Nisqually地震为中等震级（Mw = 6.8），因此为测量此类事件的经济影响提供了独特的机会。该项目将通过电话调查，根据地面运动水平确定的区域，随机选择家庭，收集有关家庭经济影响的系统证据。这与典型的空间标准形成鲜明对比：政治单位、邮政编码或人口普查区。将定义三或四类地面运动。调查数据将与影响的主要类别相关联；对房屋的损害；维修经费；变化：由于这一事件而引起的经济行为的变化；缓解和防备方面的变化（如保险）；以及家庭本身的基本经济和人口信息。这项研究的结果将包括一个关于家庭损失的庞大而独特的数据库。该数据库将用于检验实际损失超过官方估计的假设。对这种差异的解释是，许多类别的损失从未报告过。深入了解未报告损失的性质和程度可能有助于公共机构应对未来的灾害，并更好地评估灾前减灾投资的效益。该数据库还将使人们能够可靠地估计该区域住户所遭受的损失总额。这可以提供一个基线，与其他损失估计进行比较，例如，联邦应急管理局的HAZUS。

Household Impacts of the Nisqually EarthquakeThe February 28, 2001 Nisqually earthquake was moderate in magnitude (Mw = 6.8) and thus provides a unique opportunity to measure the economic impacts of an event of this type. This project will amass systematic evidence regarding the economic impacts on households through a telephone survey of randomly selected households according to zones defined by ground motion levels. This is in sharp contrast to typical spatial criteria: political units, zip codes, or census tracts. Three or four categories of ground motion will be defined. Survey data will be correlated with major categories of impact; damage at the home; financing for repairs; changes in economic behavior made as a result of this event; changes in mitigation and preparedness (e.g., insurance); and baseline economic and demographic information about the households themselves. The results of this study will include a large, unique database on household losses.The database will serve to test the hypothesis that actual losses exceeded official estimates. The explanation for the difference is that many categories of loss are never reported. Insights into the nature and extent of unreported losses may help public agencies respond to future disasters as well as better evaluate the benefits of pre-disaster mitigation investments. The database will also allos reliable estimation of the total amount of loss incurred by households in the region. This can provide a baseline against which other loss estimations can be compared, e.g., FEMA's HAZUS .