Brookhaven, MS: what USGS's seismic model says

Under the seismic model IBC and ASCE 7 use for new construction, Brookhaven is Category B. Low seismic hazard. Code requires basic seismic detailing (bracing, connections) but no special structural system restrictions. That puts Brookhaven in the 31th percentile nationally for seismic hazard - higher than 31% of the 4,875 US cities USGS was checked against here.

How Brookhaven compares

The raw figures: peak ground acceleration 0.052g, short-period spectral response 0.108g, 1-second spectral response 0.071g. Among 61 Mississippi cities in this dataset, Brookhaven ranks 45 for seismic hazard, the 27th percentile within the state. About 11,654 people live in Brookhaven, Mississippi.

Retrofit economics for Brookhaven

Outside California, no state-level retrofit grant equivalent to Brace + Bolt could be found for Mississippi. A typical retrofit still runs $5,000-$10,000 nationally, about $7,000 for a common single-family job.

Insuring against this, not just retrofitting

Outside California, earthquake coverage is typically sold as an endorsement added to a standard homeowners policy, not a separate product - worth asking about directly when getting a home-insurance quote for a Brookhaven address.

More on how this number was built

The methodology guide covers exactly how USGS's public design-maps API produced Brookhaven's numbers. The guide to what a Seismic Design Category actually means covers why a category is never a substitute for an engineer's assessment of one specific house.