East Aurora's Seismic Design Category, explained

Under the seismic model IBC and ASCE 7 use for new construction, East Aurora is Category B. Low seismic hazard. Code requires basic seismic detailing (bracing, connections) but no special structural system restrictions. Nationally, East Aurora ranks above 54% of the 4,875 cities in this dataset for seismic hazard - the 54th percentile.

How East Aurora compares

The raw figures: peak ground acceleration 0.093g, short-period spectral response 0.168g, 1-second spectral response 0.045g. Among 170 New York cities in this dataset, East Aurora ranks 123 for seismic hazard, the 28th percentile within the state. About 5,986 people live in East Aurora, New York.

Retrofit economics for East Aurora

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

What this means for insurance

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 East Aurora address.

More on how this number was built

The methodology guide covers exactly how USGS's public design-maps API produced East Aurora'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.