East Liverpool, OH: what USGS's seismic model says

East Liverpool carries Seismic Design Category B under USGS's ASCE 7-16 model. Low seismic hazard. Code requires basic seismic detailing (bracing, connections) but no special structural system restrictions. Nationally, East Liverpool ranks above 27% of the 4,875 cities in this dataset for seismic hazard - the 27th percentile.

East Liverpool by the numbers

The raw figures: peak ground acceleration 0.046g, short-period spectral response 0.094g, 1-second spectral response 0.046g. Among 254 Ohio cities in this dataset, East Liverpool ranks 251 for seismic hazard, the 1th percentile within the state. About 9,651 people live in East Liverpool, Ohio.

Bracing and bolting: the actual cost

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

Earthquake insurance for a East Liverpool home

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 Liverpool address.

More on how this number was built

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