Eastman, GA: what USGS's seismic model says

Eastman 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. That puts Eastman in the 48th percentile nationally for seismic hazard - higher than 48% of the 4,875 US cities USGS was checked against here.

Where Eastman sits in Georgia

The raw figures: peak ground acceleration 0.075g, short-period spectral response 0.15g, 1-second spectral response 0.071g. Among 148 Georgia cities in this dataset, Eastman ranks 121 for seismic hazard, the 18th percentile within the state. About 5,513 people live in Eastman, Georgia.

Bracing and bolting: the actual cost

Outside California, no state-level retrofit grant equivalent to Brace + Bolt could be found for Georgia. 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 Eastman address.

More on how this number was built

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