Oceanport, NJ: what USGS's seismic model says

Oceanport 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, Oceanport ranks above 61% of the 4,875 cities in this dataset for seismic hazard - the 61th percentile.

Oceanport by the numbers

The raw figures: peak ground acceleration 0.144g, short-period spectral response 0.242g, 1-second spectral response 0.054g. Among 194 New Jersey cities in this dataset, Oceanport ranks 136 for seismic hazard, the 30th percentile within the state. About 6,383 people live in Oceanport, New Jersey.

Bracing and bolting: the actual cost

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

More on how this number was built

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