Revere, MA: what USGS's seismic model says

USGS's ASCE 7-16 seismic design model - the same standard building codes use - places Revere in Seismic Design Category B: Low seismic hazard. Code requires basic seismic detailing (bracing, connections) but no special structural system restrictions. Rank it against the rest of the country and Revere sits at the 64th percentile for seismic hazard among 4,875 US cities.

Where Revere sits in Massachusetts

The raw figures: peak ground acceleration 0.171g, short-period spectral response 0.285g, 1-second spectral response 0.067g. Among 58 Massachusetts cities in this dataset, Revere ranks 17 for seismic hazard, the 72th percentile within the state. About 60,702 people live in Revere, Massachusetts.

Bracing and bolting: the actual cost

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

More on how this number was built

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