Stroudsburg, PA: what USGS's seismic model says

Under the seismic model IBC and ASCE 7 use for new construction, Stroudsburg is 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 Stroudsburg sits at the 55th percentile for seismic hazard among 4,875 US cities.

Stroudsburg by the numbers

The raw figures: peak ground acceleration 0.096g, short-period spectral response 0.176g, 1-second spectral response 0.049g. Among 193 Pennsylvania cities in this dataset, Stroudsburg ranks 53 for seismic hazard, the 73th percentile within the state. About 5,819 people live in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.

What a retrofit costs in Stroudsburg

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

Earthquake insurance for a Stroudsburg 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 Stroudsburg address.

More on how this number was built

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