Tuckahoe, NY: what USGS's seismic model says

Under the seismic model IBC and ASCE 7 use for new construction, Tuckahoe 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 Tuckahoe sits at the 65th percentile for seismic hazard among 4,875 US cities.

Where Tuckahoe sits in New York

The raw figures: peak ground acceleration 0.182g, short-period spectral response 0.294g, 1-second spectral response 0.061g. Among 170 New York cities in this dataset, Tuckahoe ranks 17 for seismic hazard, the 91th percentile within the state. About 6,984 people live in Tuckahoe, New York.

What a retrofit costs in Tuckahoe

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

More on how this number was built

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