The United States Geological Survey (USGS) monitors and reports on earthquakes, assesses earthquake impacts and hazards, and conducts targeted research on the causes and effects of earthquakes. USGS undertakes these activities as part of the larger National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP),...
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New USGS map shows where the most damaging earthquakes are likely to occur in the US February 4, 2024 By GISuser USGS scientists and our partners recently revealed the latest National Seismic Hazard Model, showing that nearly 75% of the United States could experience a damaging earthquake, emp...
I've learned over the years that some of the weirdest events have a reason for happening if you're willing to dig deep enough to figure out why. That's true for a series of recent earthquakes in Illinois that seemed to happen in unexpected places. There's a USGS map which shows it'...
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today with the essential cooperation of dozens of international organizations who host the stations and funding from several US government agencies, primarily the National Science Foundation and the Department of the Interior. Data users include the scientific research community interested in earthquakes, ...
There were a lot of earthquakes in the Yellowstone National Park area in 2022, but that's not a reason to worry according to the USGS.
will be occurring weeks and months from now, but typically with time, the number of earthquakes will go down, and the size of the earthquakes will go down, but there are chances of having other large, damaging earthquakes as part of this sequence occurring in the new few days and weeks....
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