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Featured Items

• New Earthquake Map/List/Search Interface

  

  Try out our new mobile-friendly earthquake interface for real-time and historical earthquakes. Click on List, Map or Options in the upper right to explore!

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• External Research Annual Competition is Now Open

  

  Applications are invited for research under the 2014 National Earthquake Hazards Program (EHP). The purpose of EHP is to provide products for earthquake loss reduction to the public and private sectors by carrying out research earthquake occurrence and effects.

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• Earthquake Catastrophes and Fatalities Projected to Rise in Populous 21st Century - USGS News Release

  

  "Predicted population increases in this century can be expected to translate into more people dying from earthquakes. There will be more individual earthquakes with very large death tolls as well as more people dying during earthquakes than ever before, according to a newly published study led by U.S. Geological Survey engineering geologist Thomas L. Holzer."

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• Community exposure to tsunami hazards in California

  

  A new USGS Scientific Investigations Report. Evidence of past events and modeling of potential events suggest that tsunamis are significant threats to low-lying communities on the California coast. To reduce potential impacts of future tsunamis, officials need to understand how communities are vulnerable to tsunamis and where targeted outreach, preparedness, and mitigation efforts may be warranted.

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• A Practical Guide to Pacific Northwest Earthquakes

  

  Online 90-minute course on the basics of Pacific NW earthquakes and USGS products for managing earthquakes.

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