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USGS Seeks Earthquake Hazards Research Proposals

USGS Seeks Earthquake Hazards Research Proposals

USGS is currently soliciting project proposals for Fiscal Year 2025 grants on earthquake hazards science. The grants are a long-standing effort that...

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Earthquakes can strike faster than a New York minute – What to do when the ground shakes...

Earthquakes can strike faster than a New York minute – What to do when the ground shakes...

Nearly 75 percent of the U.S. could experience damaging earthquake shaking, including the possibility of damaging earthquakes along the northeastern...

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New USGS map shows where damaging earthquakes are most likely to occur in US

New USGS map shows where damaging earthquakes are most likely to occur in US

USGS scientists and our partners recently revealed the latest National Seismic Hazard Model, showing that nearly 75% of the United States could...

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Thirty years after the Northridge earthquake, new tools inform safety.

Thirty years after the Northridge earthquake, new tools inform safety.

Did you feel the 1994 Northridge earthquake?

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USGS seeking Northridge felt reports from 30-year-old earthquake

USGS seeking Northridge felt reports from 30-year-old earthquake

‘Did you feel it’ reporting available in multiple languages

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New Wave Glider will study Earthquake Processes along U.S. Subduction Zones

New Wave Glider will study Earthquake Processes along U.S. Subduction Zones

The USGS has acquired a new state-of-the-art wave glider for constraining plate motions and earthquake processes along U.S. subduction zones.

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Earthquake in Southern California 90 Years Ago Changed the Way We Build

Earthquake in Southern California 90 Years Ago Changed the Way We Build

The story of the damaging Long Beach earthquake on March 10, 1933.

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New Interactive Geonarrative Explains the 2023 Turkey, Earthquake Sequence

New Interactive Geonarrative Explains the 2023 Turkey, Earthquake Sequence

On February 6, 2023, a M 7.8 earthquake occurred in southern Turkey near the northern border of Syria. This earthquake was followed about 9 hours...

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ShakeAlert goes galactic!

ShakeAlert goes galactic!

Even space travelers need earthquake early warning

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Magnitude 6.4 Earthquake near Ferndale, California

Magnitude 6.4 Earthquake near Ferndale, California

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck 3 miles offshore in Northern California on December 20, 2022 at 2:34 am local time.

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Geonarrative Investigates Geohazards of the Salton Sea

Geonarrative Investigates Geohazards of the Salton Sea

The interactive, data-rich USGS geonarrative "A Desert on the Move" looks at earthquake and volcanic hazards around the Salton Sea. Understanding...

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Rocks in unusual positions hold secrets to northeastern U.S. earthquakes

Rocks in unusual positions hold secrets to northeastern U.S. earthquakes

USGS scientists are studying precariously balanced rocks, or rocks that seem on the brink of falling over (but haven’t yet), to estimate the strongest...

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