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The Night the Earth Shook: Waverly Person Monitors M9.1 Sumatra Earthquake Response

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Waverly Person studying seismographic info coming into the USGS NEIC Waverly Person flanked by helicorders studying seismic information arriving to the USGS NEIC Waverly Person flanked by helicorders studying seismic information arriving to the USGS NEIC Waverly Person in NEIC situation room 2004

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Waverly Person, founder and then chief of the USGS NEIC, flanked by helicorders in the NEIC operations center during the Sumatra event.

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