Wildfire Seismic Network Repairs and Hardening
In FY 2022, USGS received disaster supplement funds (Public Law 117-43) for the following activities:
Wildfire/seismic network: tasks and benefits 2022
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- ANSS networks, operated by the USGS and by university and State partners, perform critical functions of analyzing and distributing seismic data and information on earthquakes to emergency management communities and the public.
- Fires destroyed or damaged instruments and supporting infrastructure at multiple ANSS stations in California. In some cases, critical telecommunication relays were compromised.
- Funding will be used to replace fire-damaged earthquake monitoring equipment and infrastructure and harden earthquake monitoring sites within declared disaster areas.