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Tsunami Evacuation Plans – One Size Does Not Fit All: A Case Study in Alameda, California

Tsunami Evacuation Plans – One Size Does Not Fit All: A Case Study in Alameda, California

Tsunami evacuation planning in coastal communities is typically based on maximum evacuation zones that reflect a combination of all potential extreme...

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Mapping a Space-Weather Menace to Electric-Power Grids

Mapping a Space-Weather Menace to Electric-Power Grids

New strides have been made toward quantifying how geomagnetic storms can interfere with the nation’s electric-power grid systems.  

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Possible Explosion of Magnitude 5.3 in North Korea

Possible Explosion of Magnitude 5.3 in North Korea

A possible explosion of magnitude 5.3 occurred in North Korea on September 9, 2016 at 00:30:01 UTC (9:00 am local time).

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Uncharted: Exploring one of America’s fastest faults

Uncharted: Exploring one of America’s fastest faults

A team of USGS scientists spent 10 days in the wilderness, exploring one of the fastest-moving faults in America

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Photo Opportunity: Scientists Prepare for Seismic Study in East Bay

Photo Opportunity: Scientists Prepare for Seismic Study in East Bay

MEDIA ADVISORY: Faculty and students from California State University, East Bay, U.S. Geological Survey scientists, and community volunteers are...

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Magnitudes for Oklahoma Earthquakes Shift Upward

Magnitudes for Oklahoma Earthquakes Shift Upward

Revisions follow standard USGS re-analysis

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Magnitude 5.8 Earthquake in Oklahoma

Magnitude 5.8 Earthquake in Oklahoma

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck in Oklahoma on September 3, 2016 at 12:02:44 UTC (7:02 am local time). 

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USGS Installs Storm-Tide Sensors in Preparation for Hermine’s Arrival

USGS Installs Storm-Tide Sensors in Preparation for Hermine’s Arrival

USGS teams install storm-tide sensors in Florida before Hurricane Hermine makes landfall

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September is National Preparedness Month

September is National Preparedness Month

September is National Preparedness Month, a time to highlight the resources available to help you and your loved ones stay as safe as possible. 

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Preventing Human-Caused Earthquakes

Preventing Human-Caused Earthquakes

New research from the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Colorado shows actions taken by drillers and regulators can lessen risk in the case...

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Magnitude 6.2 Earthquake in central Italy

Magnitude 6.2 Earthquake in central Italy

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck central Italy on 24 Aug 2016 at  03:36 a.m. local time (01:36 a.m. UTC)

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EarthWord–Tephra

EarthWord–Tephra

Look! In the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane! Wait, run, it’s this week’s EarthWord!

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