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Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program scientists and staff study subduction zone coastal, ocean, and lacustrine processes from shorelines and estuaries to the continental shelf and deep sea.
The Earthquake Hazards Program monitors and reports on earthquakes, assesses earthquake impacts and hazards, and conducts targeted research on the causes and effects of the many types of subduction zone earthquakes.
The Global Seismographic Network (GSN) is a permanent monitoring network of state-of-the-art seismological and geophysical sensors that provides key data about subduction zone earthquakes worldwide.
The National Landslide Hazards Program improves our understanding of the causes of ground failure (landslides, liquefaction, sediment flows) to reduce losses and inform mitigation strategies.
The USGS Volcano Hazards Program seeks to enhance public safety and minimize social and economic disruption from volcanic unrest and eruption from the 169 potentially active volcanoes in the U.S., by delivering effective forecasts, warnings, and information about volcano hazards based on scientific understanding of volcanic processes. (See Alaska Volcano Observatory, California Volcano Observatory, Cascades Volcano Observatory)
USGS's emergency management activities provide executive direction, oversight, and support to USGS managers in responding to major subduction zone hazard events, among others. We also provide support to certain National Response Framework emergency support functions.
The Department of the Interior (DOI) Strategic Sciences Group (SSG) was created to meet the immediate need for strategic scientific information and expertise during environmental crises, including those that may result from major subduction zone events. Through the development and application of science-based scenarios, the SSG can assist strategic response, recovery, and restoration of DOI resources.
3DEP is to complete acquisition of nationwide lidar by 2023 to provide the first-ever national baseline of consistent high-resolution topographic elevation data.
The National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program supports the production of geologic maps in the United States and three-dimensional framework models that help to assess and mitigate natural hazards.
National Geospatial Program provides National digital geospatial data representing the topography, natural landscape, and manmade environment to advance science, enlighten citizens, and enable decision making.