News
- GAO Report: GAO-22-105016
Earthquakes:Opportunities Exist to Further Assess Risk, Build Resilience, and Communicate Research - News Break: Oregon State News Release
Oregon Legislature clears bill for fuel tank safety - Science for Disaster Reduction
Interagency Coordination Group Interim Report
Integrating Science & Technology with Disaster Response - ASCE News Release
Groundbreaking interagency report seeks to move beyond life-safety design standards - GIZMODO News Release
New Seismic Stress Map - EERI News Release
EERI Virtual Earthquake Reconnaissance Team Report on the M5.7 Magna Earthquake - EOS News Release
Seismic Sensors in Orbit - NSF News Release
Researchers Reinvent How Bridges Withstand Earthquakes with New Support Column Design - Congressional News Release
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2018 - NIST News Release
NIST Details Steps to Keep Buildings Functioning After Natural Hazards - PRWeb Report
California Assembly Passes Historic Earthquake Resilience Bill, Sending it to Senate - NSF News Release
Dear Colleague Letter: Discoveries to Revolutionize Engineering and Architectural Materials for Buildings (DREAM-B) - LA Times News Release
California earthquake standard designed to save lives but not buildings. There's a new push to do both - Actions Needed to Mitigate Risks to Federal Buildings
To view the report, visit U.S. GAO - Earthquakes: Additional Actions Needed to Identify and Mitigate Risks to Federal Buildings and Implement an Early Warning System. - White House Earthquake Resilience Summit
Public and private sectors are taking steps to improve earthquake warning and safety, Advancing Earthquake Resilience and Fact Sheet. - Register Now for the Great SouthEast ShakeOut
Millions of people worldwide will practice how to Drop, Cover, and Hold On, Register Now! - WSSPC e-Newsletters
Western States Seismic Policy Council (WSSPC) information on policy recommendations, recent earthquakes, new publications, and upcoming events, WSSPC E-Newsletters. - CUSEC Newsletter
The current and archived Central United States Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC) newsletters are now available for download, CUSEC Newsletter.
Agency News
FEMA
- FEMA P-2139 - Short-Period Building Performance and Recommendations for Improving Seismic Design
- FEMA P-2091, A Practical Guide to Soil-Structure Interaction
- FEMA P-1000, Safer, Stronger, Smarter: A Guide to Improving School Natural Hazard Safety (2017)
- National Earthquake Technical Assistance Program (NETAP) Resource Guide for Earthquake Program Managers
- 2015 NEHRP Recommended Seismic Provisions
- Safe Rooms for Tornadoes and Hurricanes (FEMA P-361)
- Hazus® Estimated Annualized Earthquake Losses for the United States (FEMA P-366)
- Reducing Flood Losses Through the International Codes. 5th Ed
NIST
- Presentations from the 2017 EERI Annual Meeting are now available, NEHRP at 40 (PDF 5MB)
- NIST TN 1922 / ICSSC RP 9 (PDF 593KB)
- Executive Order 13717 (PDF 98KB)
- NIST Funds 12 Projects to Make Communities More Resilient to Disasters
- Implementation Guidelines for Executive Order 13717 PDF 593KB
- Evaluating Investments in Community Resilience: New Guide Explains How
- NEHRP Technical Briefs Reach Five-Year Milestone Success Story PDF 318KB
NSF
- NSF Candidate Search for Assistant Director for Geosciences
- NSF Candidate Search for Assistant Director for Engineering
- NSF-funded Science Plan for natural hazards mitigation released by NHERI
- NEHRI Overview Video Produced by NSF (2:22 minutes)
- "A Milestone for Forecasting Earthquake Hazards"
- AccuWeather in Alaska: Uncovering the mysteries of earthquakes
- Deep-sea observatories to offer new view of seabed earthquakes
- Dear Colleague Letter: Removal of Deadlines for the Core Programs in the Directorate for Engineering
- Grand Challenges in Earthquake Engineering Research: A Community Workshop Report PDF 1MB
USGS
- USGS Seeks Earthquake Hazards Research Proposals
- "Reported Investments in Earthquake Mitigation Top $73 to $80 Billion in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, Since the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake"
- ShakeAlert: Earthquake Early Warning System (also available in Spanish)
- USGS Collaborates with FEMA on National Earthquake Loss Estimate
- Gov. Jerry Brown Seeks $10 million for California Quake Warning System
- A Century of Induced Earthquakes in Oklahoma?
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