The presentations from the 2012 National Earthquake Conference and EERI Annual Meeting are now available online.  The conference was held in Memphis Tennessee on April 10-13, 2012, and was a joint effort of FEMA, the US Geological Survey, the NEHRP Consortia (CREW, CUSEC, NESEC, and WSSPC), and the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.

On August 14-16, 2012, CUSEC will host a leading edge workshop in Hoffman Estates, Illinois at Sears Holdings Corporation to enhance public and private sector coordination and communication throughout the CUSEC Member and Associate States. 

On March 29, 2012, CUSEC Executive Director Jim Wilkinson participated in a Congressional briefing entitled “Faults in the East – New Madrid Seismic Zone and Recent Virginia Earthquake – Understanding Risks”.  The briefing discussed efforts to understand earthquakes in the central and eastern U.S. and to reduce risks to life, property and infrastructure.The caucus was […]

As 2012 marks the Bicentennial of a series of strong earthquakes that struck the New Madrid Seismic Zone in late 1811 and early 1812, earthquake experts and emergency managers from around the U.S. will gather in Memphis for the National Earthquake Conference (NEC), April 10 to April 13 at the Peabody Hotel. “The Institute is […]