FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate applauded President Obama’s recent appointment of Andrew Velasquez III as FEMA Regional Administrator for Region V, which includes the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. “Regional Administrators are crucial to our ability to respond effectively to emergencies based on the needs of the communities we serve,” said Fugate. […]

The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is pleased to announce that three new CD-ROM compilations of FEMA earthquake resources are now available at no cost from the FEMA Publications Warehouse:

During the month of April, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) is highlighting earthquake preparedness as part of its 12-Month Preparedness Campaign. While most people are familiar with the earthquake hazard along the West Coast of the U.S., many are not aware that one of the most powerful earthquakes to ever occur in the continental […]

CUSEC is happy to announce that our newest publication  “Central U.S. Earthquake Guide” is now available for download on the CUSEC website. The guide is intended to be used by students, teachers, homeowners, and anyone else interested in information about earthquakes in the central U.S.  This informative guide has information on earthquakes in the central […]

The Geo-engineering Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Association, with funding from NSF, today released a summary report from their on-the-ground investigation following the January 12, 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.  Researchers from numerous organizations worked collaboratively as a GEER team to perform a reconnaissance of the geological, seismological, and geotechnical aspects of the earthquake effects. The […]