Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe has authorized the State to purchase six broadband seismic monitors that will detect and locate earthquake activity throughout Arkansas. The Arkansas Geological Survey will place the monitors throughout the state to improve measuring capabilities in areas between existing stations around the New Madrid Seismic Zone in Northeast Arkansas and those in […]

The Mid-America Earthquake (MAE) Center at the University of Illinois announces the release of its report entitled ‘Impact of Earthquakes on the Central USA’.  The report is the one of the products of the largest earthquake consequence assessment project in United States history, the New Madrid Seismic Zone Catastrophic Planning Project. The report contains earthquake […]

The 2009-20013 Strategic Plan of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program is now available online at www.nehrp.gov.  The plan represents more than two years of work and effort NEHRP and the strategic planning committee.  Following the release of the draft Plan in April 2008, the NEHRP Secretariat opened a 30-day public comment period, during which […]

According to Ready.gov, September is National Preparedness Month in the United States.  Throughout the month, there are initiatives across the country that encourage citizens to be prepared for both earthquakes and other natural or manmade disasters.  Ready.gov is supported by the United States Department of Homeland Security and encourages citizens to 1) Get a Kit […]

We are pleased to announce the launch of the latest version of the CUSEC website.  Our new site has been redesigned from the ground up to better serve our visitors.  It has been organized in a way that will offer easy to find information on earthquakes in the central US, earthquake safety, current programs in […]