Each year in late January and in February, several CUSEC States participate in joint efforts to raise the level of earthquake awareness in the central United States.  Activities include things such as Press Conferences, Governor’s Proclamations, Town Hall Meetings, Exhibits, Earthquake related training, and much more.  In 2009, States holding Earthquake Awareness Activities include Arkansas, […]

There will be a special session at the April 2009 Seismological Society of America Meeting entitled  “M5.2 Mt. Carmel, Illinois, Earthquake, 18 April 2008”.  The 18 April 2008 M5.2 Mt. Carmel earthquake is the most densely recorded moderate-sized earthquake to date in the Eastern U.S. It is also the largest earthquake to strike the central […]

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 […]