National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) USGS Role
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) USGS Role :
"USGS conducts and supports targeted geoscience research investigations on earthquake causes and effects, produces national and regional seismic hazard maps and assessments, monitors and rapidly reports on earthquakes and their shaking intensities in the U.S. and abroad, works to improve public understanding of earthquake hazards, and coordinates post-earthquake reconnaissance carried out and supported by NEHRP agencies and other organizations". (NEHRP, Strategic Plan for the NEHRP Fiscal Years 2008-2012, April 2008 Draft, p. 4i)
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