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Welcome from the Director
Welcome to our newly redesigned website.  Our new site covers everything from basic earthquake safety and mitigation issues, to a calendar of events and the science behind this region's seismicity.  We want to have a site that is informative and easy to navigate and welcome any comments that you might have.  We are always looking for ways to improve our site and we welcome your feedback.  Thanks for visiting...

Jim Wilkinson
CUSEC Executive Director

 
New Madrid Catastrophic Planning Initiative Print E-mail

Launched in 2006, the mission of the New Madrid Seismic Zone Catastrophic Planning Project is to increase national readiness for a catastrophic earthquake in the New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ).  This multi-year, multi-agency initiative is the largest planning effort ever undertaken in United States History.  Specifically, national readiness will be increased by developing a series of annexes or supplements to existing base plans for response and recovery to a series of major earthquakes in the NMSZ and integrating them into a single document with federal, regional, tribal, state, and local components. Additionally, the mission is to identify any issues that can not be resolved based on current capabilities and to propose recommended courses of action for decision makers involved in this project.  The project is expected to culminate in 2011 with a series of major command exercises, coinciding with the 200th Anniversary of the 1811-1812 earthquakes.

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South Carolina Earthquake Guide Available
September 2008 - The South Carolina Emergency Management Division has released an eight page earthquake guide entitled "South Carolina Earthquake Guide" recently.  The guide has information on earthquakes in South Carolina, historical earthquake information, and emergency preparedness information for pet owners, among other topics.  Click here to download a copy of the guide (approx. 2MB file size).


CUSEC Launches new Website
September 2008 - 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 the central U.S., CUSEC publications, and more.  New Features include -

    - Fully Searchable Site

    - Updated Publications Library

    - Easy to Navigate Menu System

    - CSS Styling for better compliance across browsers

    - Updated information & safety tips

    - and Much, Much, More...

Please take a moment to look around the website and we welcome any feedback you may have. 


Last Updated ( Friday, 03 October 2008 20:49 )
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