Media Contacts

For information following a significant earthquake:

• Get information about an earthquake that just happened
• Get notification for earthquakes that occur
• General earthquake information
• Media Interviews & regional contacts
• Earthquake engineering
• Emergency management organizations
• Specific seismic hazards
• Video Footage

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Get information about an earthquake that just happened

• Earthquake Hazards Program
• Real-time U.S. Earthquake Maps
• Real-time World-wide Earthquake Maps

• Media Hotline: 303-273-8500

Get notification for earthquakes that occur

• Earthquake Notification Service

General earthquake information

• FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
• Hazards & Preparedness
• US Fault Maps & Information
• National Earthquake Hazards Maps
• Earthquakes - online publication
• The San Andreas Fault - online publication
• This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics - online publication
• Earthquake-related Fact Sheets
• Information by Topic
• Information by Region

Media Interviews & Regional Contacts

• USGS Communications Offices - Headquarters (Reston, VA), Eastern, Central, Western


• National & International Earthquakes - NEIC
  1711 Illinois St., Golden, CO 80401, 303-525-7848 or 303-273-8500


• Hawaii - USGS Hawaii Volcano Observatory
  P.O. Box 51, Hawaii National Park, HI 96718-0051, 808-967-8801


• Alaska - Alaska Earthquake Information Center (AEIC)
  Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, 903 Koyukuk Dr., Fairbanks, AK 99775-7320, 907-474-7320


• Pacific Northwest - USGS/University of Washington Geophysics Dept.
  University of Washington, Dept. of Earth & Space Sciences, P.O. Box 351310, Seattle, WA 98195-1310, 206-685-2255


• California - California Geological Survey (CGS)
  801 K Street MS-12-3, Sacramento, CA 95814-3531, 916-445-1825


• Northern California - USGS Menlo Park
  345 Middlefield Rd. MS-977, Menlo Park, CA 94025 , 800-329-4085 or 650-329-4668


• Southern California - USGS Pasadena
  525 S. Wilson Ave., Pasadena, CA 91106, 626-583-7811


• Southern California - Caltech Media Relations
  315 Hill St., Pasadena, CA 91125, 626-395-3227


• Nevada-University of Reno Seismic Lab
  Seismological Laboratory/174, Mackay School of Mines, Reno, NV 89557, 775-784-4975


• Intermountain West - University of Utah Seismograph Stations
  135 South 1460 East, Room 705 WBB, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0111, 801-581-6274


• Montana - Bureau of Mines and Geology
  Earthquake Studies Office, 1300 West Park St., Butte, MT 59701, 406-496-4332


• Mid-America - USGS/Center for Earthquake Research & Information (CERI)
  University of Memphis-CERI, 3890 Central Ave., TN 38152, 901-678-5264 or 901-678-2007


• Northeastern US - Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
  P.O. Box 1000, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, 845-365-8387


• Northeastern US - Weston Observatory
  Boston College Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, 381 Concord Rd., Weston, MA 02493, 617-552-8300


• Puerto Rico & US Territories - Puerto Rico Seismic Network (PRSN)
  University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, P.O. Box 9017, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico 00681-9017, 787-833-8433

Earthquake engineering

• Caltech Civil Engineering-Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory
  Caltech Media Relations - 626-395-3227


• Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering (CUREE)


• Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
  499 14th St., Suite 320, Oakland, CA, 510-451-0905


• Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER)


• Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center


• Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC)

Emergency management organizations

• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
  500 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20472


• State of California Emergency Services (OES)
  Southern California Information & Public Affairs - 562-795-2941
  California Statewide Information & Public Affairs - 916-262-1843


• US Agency for International Development (USAID)


• International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies


• ReliefWeb


• GlobalCorps Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA)

Specific seismic hazards

Tsunamis

• West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
  910 S. Felton St., Palmer, AK 99645, 907-745-4212


• Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
  737 Bishop St., No.2200, Honolulu, HI 96813, 808-689-8207 ext.301

Landslides

• USGS Landslide Hazards Program
  1711 Illinois St., Golden, CO 80401, 800-654-4966


• California Geological Survey

Video Footage

Please go the the USGS Office of Communications "Videos for the Media" webpage.