Earthquake Bulletins and Catalogs at the USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Figures

Figure 1. The number of earthquakes published by the NEIC from 1966 through 1999.

Figure 2. Analysts locating an earthquake ca. 1965, and in 2000. Note that the compass in the 2000 photo is the same as the one being used in 1965 and was an integral part of the NEIC Y2K Contingency Plan.

Figure 3. Logarithmic plot of the number of globally located earthquakes versus the magnitude for the year 1998.

Figure 4. Epicenters of the 21,688 earthquakes located by the NEIC in 1998.