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Release of Earthquake Hazards Map of the Northeast
On April 30th, Uri ten Brink and Debbie Hutchinson participated in a gathering at Boston
College-Weston Observatory in Weston, MA, with Randy Updike (TCS) and Russ Wheeler
(Central Earthquake Hazards Team), Dave Russ (Eastern Regional Geologist), and
Jill McCarthy (deputy Program Coordinator for the Earthquake Program). They joined
members of the Northeast States Emergency Consortium (NESEC) to hold a formal press
release for the newly published map showing Earthquake Hazards for the Northeastern US.
John Ebel, Director of Weston Observatory, hosted the event. The map shows locations and
sizes of more than 1,000 earthquakes that were large enough to be felt by humans. It also
identifies the many earthquakes that were large enough to have caused damage, including
those that struck Boston, New York City, and other urban areas. The map carries a short,
non-technical text, summaries of the effects of the most notable earthquakes, and selected
newspaper headlines and damage photographs.
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June 2001
in this issue:
cover story:
Great Blue Hole of Belize
Channel Islands Cruise
Lake Mead Mapping
New Underwater Microscope System
Hurricane Display
Reston Open House
WHFC Outreach
Monterey Open House
School-to-Work Partnership
Acadiana Migratory Bird Day
SWICA-M³
Global Assessment of Geologically-Sourced Methane
Methane Hydrates
Metadata Workshop
Sue Hunt—Recycling
Coastal Stewardship
GIS 2001: Logan
GIS 2001: Massachusetts Bay
WHFC Visitors
Northeast Earthquake Hazards Map
June Publications List
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U. S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
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