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Secretary Kempthorne and Mark Myers Share Thoughts on ShakeOut
Host: Brian Campbell
Tagged: hazards earthquakes shakeout (Back to Main Page)

Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne and USGS Director Mark Myers reflect on the successes of The Great Southern California ShakeOut—the largest earthquake preparedness drill in U.S. history.

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How Science Helps Communities Survive Earthquakes
Host: CoreCast Team
Tagged: California earthquakes hazards shakeout video (Back to Main Page)

Earthquakes can be far more than just geological phenomena—they can greatly alter the way we live.

In this video, "The Great Southern California ShakeOut: An Earthquake Scenario Based On Science," USGS scientists and their partners talk about the ways science is used to help build safer communities in Southern California.

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What Would a Large Earthquake Do to Downtown L.A.?
Host: Clarice Nassif Ransom
Tagged: California shakeout seismic earthquakes hazards video (Back to Main Page)

USGS scientist Ken Hudnut fills us in on how science created the theoretical magnitude 7.8 earthquake behind the Great Southern California ShakeOut—the largest earthquake preparedness drill in U.S. history, coming Nov. 13—and what such an earthquake would do to downtown Los Angeles.

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Earthquakes? Don't Freak Out—ShakeOut!
Host: David Hebert
Tagged: shakeout earthquakes hazards video modeling California (Back to Main Page)

What if you knew that a magnitude 7.8 earthquake would happen in less than three weeks?

In this video interview, USGS earthquake scientist Dr. Lucy Jones explains that millions of Southern Californians will be preparing as if they do know, thanks to the Great Southern California ShakeOut.

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Magnitude-5.4 Earthquake in Greater Los Angeles
Host: David Hebert
Tagged: earthquakes hazards shakeout (Back to Main Page)

There was a magnitude-5.4 earthquake about 30 miles east of downtown Los Angeles today.

Mike Blanpied, Associate Coordinator of the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, fills us in on what happened and tells us how people can report their earthquake experience and prepare for future earthquakes.

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