Earthquakes: Risk, Detection, Warning, and Research

Folger, Peter

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Emergency management;    Earthquakes;    Geophysical prediction;    Earthquake prediction;   

RP-ID  :  RL33861
RP-ID  :  RL33861_2010Jan22

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses earthquake hazards and risk in the United States, federal programs that support earthquake monitoring, the U.S. capability to detect earthquakes and issue notifications and warnings, and federally-supported research to improve the fundamental scientific understanding of earthquakes with a goal of reducing U.S. vulnerability.