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_2011Mar18

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP), a program under which the federal government supports efforts to assess and monitor earthquake hazards and risk in the United States. This report also 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.