• USGS Earthquake Hazards Program Web site
• National Earthquake Information Center
• National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP)

Hazard Maps

• National Seismic Hazard Maps - National maps of earthquake shaking hazards provide information essential to building codes used in the United States.
• US Earthquake Information by State

Preparedness

• USGS Earthquakes for Kids
• FEMA Earthquakes for Kids
• FEMA's HAZUS 99: Average Annual Earthquake Losses for the United States

• Institute for Business & Home Safety - Is your home protected from earthquakes

• Earthquake Safety Checklist (FEMA 526)

• Earthquake Home Hazard Hunt Poster (FEMA 528)

• Earthquake Safety Guide for Homeowners (FEMA 530)

KML Files from the USGS

Display real-time earthquakes in Google Earth. Google Earth is an interactive, 3D viewer that seamlessly zooms from a global scale down to less than a meter in many urban areas. To display earthquakes, download one of the KML files and open it in Google Earth.

• M 1+ earthquakes, past seven days (colored by age)

• M 1+ earthquakes, past seven days (colored by depth)

USGS Products

Earthquake Notification Service

 Latest Earthquake Data

Past 24 hours

• 2.5+ earthquakes RSS / CAP

Last 7 Days

• 2.5+ earthquakes RSS / CAP

• 5+ earthquakes RSS / CAP

Seismic Related Hazards

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