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• Wheeler, R. L.
  Earthquakes in and near the Northeastern United States, 1638-1998-Construction of the Earthquake Catalog for an Outreach Map.
  January 2000, 12 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-00-0316
  Keywords: ; Catalogs; Mapping; Canada; Earthquake warning systems; United States; Data compilation; Hazards; Seismic surveys; Predictionsns; Maps; Earthquakes

• Rogers, A. M.; Walsh, T. J.; Kockelman, W. J.; Priest, G. R.
  Assessing Earthquake Hazards and Reducing Risk in the Pacific Northwest. Volume 2.
  January 1998, 244 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS-PP-1560
  Keywords: ; Risk assessment; Geologic faults; Emergency preparedness; Tectonics; Pacific northwest region (United States); Landslides; Seismology; Disasters; Ground motion; Hazards; Risk reduction; Seismic effects; Earthquakes

• Implications for Earthquake Risk Reduction in the United States from the Kocaeli, Turkey, Earthquake of August 17, 1999.
  January 2002, 65 p.
  Identifying Number(s): CIRC-1193
  Keywords: Aftershock observations; Ground shaking; Trans European Motorway (TEM); Data acquisition; Buildings; United States; Hazards; Liquefaction; Kocaeli (Turkey); Earth dams; Surface faulting; Data analysis; History; Geologic setting; Risk assessments; Forecasts; Earthquakes

• Liepold, M.
  Earthquakes: A Teacher's Package for K-6 (Revised Edition).
  July 2002, 330 p.
  Identifying Number(s): FEMA-159
  Keywords: ; Education; Geology; Emergency planning; Preparedness; Children; Disasters; Buildings; Schools; Hazards; Meetings; Safety; Teachers; Curriculum; Earthquakes

• Bernknopf, R. L.; Brookshire, D. S.; Ganderton, P. T.
  Role of Geoscience Information in Reducing Catastrophic Loss Using a Web-Based Economics Experiment.
  January 2003, 38 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS/PP-1683
  Keywords: ; Benefits; Castrophes; Tornadoes; Floods; Public safety; Economic theory; Costs; Hazards; Assessments; Natural disasters; Insurance; Fires; Information systems; Losses; Geophysics; Geology; Risk management; Data analysis; Maps; Earthquakes

• Risk Management Series: Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation of Hospital Buildings. Providing Protection to People and Buildings.
  December 2003, 91 p.
  Identifying Number(s): FEMA-396
  Keywords: ; Structural collapse; Wounds and injuries; Catastrophic conditions; Risk management; Death; Buildings; Impact damage; Hazards; Safety; Hospitals; Rehabilitation; Seismic effects; Earthquakes

• Darienzo, M.
  Tsunami Sign Placement Guidelines.
  January 2003, 16 p.
  Identifying Number(s): OFR-03-06
  Keywords: Tsunami evacuation sites; Entering/leaving tsunami hazard zones; Evacuation; Tsunami evacuation routes; Emergency planning; California; Oregon; Alaska; Sign location; Hazards; Washington (State); Pacific states; Tsumanis; Guidelines; Consistency; Tsunami hazard zones; Hawaii; Signs

• Walker, D. A.
  Tsunami Facts.
  Geological Survey, Honolulu, HI., January 1994, 96 p.
  Identifying Number(s): SOEST-TR-94-03
  Keywords: Education; Sea floor spreading; Tectonics; Seismic waves; Tidal waves; Knowledge; Sea floors; Hazards; Ocean waves; Tsunamis; Warning systems; Civil Defense Warning System; Earthquakes

• Crawford, G.; Mofjeld, H.; Weaver, C.
  Puget Sound Tsunami/Landslide Workshop. Summary.
  Geological Survey, Seattle, WA. Water Resources Div., January 2001, 36 p.
  Keywords: Puget Sound region; Partnerships; Emergency preparedness; State planning; Landslides; Ports; Hazards; Meetings; Local planning; Tsunamis; Disaster planning; Topography; Bathymetry; Earthquakes

• Crone, A. J.; Wheeler, R. L.
  Data for Quaternary Faults, Liquefaction Features, and Possible Tectonic Features in the Central and Eastern United States, East of the Rocky Mountain Front.
  January 2000, 342 p.
  Identifying Number(s): USGS-OFR-00-260
  Keywords: Geologic folds; Geology; Data bases; Rocky Mountain Front; Geologic structures; Seismology; Hazards; Liquefaction; Information dissemination; NEHRP (National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program); Earthquakes; Geological faults