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GEER Report Released for 2018 Anchorage Earthquake

January 21, 2019 rockman Geologic Hazards, News Comments Off on GEER Report Released for 2018 Anchorage Earthquake

The Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Association has released Version 1.0 of their report for the November 30, 2018, M7.0 Anchorage Earthquake. The GEER Phase I team collaborated closely with a number of other agencies […]

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50th Anniversary of San Fernando Earthquake

February 24, 2021 rockman Geologic Hazards Comments Off on 50th Anniversary of San Fernando Earthquake

I posted about the 10th anniversary of the Christchurch Earthquake, but there was another notable earthquake anniversary recently…the 50th anniversary of the 1971 San Fernando earthquake. Khaled Chowdhury from the US Army Corps of Engineers […]

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Geologic Hazard Photos

February 28, 2008 rockman Available Resources Comments Off on Geologic Hazard Photos

The National Geodetic Data Center (NGDC) of NOAA has an online collection of photos of various geologic hazards. Many of the photos are from older sets of 35mm slides that have been digitized. They are free to use provided you credit the photographer and the NGDC as the source. The would be really useful for educators and for powerpoint presentations. The only drawback is that they are in TIF format and some of them could use some retouching. (Photo by University of Colorado, made available by NOAA/NGDC)

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