http://gallery.usgs.gov/ en-us A list of the latest audio files and podcasts added to the U.S. Geological Survey's Multimedia Gallery (http://gallery.usgs.gov). http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/USGS.gif http://gallery.usgs.gov/ Host Leslie Gordon interviews three USGS earthquake scientists, David Oppenheimer, Carol Prentice, and Tom Holzer about the scientific advances made in the last 20 years since the Loma Prieta earthquake struck northern California. Oppenheimer, Holzer and Prentice discuss the work they did immediately after the quake in 1989, and how 20 years of scientific and technological advances have changed their work, and made the San Francisco Bay Area safer and better prepared for the next big earthquake.

]]> lgordon - at - usgs.gov (Leslie Gordon) http://gallery.usgs.gov/audios/311 http://gallery.usgs.gov/audios/311 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST geology earthquakes LomaPrieta hazards anniversary SanFrancisco shakemap monitoring safety