USGS Multimedia Gallery for Audio Tag: seismology

A Year After the 2011 Virginia Earthquake: What More Do We Know?

mgade - at - usgs.gov (Melanie Gade) — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EDT

A year after the August 23, 2011 Virginia earthquake, USGS geologist Dr. Mike Blanpied discusses USGS efforts currently underway to learn more about the cause of the event. Dr. Blanpied discusses how scientists are using the August 23 earthquake to inform estimates of the region's seismic hazard.

A Year After the 2011 Virginia Earthquake: Will Shaking Continue?

mgade - at - usgs.gov (Melanie Gade) — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EDT

A year after the August 23, 2011 Virginia earthquake, USGS geologist Dr. Mike Blanpied discusses whether a similar event could occur again in the region in the near future, and in an earthquake, what you can do to stay stay safe.

Help in Haiti - The Role of Science

mlubeck - at - usgs.gov (Marisa Lubeck) — Wed, 3 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT

In response to the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that tragically struck Haiti on January 12, 2010, the U.S. Geological Survey has coordinated a series of trips to the country to characterize the damage and install seismic instruments for earthquake monitoring. USGS seismologist Walter Mooney, who returned from the first of the series of trips in early February, discusses the USGS role in the aftermath of the Haitian quake.

Shaking and Tweeting: The USGS Twitter Earthquake Detection Program

Marisa Lubeck — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EDT

The USGS is investigating the use of Twitter, a popular micro-blogging tool, to collect and analyze citizen accounts of earthquakes around the world. USGS scientists Paul Earle and Michelle Guy discuss this Twitter Earthquake Detection (TED) project.