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Welcome to the WSSPC website!

We have re-designed our website to make navigation easier and more accessible, and added additional content.  We hope you enjoy our new website and we welcome your feedback.

WSSPC's mission is to develop seismic policies and share information to promote programs intended to reduce earthquake-related losses.


HEADLINES...

 

WSSPC EEW Session Presentations Posted

Presentations from the July 10, 2010 WSSPC Special Session on Earthquake Early Warning have been posted and are linked below. Please note, these are very large files.

 

Introduction by Dr. James Goltz and Presentation by Dr. David Applegate

 

Presentation by Dr. Dennis Mileti

 

Presentation by David Zocchetti, J.D.

 

Presentation by Dr. Yukio Fujinawa

 

Closing Remarks

 

 

Call for Nominations for 2011 Awards in Excellence

Nominations for the 2011 WSSPC Awards in Excellence will be accepted at the WSSPC office until October 15, 2010. Nomination forms are available here.

 

2011 Draft Policy Recommendations

Draft Policy Recommendations to be considered for adoption in 2011 are available for review. All comments and proposed revisions should be returned to the WSSPC office by October 15, 2010.

 

WSSPC Members Approve 2010 Policy Recommendations

Nine policy recommendations were approved by the WSSPC members at the Annual Business Meeting July 9, 2010.

 

Summer Newsletter

The Summer Newsletter is available here.

 

WSSPC Annual Meeting and Awards in Excellence Banquet

The WSSPC Awards in Excellence Banquet, WSSPC Board, Committee, and Annual Business Meetings were held Friday July 9, 2010 at the Omni Interlocken Resort in Broomfield, Colorado. The Seismic Councils and Commissions met Saturday July 10. Results of the meetings will be posted here as they become available.

 

The Earthquake Early Warning presentations will also be posted here.

 

Annual Business Meeting minutes from the 2009 meeting were approved by the members at the July 9, 2010 Colorado meeting.

 

More information on the annual meeting events, including hotel and ground transportation, is available here.

 

 

2009 Policy Recommendation Survey Results

In 2009 the WSSPC Office surveyed WSSPC members to find out how our policy reccomendations are being used and implemented. The completed surveys have been compiled and posted at the webpage linked above for review.

 

2010 Awards in Excellence

The 2010 Awards in Excellence winners have been announced! This year's winner information and the press release can be found at the 2010 Awards Winners webpage linked above. Awards were presented at the Awards in Excellence Banquet in Broomfield, Colorado on July 9, 2010.

 

2010-2012 Strategic Plan

WSSPC's 2010-2012 Strategic Plan was approved by the WSSPC Board at the November 2009 Board Meeting and revised at the May 12, 2010 Board meeting. The Plan can be viewed at the webpage linked above.

 

2009 NEPM Meeting Draft Minutes

The 2009 National Earthquake Program Managers Meeting (NEPM) was held November 5-6, 2009 at the Hotel Marlowe in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

 


DEADLINES... 

 

October 15, 2010. 2011 Awards in Excellence Nominations due in WSSPC office.

 

October 15, 2010. State Agency Reports due in WSSPC office.

 

October 15, 2010. Proposed comments and revisions to 2011 Policy Recommendations due in the WSSPC office.

 

 

American Samoa Tsunami Time Map

Samoa Tsunami Travel Times

NOAA Image

 

EARTHQUAKE

NEWS

 

M6.6 Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska July 17, 2010

 

M5.4 Southern California Earthquake July 7, 2010

 

M7.2 Baja California

Earthquake April 4, 2010

 

M4.4 Southern California Earthquake March 16, 2010

 

M8.8 Offshore Maule, Chile Earthquake Feb. 27, 2010

 

M7.0 Haiti Region Earthquake

Jan. 12, 2010

 

M6.5 Northern California Earthquake Jan. 9, 2010 

 

M8.0 Samoa Earthquake Sept. 29, 2009

 

Tsunami History (from 2008 Hazard Mitigation Plan)



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