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Welcome to the WSSPC website!
WSSPC's mission is to develop seismic policies and share information to promote programs intended to reduce earthquake-related losses.
HEADLINES...
National Earthquake Conference Registration Now Open!!
National Earthquake Conference
April 10-14, 2012
Peabody Hotel
Memphis, Tennessee

Fall 2011 eNewsletter
The Fall 2011 edition of the WSSPC's eNewsletter is available here.
WSSPC Releases Tsunami Report
WSSPC has released WSSPC Report 2011-01: "Tsunami Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness: A Perspective from State and Territory Tsunami Programs in the High Tsunami Risk Pacific Region". The report, prepared by WSSPC members from Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington and the Pacific territories of Guam, American Samoa, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, documents the importance and effectiveness of the state and territorial tsunami programs to prepare local communities at high risk for future damaging tsunamis. The report is available here. The press release is available here.
WSSPC Members Approve 2011 Policy Recommendations
All 2011 adopted Policy Recommendations are available here.
2011 Awards in Excellence Winners Announced
Dr. Jim Goltz of the California Emergency Management Agency has been awarded the 2011 WSSPC Leadership Award for inspirational leadership in tsunami hazard mitigation, public awareness, and emergency preparedness for the state of California.
This year's Overall Award in Excellence was awarded to the Washington Military Department, Emergency Management Division for Outreach to General Public for their Tsunami Public Education Instructor: Train the Trainer (T3) Program.
The full list of 2011 Awards in Excellence winners and information on the winning programs can be found here.
2011 NEPM Meeting Presentations and Final Agenda
The April 5-7, 2011 National Earthquake Program Managers Meeting Presentations and Final Agenda are now available here.
2010 Policy Recommendation Survey Results
The 2010 WSSPC Policy Recommendation Implementation Survey results are available here.
Earthquake Early Warning Presentations Posted
Presentations from the July 10, 2010 WSSPC Special Session on Earthquake Early Warning are available here.
DATES & DEADLINES...
January 23, 2012
2012 NEC Poster Session Abstracts Due to the Organizing Committee. More information is available here.
March 25-30, 2012
National Emergency Management Association 2012 Mid-Year Policy & Leadership Forum, Hilton Alexandria Mark Center, Alexandria, VA
March 30, 2012
Comments on WSSPC Draft 2012 Policy Recommendations Due to WSSPC Office
April 10, 2012
8:00am-3:00pm - National Earthquake Program Managers Meeting, Peabody Hotel, Memphis Tennessee
3:30pm-4:00pm - WSSPC Board Meeting, Peabody Hotel, Memphis Tennessee
4:15pm-5:30pm - WSSPC Annual Business Meeting, Peabody Hotel, Memphis Tennessee
April 10-13, 2012
National Earthquake Conference, Peabody Hotel, Memphis Tennessee
April 11, 2012
6:00pm-9:00pm - Seismic Councils and Commissions Meeting, Peabody Hotel, Memphis Tennessee
October 5-10, 2012
National Emergency Management Association 2012 Emergency Management Policy & Leadership Forum
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Tohoku, Japan Tsunami Travel Times - NOAA Image
EARTHQUAKE
NEWS
June 13, 2011 M6.0 Christchurch, New Zealand Earthquake
May 11, 2011 M5.1 Spain Earthquake
March 11, 2011 M9.0 Japan Earthuake USGS Educational Slides
March 11, 2011 M9.0 Japan Earthquake
New Zealand Earthquakes September 2010 and February 2011
Oct. 26, 2010 Indonesian Tsunami
M7.7 Kepulauan Mentawai Region, Indonesia Earthquake Oct. 25, 2010
M5.4 Southern California Earthquake July 7, 2010
M7.2 Baja California
Earthquake April 4, 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) |