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Volcano Watch: Volcano monitoring in lower Puna: Recent vandalism and a way to help

While the seismic network in lower Puna has been modestly improved through new NetQuakes instrumentation, our deformation monitoring efforts have suffered serious blows recently due to theft and vandalism at key sites.

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USGS NetQuakes program seeking volunteers

USGS NetQuakes program seeking volunteers

From the U.S. Geological Survey: The USGS is trying to achieve a denser and more uniform spacing of seismographs in select urban areas to provide better measurements of ground motion during earthquakes. These measurements improve our ability to make rapid post-earthquake assessments of expected damage and contribute to the continuing development of engineering standards for […]

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Volcano Watch: NetQuakes offers community partnering

Volcano Watch: NetQuakes offers community partnering

(Volcano Watch is a weekly article written by scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.) Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 7:37 a.m., Hawaii Standard Time: “Uh. Oh, oh. Did you feel that? It felt like an earthquake.” By now, many people are familiar with U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) earthquake reporting utilities. First, there’s the […]

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