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Subject: RE: POINT, CLICK, AND BECOME A SEISMOSITTER
From: Oguzhan Aydogmus-HRB oaydogmus@................
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 18:10:55 +0200


Hello Linda I want to know you. I'm from Izmit, Turkey. I live a big
earthquake in Izmit. It is very horrible and mystery
I am waiting your reply
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> Larry Cochrane wrote:
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> > >From the sci.geo.earthquake newsgroup, Larry
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> > News Release
> > U.S. Geological Survey
> > November 29, 1999
> > Contact: Pat Jorgenson, pjorgenson@........
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> > News Release
> > U.S. Geological Survey
> > November 29, 1999
> > Contact: Pat Jorgenson, pjorgenson@........
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> > POINT, CLICK, AND BECOME A SEISMOSITTER
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> > In an effort to learn more about which parts of San Francisco and
> Oakland
> > are likely to receive the most damage in the next big earthquake,
> Dr. Alan
> > Lindh and his colleagues at the U.S. Geological Survey are looking
> for a
> > few good backyards. Seventy of them, to be exact. And when they =
find
> them,
> > via the Internet, Lindh and his assistants will install in each of
> those
> > backyards a portable instrument that will record all earth =
movements
> at the
> > site for the next six months.
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> > Residents and commercial establishments who would like to become
> partners
> > with the USGS in the earthquake-monitoring project can learn more
> about it
> > and volunteer their property by going to .
> They
> > should log on as soon as possible, as Lindh and his team would like
> to get
> > the seismometer network installed before the end of 1999.
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> > The Web site includes information about the current study as well =
as
> the
> > USGS' previous research on earthquake activity in the San Jose =
area.
> > Residents who are willing to have a seismometer placed on their
> property
> > can complete and submit a volunteer form, via the Web, and Web site
> > visitors can view maps that highlight information about the study,
> and can
> > go to related earthquake sites to obtain more information about
> earthquakes
> > and what they can do to prepare for them. The USGS plans to collect
> all the
> > data it needs by September 2000. Lindh and others will spend the
> subsequent
> > year analyzing the data, and will publish the results on the Web by
> > September 2001.
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> > Installing a seismometer in a backyard will involve digging a small
> hole
> > and inserting the instrument. Ideally, the backyard would be fenced
> to
> > discourage "tinkering" by unauthorized persons, but would not be
> guarded by
> > an unfriendly dog, as USGS technicians will need to visit the site
> about
> > once a week to retrieve the data. The use of a nearby electrical
> outlet
> > will be necessary.
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> > The San Francisco/Oakland monitoring project is patterned after the
> > backyard seismometer network established by Lindh in San Jose in
> 1998.
> > During that project, 40 seismometers were placed in backyards in =
San
> Jose
> > and adjacent areas for three months. Data gleaned from the new
> project will
> > be used for several scientific purposes, including building a =
better
> > computer model of the Bay Area for modeling strong ground motion =
and
> > estimating the site-amplification effects.
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> > "The main thrust of this is to get a better handle on the structure
> of the
> > rocks below the city," Lindh said. "By putting seismometers on
> basically
> > every unit, we'll be able to build a three-dimensional model of =
what
> the
> > earth looks like underneath San Francisco and Oakland, and that =
will
> help
> > computer modelers build better models of the shaking that will =
occur
> during
> > a major earthquake."
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> > The results of the study will be used to predict which parts of the
> cities,
> > based on the makeup of the earth beneath them, are likely to =
receive
> the
> > most damage during the next sizeable earthquake, which has a
> two-thirds
> > chance of happening within the next 30 years, according to Lindh.
> > "Homeowners will be able to use the information to renovate their
> homes,
> > and planning officials will be able to construct buildings, =
bridges,
> and
> > transportation and utility infrastructures that are more resistant
> to
> > earthquakes. Over the long-run, it will influence the way buildings
> are
> > constructed," Lindh said. "It may take five to 10 years, but
> eventually it
> > will end up as part of the building codes and the planning
> regulations."
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> > For the Internet and computer support of the project, the USGS has
> > established a partnership with Microsoft and Carta Inc. Microsoft
> has
> > agreed to donate software, while its Web development partner, Carta
> Inc.,
> > has agreed to build and maintain the site.
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> > As the nation's largest water, earth and biological science and
> civilian
> > mapping agency, the USGS works in cooperation with more than 2000
> > organizations across the country to provide reliable, impartial,
> scientific
> > information to resource managers, planners, and other customers.
> This
> > information is gathered in every state  by USGS scientists to
> minimize the
> > loss of life and property from natural disasters, to contribute to
> the
> > conservation and the sound economic and physical development of the
> > nation's natural resources, and to enhance the quality of life by
> > monitoring water, biological, energy, and mineral resources.
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> >                 ***USGS***
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> be
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> We will be relocating to Eureka springs Arkansas in about 5 months to
> our new home. I hope to be watching the New Madrid Fault....Is there =
a
> similar program for that area or not?
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>                                             Bill kovach
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