National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program

• USGS Collaborates with FEMA on National Earthquake Loss Estimate
  Earthquakes are estimated to cost the nation $6.1 billion annually, HazusŪ Estimated Annualized Earthquake Losses for the United States (FEMA P-366).
• 2017 EERI Annual Meeting and NEHRP at 40
  Presentations from the 2017 EERI Annual Meeting are now available, NEHRP at 40 (PDF 5MB).
• July ACEHR Meeting
  On July 24-25, 2017, the Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction (ACEHR) will hold an open meeting. View the Meeting Materials.
• Implementation Guidelines for Executive Order 13717
  Guidelines to assist Federal agencies in implementing the Executive Order, NIST TN 1922 / ICSSC RP 9 (PDF 593KB).
• Actions Needed to Mitigate Risks to Federal Buildings
  To view the report, visit U.S. GAO - Earthquakes: Additional Actions Needed to Identify and Mitigate Risks to Federal Buildings and Implement an Early Warning System.
• Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2014
  The Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2014 (PDF 527KB) to Congress describes the activities and achievements of the NEHRP agencies during fiscal year 2014 and their progress toward reducing the impacts of future earthquakes.
• Ugo Morelli, in Memoriam
  On February 3, 2016, the NEHRP "family" lost one of its patriarchal members, Ugo Morelli, in Memoriam. Even following his retirement from FEMA, Ugo remained an active participant in NEHRP.
• Federal Earthquake Risk Management Standard
  To enhance the resilience of federal buildings to earthquakes, the President signed Executive Order 13717 (PDF 98KB).
• White House Earthquake Resilience Summit
  Public and private sectors are taking steps to improve earthquake warning and safety, Advancing Earthquake Resilience and Fact Sheet.
• ShakeAlert Video for ShakeOut
  In support of the 2015 ShakeOut, a 5-minute video was produced, ShakeAlert: Earthquake Early Warning System (also available in Spanish).
• ATC/USGS Seismic Hazard User-Needs Workshop
  On September 21-22, 2015, the Applied Technology Council (ATC) and USGS will convene the ATC/USGS Seismic Hazard User-Needs Workshop.
• K-12 Oregon Schools Get $300 Million Boost for Seismic Safety
  Legislative leaders have agreed to provide $300 million in bond funding to help local districts make seismic safety and other improvements to K-12 schools across Oregon. Visit the News Release (PDF 116KB).
• EERI Reconnaissance Team to Nepal May 31–June 7
  The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) will send a team to Nepal to study the April 25 earthquake, EERI Reconnaissance Team to Nepal.
• Register Now for the Great SouthEast ShakeOut
  Millions of people worldwide will practice how to Drop, Cover, and Hold On, Register Now!
• PEER Concrete Column Blind Prediction Contest
  The Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) published a new report, Concrete Column Blind Prediction Contest 2010: Outcomes and Observations.
• PEER Ground Motion Models
  The Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) published a new report, NGA-East: Median Ground-Motion Models for the Central and Eastern North America Region.
• FEMA-USGS Agreement on South Napa Earthquake
  USGS has been working to understand aspects of the South Napa earthquake that are of special interest to FEMA in guiding response and recovery efforts, Key Recovery Factors for the August 24, 2014, South Napa Earthquake.
• FEMA ROVER Version 2
  A Mobile Earthquake Safety Software. Visit the entire collection of Success Stories.
• WSSPC e-Newsletters
  Western States Seismic Policy Council (WSSPC) information on policy recommendations, recent earthquakes, new publications, and upcoming events, WSSPC E-Newsletters.
• CUSEC Newsletter
  The current and archived Central United States Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC) newsletters are now available for download, CUSEC Newsletter.

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