Appendix D: Sources of Information and Websites
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami-hazard/Advanced National Seismic System Web site: www.anss.org/
Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, 910 S. Felton Street, Palmer, AK99645. 907-745-4212. Web site: http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov
A. M. Best, the standard insurance company rating system. Web site: www.ambest.com
American Red Cross, 2700 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90057, 213-739-5200; 550 Sutter St., San Francisco, CA 94109, 415-202-0780.
Association of Engineering Geologists Web site: www.aegweb.org
Build your own seismograph: cea-ftp.cea.berkeley.edu/~edsci/lessons/indiv/daris/hs/seismograph
California Department of Insurance Web site: www.insurance.ca.gov
California Geological Survey, P.O. Box 2980, Sacramento, CA 95812-2980; 107 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90012, 213-620-3560; 185 Ferry St., San Francisco, CA 94107-1725, 415-904-7707. 916-445-5716; www.consrv.ca.gov/cgs
California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, 11200 Lexington Drive, Bldg. 283, Los Alamitos, CA 90720-5002. 310-795-2900. Web site: www.caloes.ca.gov
California Seismic Safety Commission:www.seismic..ca.gov(inactive link as of 05/20/2021)
Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness. Web site: www.ccep.ca
Canadian RADARSAT. Ahmed.Mahmood@space.gc.ca; Web site for remote sensing: www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca
Cascade Volcano Observatory: volcanoes.usgs.gov/observatories/cvo
Cascadia Regional Earthquake Workgroup. Web site: www.crew.org
Community Internet Intensity Maps (Did You Feel It?): earthquake.usgs.gov/data/dyfi
Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering, 1301 S.46th St., Richmond, CA 94804. 510-231-9557. Web site: www.curee.org
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, 499 14th Street, Suite 320, Oakland, CA 94612-1934. 610-451-0905. Web site: http://www.eeri.org; e-mail: eeri@eeri.org
Earth Sciences Animated, Jenda Johnson, jendaj@comcast.net, 503-281-1814 (Portland, OR) (Videos include those in this book and those in IRIS powerpoint presentations on recent earthquakes, together with Bob Butler of University of Portland.
EarthScope education and outreach. Web site: http://dax.geo.arizona.edu/earthscope/eo/
Educational computer programs for seismology:http://www.geol.binghampton.edu/faculty/Jones(inactive link as of 05/25/2021)
Federal Emergency Management Agency, P.O. Box 70274, Washington, DC 20024; The Presidio, Bldg. 105, San Francisco, CA 94129, 415-923-7100; 245 South Los Robles, Pasadena, CA 91101, 818-451-3000. Web site: www.fema.gov; HAZUS Web site: www.hazus.org
Humboldt Earthquake Education Center, Department of Geology, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA 95521-8299. 707-826-3931. Web site: http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/~geodept/earthquakes/eqk_info.html
Incorporated Research Institutions in Seismology (IRIS), 1200 NW New York Avenue, Washington, DC 20005. Web site: www.iris.washington.edu. Monitor earthquakes around the world in near-real time, visit worldwide seismic stations. Earthquakes of M 6 or larger are linked to special information pages that explain the where, how, and why of each earthquake. Web site: www.iris.edu. Earthquake-related animations created by Jenda Johnson and Robert Butler and identified in this book are used courtesy of the IRIS Consortium.
Institute for Business and Home Safety. Web site: www.ibhs.org
Insurance Institute for Property Loss Reduction. E-mail: iiplr@aol.com
International Conference of Building Officials. Web site: www.icbo.org (latest information on building codes)
International Tsunami Information Center, Box 50027, Honolulu, HI 96850-4993. 808-541-1658.
Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, State University of New York at Buffalo, Red Jacket Quadrangle, Buffalo, NY 14261. 716-645-3391 Web site: http://mceer.buffalo.edu/outreach/
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Web site: observe.arc.nasa.gov
National Earthquake Information Center. Web site: http://neic.usgs.gov(inactive link as of 05/25/2021); e-mail: neic@usgs.gov
National Geophysical Data Center (NOAA), 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80303. 303-497-6215. Web site: www.ngdc.noaa.gov/ngdc.html
National Institute of Building Sciences, 1201 L Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20005-4024. 202-289-7800.
National Landslide Information Center. E-mail: nlic@usgs.gov
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program. Web site: http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami-hazard/(inactive link as of 05/25/2021)
National Science Foundation. Web site: www.nsf.gov
Nature of the Northwest Information Center, 800 NE Oregon Street #5, Suite 177, Portland, OR 97232. 503-872-2750.
Northern California Earthquake Data Center. Web site: quake.geo.berkeley.edu(inactive link as of 05/25/2021)
Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, 800 NE Oregon St. #28, Suite 965, Portland, OR 97232. 503-872-2750. Web site: www.oregongeology.com
Oregon Emergency Management. Web site: www.usp.state.or.us/oem/index.htm
Oregon Natural Hazards Workgroup. E-mail: onhw@uoregon.edu; Web site:http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~onhw(inactive link as of 05/25/2021)
Pacific Disaster Center (tsunami warnings). Web site: www.pdc.org
Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California, 1301 S. 46th Street, Richmond, CA 94804-4698. 510-231-9554. Web site: http://peer.berkeley.edu; e-mail: eerclib@nisee.ca.berkeley.edu
Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network. Web site: www.geophys.washington.edu; click on Pacific NW Earthquakes
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, 91-270 Fort Weaver Road, Ewa Beach, HI 96706-2928. 808-689-8207. Web site: www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc(inactive link as of 05/25/2021)
Seattle Division of Emergency Management. Web site: www.cityofseattle.net
Seattle Area Home Retrofits: Roger Faris, email: roger@phinney/center.org
Seismic Safety Commission, 1755 Creekside Oaks Drive, Suite 100, Sacramento, CA 95833. 916-263-5506. Web site: a href=”link” class=”badlink”>www.seismic.ca.gov(inactive link as of 05/25/2021)
Seismological Society of America, Suite 201, Plaza Professional Building, El Cerrito, CA 94530-4003. Web site: www.seismosoc.org
Seismosurfing. Web site: www.geophys.washington.edu/seismosurfing.html
ShakeMap (available 10 minutes after earthquake). Web site: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/shakemap/
Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC), University of Southern California, University Park, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0742. Web site: www.scec.org; Earthquake data center: www.data.scec.org(inactive link as of 05/25/2021). Information on recent earthquakes in California, with maps:www.scecdc.scec.org/recenteqs (inactive link as of 05/25/2021) and www.scecdc.scec.org/earthquakes/current.txt(inactive link as of 05/25/2021)(text). Weekly coverage of earthquake news at http://www.scec.org/instanet. Mark Benthien of SCEC organized the Great California ShakeOut as a public exercise in responding to a magnitude 7.8 earthquake on a part of the San Andreas fault that has not had an earthquake in more than 300 years. This exercise has been adopted around the world, including the Pacific Northwest.
Southern California Integrated GPS Network (SCIGN). Web site designed as a learning module: http://scign.jpl.nasa.gov/learn/
United Policyholders, 110 Pacific Ave. #262, San Francisco, CA 94111. Web site: www.unitedpolicyholders.org. e-mail info@unitedpolicyholders.org.
U.S. Geological Survey, Earth Science Information Center, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025. 415-329-4390. Web site: www.usgs.gov; earthquake information Web site (Menlo Park, CA): earthquakes.usgs.gov includes an earthquake education Web site entitled “Earthquakes for Kids & Grownups,” earthquakes.usgs.gov/4kids/Questions addressed to walrus.wr.usgs.gov/docs/ask-a-ge will be answered by a geologist.
Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources. Weeb site: www.dnr.wa.gov
Washington Emergency Management Division. Web site: www.wa.gov/wsem
Western States Seismic Policy Council, 121 Second Street, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. Web site: www.wsspc.org For online discussion group e-mail: wsspc@wsspc.org; Web site: www.wsspc.org
