[YAPA] Fwd: NOW ON THE WEB! USGS 3-D Animations of Dramatic Ground Shaking

[Richard Zitto]

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>This release can be found in the USGS Newsroom at: 
http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2069 
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>News Release
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>November 12, 2008	
>Stephanie Hanna	 206-818-7411	shanna at usgs.gov
>Clarice Ransom	 202-821-2700	cransom at usgs.gov
>Media Advisory: NOW ON THE WEB! USGS 3-D Animations of Dramatic Ground  
>Shaking
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>New 3-D animations of the magnitude 7.8 earthquake scenario are now  
>available to the public at 
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/simulations/shakeout/ 
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>Fourteen animations can be downloaded from the site in high definition  
>format. The 3-D animations show, from the perspective of a several  
>different Southern California locations, how intensely the ground  
>would shake and shift during a very strong 7.8 earthquake with an  
>epicenter on the southern end of the San Andreas Fault.
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>The science-based earthquake scenario, developed by USGS scientists  
>and partners, is used for both the Great Southern California ShakeOut  
>drill on November 13 and the statewide Golden Guardian 2008 emergency  
>response exercise from November 13 - 18.
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>The animations were first released today to the media at a news  
>conference at the Los Angeles Omni Hotel in conjunction with the  
>International Earthquake Conference.
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>The ShakeOut earthquake scenario animations provide a graphic tool for  
>first responders, engineers, decision makers, Southern California  
>residents and other members of the public to understand, visualize and  
>prepare for the devastating effects, even far from the epicenter, of a  
>large, damaging earthquake. The San Andreas Fault has produced  
>earthquakes of this magnitude in the past and could again in the future.
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>The USGS is also making available new broadcast-quality background  
>interviews and footage of the San Andreas Fault-crossing Cajon Pass, a  
>narrow corridor through the San Gabriel Mountains known as an  
>important "lifeline corridor" where roads, railroads, water and energy  
>pipelines, and electrical and communications infrastructure provide  
>service to millions of residences, businesses, commuters and  
>communities in Southern California. In the ShakeOut earthquake  
>scenario, this narrow corridor would be greatly affected, as the 3-D  
>animations also show.
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>"The Great Southern California ShakeOut: An Earthquake Scenario Based  
>On Science," is a USGS video production that shows how science is used  
>by government agencies, emergency responders, policymakers, and the  
>public to help build safer communities. It includes interviews with  
>the USGS, the Office of Homeland Security, the City of Los Angeles,  
>the County of Riverside, the California Governor's Office, the East  
>Valley Water District, the Art Center College of Design, the County of  
>San Bernardino, and a professor emeritus from Colorado State University.
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>You can view this video in episode 75 of CoreCast at 
www.usgs.gov/corecast 
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>More information about the Great Southern California ShakeOut can be  
>found at http://www.shakeout.org/.
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>Information about the scientific conference can be found at 
http://iec.lacity.org/ 
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>Information about the Golden Guardian 2008 emergency response exercise  
>can be found at http://www.ohs.ca.gov/hseep/golden_guardian.
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>Media materials prepared by the USGS for the Great Southern California  
>ShakeOut can be found at http://www.usgs.gov/shakeout.
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>USGS provides science for a changing world. For more information,  
>visit www.usgs.gov.
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>Subscribe to USGS News Releases via our electronic mailing list or RSS  
>feed.
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>Links and contacts within this release are valid at the time of  
>publication.
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R J Zitto  Physics Instructor
Youngstown State University
Physics & Astronomy Dept
Youngstown, OH 44555
Office 330 941 7110  fax  330 941 3121
cell 330 550 3652
rjzitto at ysu.edu
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