The global and regional maps found at the Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program show the chances of seismic activity over the globe for the next 50 years. The maps, recently made available on the Internet through the Swiss Seismological Service, were created through the collaboration of hundreds of researchers worldwide. Available here are global and continental maps (Americas, Europe/ Africa/...

As part of the US Geological Survey, the Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory is responsible for installing and maintaining a global network of seismograph stations and collecting and distributing the data produced by these stations. The Live Internet Seismic Server (LISS) Web site provides this data free to the public from over fifty stations around the globe and is updated every 30 minutes. The...

Two new publications from the US Geological Survey (USGS) were posted this month. From the USGS, new probablistic seismic hazard maps for Hawaii are now accessible online. The eight different digital geospatial data sets can be downloaded as ARC/Info, STDS and Metadata files and the maps are in .pdf format.