Abstract
The Center for Earthquake Research and Information (CERI) has been conducting earthquake research in the central U.S. since 1978. In addition, it has been actively involved in educating the public about earthquake risk for nine years. Through a three-year grant funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), an earthquake education program was developed and successfully implemented from August 1983 to August 1986. Since 1986, CERI has continued to administer the earthquake education program through internal funding—becoming an important source of scientific information about earthquakes and earthquake preparedness in the New Madrid seismic zone. In this aspect, CERI is a unique institution, combining both an active seismologicall earthquake engineering research component and public education/information component in one facility.
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