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USGS February Evening Public Lecture in Menlo Park
These non-technical lectures are free and are intended for a general audience that may not be familiar with USGS science

The Gold Rush and the 1906 Earthquake:
How they combined to create the breakthrough discovery of modern seismic science
by Ross S. Stein, USGS Scientist Emeritus & Consulting Professor of Geophysics, Stanford University
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• Accidents of Gold Rush merchant marine navigation transformed a seismic disaster into a seminal discovery and led to San Francisco’s extreme liquefaction vulnerability today.
• Just about everything that we love about the Bay area is brought to us by the faults. We enjoy their daily fruits and so must live with their occasional spoils.
• No one knows when the next damaging quake will strike; we must frame the ‘payback period’ for seismic expenditures in terms of chance.
When Thursday, February 25th, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
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Where: U.S. Geological Survey, Bldg. 3 Rambo Auditorium, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025
More info: http://online.wr.usgs.gov/calendar/