Earthquakes are a major concern in many areas of the United States. What is your community’s level of risk from a quake? Use the USGS’s earthquake website (Links to an external site.) to determine when the last earthquake took place in your state. Consider how earthquake preparedness factors into your own emergency plan.
Using the website, determine what community leadership should do, and advise community stakeholders to do, before, during, and after an earthquake. If earthquakes are not prevalent in your area, choose a hazard common to your area and evaluate the federal/national and state emergency plans for your community.
Sample Solution
My community is located in New Jersey, a state which the United States Geological Survey (USGS) classifies as having low risk for earthquakes. According to the USGS website, the most recent earthquake activity to occur in my state was on February 26th 2021, with a magnitude of 1.7; while this may not seem particularly significant, it still highlights the fact that an earthquake has taken place relatively recently and could happen again at any time. Furthermore ,this particular event clustered around City Newark which borders my location further reinforcing potential threat posed by seismic tremors despite area’s overall classification low risk .
Sample Solution
My community is located in New Jersey, a state which the United States Geological Survey (USGS) classifies as having low risk for earthquakes. According to the USGS website, the most recent earthquake activity to occur in my state was on February 26th 2021, with a magnitude of 1.7; while this may not seem particularly significant, it still highlights the fact that an earthquake has taken place relatively recently and could happen again at any time. Furthermore ,this particular event clustered around City Newark which borders my location further reinforcing potential threat posed by seismic tremors despite area’s overall classification low risk .