Newswise — The earthquake that hit eastern Illinois on Friday, April 18, is the type of event communities throughout the Midwest should prepare for, say organizers of an earthquake preparedness conference to be held this summer at Missouri University of Science and Technology.
"Preparing for a Significant Central U.S. Earthquake" is the theme of the "New Madrid Seismic Zone Conference," to be held Aug. 12-14 at Missouri S&T in collaboration with the U.S. Geological Survey, the USGS Mid-Continent Geographic Science Center, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Division of Geology and Land Survey, the State Emergency Management Agency and the American Society of Military Engineers. More conference information is online at http://conference.mst.edu/newmadridconf/. Although the conference title focuses on the possibility of a major earthquake along the New Madrid Seismic Zone in southeastern Missouri, the subject matter should also prove relevant to other seismic zones in the Midwest, says Dr. Henry Wiebe, dean of the Missouri S&T School of Extended Learning. As part of the conference, the first day will be devoted to emergency management training for first responders.
"This conference is unique in that it combines practical training on earthquake response and recovery with presentations on the latest scientific research on seismic studies," says Wiebe.
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