Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 is a
statute
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formulating a national policy to diminish the
perils of
earthquake
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s in the
United States
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. The
Act of Congress
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is a declaration for an earthquake prediction system, national earthquake hazards reduction program, and seismological research studies. The United States public law authorizes
States assistance through the provisions of the
Disaster Relief Act of 1974
The Disaster Relief Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-288) was passed into law by the then President Richard Nixon as a United States federal law that established the process of presidential disaster declarations. The bill was introduced by Senator Quen ...
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The Senate
legislation
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was passed by the 95th U.S. Congressional session and enacted into law by the President
Jimmy Carter
James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he previously served as th ...
on October 7, 1977.
Sections of the Act
The Act was drafted as six sections defining the
codified law
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within Title 42 Public Health and Social Welfare.
Amendments to 1977 Act
U.S. Congressional amendments to the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act.
See also
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Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction
The 2004 re-authorization of National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) directed that the Director of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) establish the Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction (ACE ...
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National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program
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Earthquake engineering
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Earthquake forecasting
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Earthquake prediction
Earthquake prediction is a branch of the science of seismology concerned with the specification of the time, location, and magnitude of future earthquakes within stated limits, and particularly "the determination of parameters for the ''next'' ...
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Earthquake warning system
An earthquake warning system or earthquake early warning system is a system of accelerometers, seismometers, communication, computers, and alarms that is devised for notifying adjoining regions of a substantial earthquake while it is in progress ...
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Fault Zone
In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements. Large faults within Earth's crust result from the action of plate tectonic ...
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National Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council The National Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council (NEPEC) provides advice and recommendations to the Director of the United States Geological Survey on earthquake predictions and related scientific research. It was created in 1980 by authority o ...
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Office of Science and Technology Policy
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Seismo-electromagnetics
Seismo-electromagnetics are various electro-magnetic phenomena believed to be generated by tectonic forces acting on the earth's crust, and possibly associated with seismic activity such as earthquakes and volcanoes. Study of these has been prom ...
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Seismological Society of America
The Seismological Society of America (SSA) is an international scientific society devoted to the advancement of seismology and the understanding of earthquakes for the benefit of society. Founded in 1906, the society has members throughout the wo ...
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Seismology
Seismology (; from Ancient Greek σεισμός (''seismós'') meaning "earthquake" and -λογία (''-logía'') meaning "study of") is the scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth or through other ...
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1977 in American law
95th United States Congress
1977 in the United States