http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/285742/3/Illinois-to-coordinate-multi-day-earthquake-exercise
Springfield, IL (KSDK) – The Illinois Emergency Management Agency is coordinating a three-day multi-county exercise to test plans dealing with a catastrophic earthquake in southern Illinois.
More than 100 state and local agencies and emergency response organizations will participate in the test, which will begin Tuesday morning and end Thursday afternoon.
Originally, the earthquake exercise was scheduled to coincide with the federal National Level Exercise in mid-May, but due to major flooding the state’s portion of the exercise was rescheduled.
“While we have considerable experience responding to the disasters we frequently face, such as tornadoes, floods and blizzards, a major earthquake would definitely present unique challenges,” said IEMA Director Jonathon Monken. “This exercise will give us an opportunity to test our earthquake plans and identify any issues we need to address to enhance our preparedness.
The scenarios participants will face will not be not revealed in advance, but they will need to implement existing plans and procedures for dealing with a catastrophic earthquake that could occur in the New Madrid Seismic Zone in southwestern Illinois.
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Links to monitor the earthquake situation globally:
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Volcano webcams:
Yellowstone park geyser webcams: http://www.nps.gov/yell/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm
Japanese Mount Fuji Webcams:
http://www.goandroam.com/webcams/japan/mt_fuji
http://www.fujigoko.tv/live/shotList.cgi
Japanese Sakurajima Volcano webcams: http://webcam-svo2.pr.kyoto-u.ac.jp/local/camera.html
Sakurajima official youtube page: http://www.youtube.com/cubhf137
Cascades Pacific Northwest webcams: http://www.skimountaineer.com/CascadeSki/CascadeWebCams.php?weather=true
Mount St. Helens webcams: http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/
All the known volcano webcams of the world (Italy, Russia, Iceland, South/Central America, Spain and several other locations) : http://bigthink.com/ideas/26619
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United States earthquake sources:
List of US seismographs : http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/seismic/heli/index.html
Arkansas seismic network: http://www.geology.ar.gov/geohazards/ark_seismic_network.htm
map of New Madrid Seismic Zone seismograph locations (interactive): http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/seismic/stations/nmsz.html
Midwest USA seismographs:
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_sp_mkta/
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli_bb_slu/
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_sp_nmad/
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_sp_athn/
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_sp_lnxt/
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_sp_mttn/
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_sp_ceri/
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/heli/heli_uky/
USGS netquakes site live :
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/netquakes/
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/netquakes/map/
New Madrid seismic zone (NMSZ information): http://www.showme.net/~fkeller/quake/maps.htm
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network :
http://www.pnsn.org/WEBICORDER/BETTER/pnsn_staweb/index.html
http://www.pnsn.org/OPS/stations.html
Official USGS earthquake site: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/
USGS live internet seismic server: http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/heli2.shtml
USGS full index of seismographs : http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/telemetry_data/
California seismographs:
http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/webicorder/
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/helicorders/nca/
USGS ANSS seismograph backbone:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/anss/
http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/telemetry_data/map_sta_eq.shtml
USGS weekly volcanism report: http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/
USGS Hawaii data clearinghouse: http://hawaii.wr.usgs.gov/
USGS Hawaii earthquakes : http://tux.wr.usgs.gov/
Alaska Volcano observatory: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/
Mount Baker (pacific northwest): http://mbvrc.wwu.edu/index.shtml
West Coast / Alaska Tsunami warning center: http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/events/eventmap.php
Pacific Tsunami Warning center: http://ptwc.weather.gov/
National Data Buoy Center (monitor buoys for wave activity): http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
Pacific Basin Information node: http://www.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=240&mode=2&in_hi_userid=2&cached=true
East coast (columbia college) seismographs: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/LCSN/WebSeis/24hr_heli.pl?id=
Yellowstone supervolcano seismographs: http://www.isthisthingon.org/Yellowstone/daythumbs.php
Montana .edu / yellowstone seismographs: http://mbmgquake.mtech.edu/earthworm/wavef_disp/current/welcome.html
University of Utah yellowstone seismographs: http://www.quake.utah.edu/helicorder/
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Rest of the world (always updating with more):
Mexico seismographs: http://www.ssn.unam.mx/
Belgium seismographs: http://seismologie.oma.be/index.php?LANG=NL&LEVEL=210
Philippines earthquakes and volcanic activity: http://www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/
Swiss seismology: http://www.seismo.ethz.ch/index
Canadian seismographs:
http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/index-eng.php
http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/stndon/wf-fo/trace_app.php?target=MNTQ.BHZ
http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/maps-cartes/index-eng.php
Russian seismographs: http://www.ceme.gsras.ru/ccd.htm
Japanese seismographs: http://www.gsi.go.jp/ENGLISH/index.html
Thailand seismicity / seismographs : http://www.seismology.tmd.go.th/en/index.php
Australian seismographs:
http://www.ga.gov.au/earthquakes/
Netherlands seismographs: http://www.knmi.nl/seismologie/aardbevingen-nederland.html
New Zealand seismographs: http://quake.crowe.co.nz/Mobile/
Iceland seismographs: http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/earthquakes/
England / UK seismographs: http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/helicorder/heli.html
Italy seismographs: http://cnt.rm.ingv.it
Taiwain earthquake information: http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V6e/index.htm
EMSC European Mediterranean earthquake agency map/index :
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/Map/jsmap.php?key=1&typ=world
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/index.php
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/Map/index.php
Spanish (El Hierro Canary islands) seismographs: http://www.01.ign.es/ign/head/volcaSenalesAnterioresDia.do?nombreFichero=CHIE_2011-11-03&ver=s&estacion=CHIE&Anio=2011&Mes=11&Dia=03&tipo=2
Indonesia seismographs: http://aeic.bmg.go.id/
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Global links for earthquake monitoring:
Monitor earths rotation: http://hpiers.obspm.fr/
COSMOS earthquake data global list: http://db.cosmos-eq.org/scripts/earthquakes.plx
Download the free version of earthquake3D: http://download.cnet.com/Earthquake-3D/3000-2054_4-10395116.html
Global IRIS earthquake browser: http://www.iris.edu/servlet/eventserver/map.do
Global earthquake mashup of EMSC, USGS, GFZ : http://www.oe-files.de/gmaps/eqmashup.html
Topographic maps of the USA and Canada: http://www.topozone.com/
intellicast (turn on earthquake view): http://www.intellicast.com/Local/WxMapFull.aspx
Global Incident Map: http://www.globalincidentmap.com/
RSOE EDIS global incident map : http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/