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Welcome to the Earthquake Studies Office at the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, located within the Mineral Museum, on the third floor of the Museum Building at the campus of Montana Tech in Butte, Montana. Michael C. Stickney, Director, can be reached at: |
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(406) - 496 - 4451 (Fax); mstickney@mtech.edu (email). |
Earthquake Studies Office Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology 1300 West Park Street Butte, MT 59701-8997 |
| About The Earthquake Studies Office |
- Explore the history, mission, and capabilities of the Earthquake Studies Program. |
| What's Shaking | - View recent seismic data including: a list of reviewed earthquake locations, automatically updated maps showing recent earthquakes and seismic data, digital simulations of seismograms (webicorders), and descriptions of recent significant seismic events. |
| Seismicity In Montana | - Learn about seismicity and seismic hazards in western Montana and ESO publications. |
| Felt an Earthquake? | - Did you feel an earthquake? If so, please click here to describe your experience. Your data will help us to construct shaking intensity maps of local and regional earthquakes. |
| Educational Materials | - Information intended to help students learn more about seismology. |
| Current Projects | - Current and former projects of ESO. |
| Links | - Links to other seismological websites. |
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The Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Earthquake Studies Office (ESO) began operating the Montana Seismograph Network in June of 1980. Our purpose
is to monitor, analyze, and report seismic events in Montana and the surrounding region so that Montana's seismic hazards may be better understood.
Using data obtained from our network, ESO calculates origin times, epicenter locations, hypocenter depths, magnitudes,
and focal mechanisms of local seismic events. These data are used to determine locations and characteristics of faults,
throughout the seismically active western Montana, assisting local, state, and national agencies in preparing for the damaging
effects of future earthquakes. Currently, ESO operates 32 seismic stations in Montana, and monitors an additional 25 stations from surrounding seismic
networks operated by other agencies in Wyoming, Idaho, Washington state, South Dakota, and Canada. The ESO maintains continuing partnerships with
the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, the United States Geological Survey, other regional seismic networks, and is a member of the IRIS Consortium.
For more information on the Earthquake Studies Office, please visit the About Earthquake Studies link above. |
Last modified on: 3/21/2002 © MBMG Earthquake Studies |
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| Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. | Montana Tech, of the University of Montana. |