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EARTHQUAKES
LISTS OF EARTHQUAKES IN THE NORTHEAST (Weston Observatory)
(Quakes with epicenters in VT are reported on 2/1/2007, 5/14/2007, 6/8/2007, 6/1/2008, 2/19/2009, 4/30/2009 and 10/27/2011) 		LIST OF CURRENT EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY (USGS)
Click here for information on recent earthquakes felt in New England (USGS)
A REPORT ON THE SEISMIC VULNERABILITY OF THE STATE OF VERMONT VERMONT EARTHQUAKE AWARENESS
EARTHQUAKES IN VERMONT (pdf) REAL-TIME DATA FROM USGS (earthquake, volcano, & stream data)
HAZUS PROGRAM IN VERMONT Click here for Ontario-Quebec border Earthquake - 6/23/10
AU SABLE FORKS, NY EARTHQUAKE, LAMONT-DOHERTY, 2002 Sometimes quarry blasts and cryoseisms have been erroneously entered into the earthquake catalogs. For a list of these entries see Table C-1 in the Ebel report.


LANDSLIDES AND ROCKFALLS

LANDSLIDE AND EROSION HAZARD MAPPING ROCKFALL HAZARD RATING OF ROCK CUTS ON U.S. AND STATE HIGHWAYS IN VERMONT (link to 2007 AOT report -PDF)

JEFFERSONVILLE LANDSLIDE, 2000

JEFFERSONVILLE LANDSLIDE 2009 Progress Report

Deer Run Heights Landslide Page, Johnson State College

Click here for information about the rockfall in Montpelier, VT on Dec. 26, 2005
For pictures of the rockfalls at Lake Willoughby, click here.

THE LANDSLIDE HANDBOOK, USGS Circular 1325


For more pictures of Vermont rockfalls, flooding and other hazards, go to Photogallery 15 , 16 and 17  

NATURALLY-OCURRING ELEMENTS OF CONCERN (arsenic, radionuclides)
GEOLOGY AND HUMAN HEALTH

DROUGHT
US DROUGHT ASSESSMENT, NOAA

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