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EARTHQUAKES
LIST OF CURRENT EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY (USGS) VERMONT SEISMICITY/USGS HAZARDS
VERMONT EARTHQUAKE AWARENESS REAL-TIME DATA FROM USGS (earthquake, volcano, & stream data)
U.S. Seismic Design Web Application LISTS OF EARTHQUAKES IN THE NORTHEAST (Weston Observatory)
Quakes with epicenters in VT reported 2/1/2007, 5/14/2007, 6/8/2007, 6/1/2008, 2/19/2009, 4/30/2009 and 10/27/2011
EARTHQUAKES IN VERMONT (pdf) HAZUS PROGRAM IN VERMONT
AU SABLE FORKS, NY EARTHQUAKE, LAMONT-DOHERTY, 2002 ONTARIO-QUEBEC BORDER EARTHQUAKE - 6/23/10
Seismic Site Class, Amplification, and Liquefaction Hazard Mapping for the Burlington and Colchester, VT 7.5 minute Quadrangles, 2011 (pdf) A REPORT ON THE SEISMIC VULNERABILITY OF THE STATE OF VERMONT
Vermont Emergency Management FEMA- Federal Emergency Management Agency


LANDSLIDES, ROCKFALLS and EROSION


Protocol for Identification of Areas Sensitive to Landslide Hazards in Vermont by A. Clift and G. Springston, 2012, Vermont Geological Survey Technical Report VGTR2012-1, 90 p.
This report is part of the State Hazard Mitigation Plan by the Vermont Dept. of Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security
Landslide and Erosion Hazards Page- Features local events and mapping Rockfall Hazard Rating of Rock Cuts on U.S. and State Highways in Vermont (link to 2007 AOT report -PDF)
Impact of Tropical Storm Irene on Streams in Vermont , 2011, by George Springston and Kristen Underwood Rainfall, flood magnitude and geomorphic impacts of Tropical Storm Irene on the White River watershed, east-central Vermont, by G. Springston and others, 2013. (from presentation at NEGSA, 2013)

The Landslide Handbook, USGS Circular 1325




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

DROUGHT
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