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On September 8-9, 2008, the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission co-sponsored a workshop on Mmax east of the Rocky Mountains. Mmax is the magnitude of the largest earthquake that is thought to be possible within a specified geographic area. Mmax is an important variable in seismic-hazard computations. <BR>
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The minutes of the workshop are now available online as a 308-page USGS Open-File Report titled "Sizes of the Largest Possible Earthquakes in the Central and Eastern United States—Summary of a Workshop, September 8–9, 2008, Golden, Colorado". To download the report, please go to <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1263/">http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1263/</a> <<a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1263/">http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1263/</a>> . The first half of the report is text and the second half is the PowerPoint slides of the 15 invited speakers. A 30 MB PDF file contains both the text and the slides. In addition, a directory contains each speaker's slides as an individual downloadable PowerPoint file. <BR>
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Before the workshop, a foundation document went to the invitees to provide a common basis for discussions. That document is the 44-page Open-File Report "Methods of Mmax Estimation East of the Rocky Mountains". It's available at <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1018/">http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1018/</a> <<a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1018/">http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1018/</a>> .<BR>
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Rus Wheeler<BR>
research geologist<BR>
phone: (303) 273-8589<BR>
fax: (303) 273-8600<BR>
email: <a href="wheeler@usgs.gov">wheeler@usgs.gov</a><BR>
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paper mail:<BR>
Russell L. Wheeler<BR>
U.S. Geological Survey<BR>
P.O. Box 25046, M.S. 966<BR>
Lakewood, CO 80225<BR>
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physical address, FedEx, UPS:<BR>
1711 Illinois St., rm. 442<BR>
Golden, CO 80401<BR>
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