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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Earthquake Insight Field Trip Planned for April
10</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Eighth annual
will visit the heart of the New Madrid Seismic Zone</SPAN></I></B></P>
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</SPAN>On Tuesday, April 10, the US Geological Survey will host the eighth
annual <EM>Earthquake Insight Field Trip</EM>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This one-day outreach event will start
and end in Memphis, Tenn.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Field trip participants will learn
about the earthquake history of the central US and current exposures to
earthquake hazards in this area.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ">It is especially for non-scientists, such as emergency
planners, business leaders, elected officials, media, finance and equity
professionals, risk managers, portfolio managers, lenders, and business
continuity planners.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The field trip
will be led by geoscientists, engineers, and emergency planners who are active
in current research and practice.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: wingdings"><FONT
face=Wingdings>à</FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "> Please help
get the word out:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>there is no
budget for formal advertising.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Feel
free to <STRONG>forward this invitation</STRONG> to peers; co-workers; and
industry, professional, and community groups whose members may
benefit.</SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ">The field-trip route will include earthquake-related sites
in northeast Arkansas, southeast Missouri, and western Tennessee.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There will also be discussion of several
industries that have concentrated exposure to earthquake risk in the central
US.</SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Much of the value of past <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Earthquake Insight Field Trips</I> was from
the candid, one-on-one discussions between earthquake professionals and
field-trip participants, who have mostly been from private-sector
leadership.</SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Past participants have represented State Farm Companies,
Pfizer, FM Global, the Missouri State Senate, Wal-Mart, Chubb, AON, AG Edwards,
ABC/Disney, General Reinsurance, Time-Warner, Dillard’s, Odyssey Re, The
Republic Group, ANPAC, Shelter Insurance, Edward Jones, St. Paul/Travelers,
Enbridge, Swiss Re, and many others.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ">For more information about the 2012 <EM>Earthquake Insight
Field Trip</EM>, please visit <A
href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/ceus/urban_map/st_louis/EIFT_2012.php">http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/ceus/urban_map/st_louis/EIFT_2012.php</A><SPAN
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<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN>To register, please
contact Phyllis Steckel at <A href="mailto:psteckel@charter.net"><FONT
color=#0000ff>psteckel@charter.net</FONT></A> or 636-239-4013 as soon as
possible.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Due to logistical
constraints, the group is strictly limited to 30 participants.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: "><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN>Registration cost
for the field trip is $95.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">This year, the
<EM>Earthquake Insight Field Trip</EM> is a shoulder event to the 2012 National
Earthquake Conference (NEC) and the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Earthquake
Engineering Research Institute (EERI). However, field-trip participants
are not required to attend either of these events.</SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ">The final report of the first <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Earthquake Insight Field Trip</I>, which was
in 2005, is posted at <A
href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/external/reports/05HQGR0014.pdf"><FONT
color=#0000ff>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/external/reports/05HQGR0014.pdf</FONT></A>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The route and content of each <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Earthquake Insight Field Trip</I> since then
has been unique.</SPAN></P>
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