[EHPweb] FW: Sample email from the Earthquake Notification Service

Tue Jan 5 23:11:10 UTC 2010

Hi Eric,

There is a typo in the test email (“receive”) below. I suggest deleting the words with the strike-through, and adding a period after the “click here to sign up”

This is minor, but when I click on the “audio” button for the captcha, it annunciates the captcha correctly, and then when I type in the code and hit submit, it continues to annunciate something weird.

The test sign-up site has security certificate errors. I presume that’s not an issue.

The test feature only sends out long email. What about a test of sending short messages to cell phones?

What would you do if someone reported that they received this message but did not request it? If there is nothing to be done, then delete the section in yellow below.

I think questionnaire is too long at 23 questions, and I bet most recipients won’t bother to fill it out. You’d probably get more responses if you kept it to less than 10 (and more like 5) general questions and retained the opportunity to comment.

-David

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David Oppenheimer                   office:650.329.4792

U.S. Geological Survey              fax:   650.329.4732

345 Middlefield Road.-MS 977    email: oppen at usgs.gov

Menlo Park, CA 94025

From: USGS ENS [mailto:ens at usgs.gov] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 2:27 PM
To: oppen at usgs.gov
Subject: Sample email from the Earthquake Notification Service

This is an example of an earthquake notification email sent by the USGS Earthquake Notification Service (ENS). 

If you would like to recieve emails when earthquakes happen in your area, click <https://ciimp-sslearthquake.wr.usgs.gov/ensd/register?email=oppen@usgs.gov&c=38913e1d6a7b94cb0f55994f679f5956>  here to sign up.

If you do not want to sign up for ENS, simply delete this email. 
If you did not request this message, either delete it or tell an <mailto:ensadmin at usgs.gov>  administrator.

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 <http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009heak.php#maps>  <http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009heak.php#maps> Image removed by sender. Globe with Earthquake Location <http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009heak.php#maps> 

7.1 M - NORTH OF HONDURAS

Preliminary Earthquake Report 

Magnitude <http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/glossary.php#magnitude> 

7.1 M

Date-Time <http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/glossary.php#date> 

28 May 2009 08:24:45 UTC
28 May 2009 03:24:45 near epicenter 28 May 2009 01:24:45 standard time in your timezone

Location <http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/glossary.php#location> 

16.783N 86.165W

Depth <http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/glossary.php#depth> 

10 km

Distances <http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/glossary.php#distances> 

63 km (39 miles) NE (37 degrees) of Roatán, Islas de la Bahía, Honduras
100 km (62 miles) NNW (347 degrees) of Trujillo, Colón, Honduras
127 km (79 miles) N (353 degrees) of Tocoa, Colón, Honduras
130 km (81 miles) NNE (31 degrees) of La Ceiba, Atántida, Honduras
284 km (177 miles) E (99 degrees) of BELMOPAN, Belize

Location Uncertainty <http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/glossary.php#uncertainty> 

Horizontal: 6.3 km; Vertical 

Parameters <http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/glossary.php#parameters> 

Nph = 119; Dmin = 323.9 km; Rmss = 0.88 seconds; Gp = 104° M-type = M; Version = 6 

Event ID <http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/glossary.php#eventid> 

US 2009heak ***This event supersedes event PT09148000. 

For updates, maps, and technical information, see: 

Event <http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009heak.php>  Page

or 

U.S.G.S. Earthquake Hazards Program <http://earthquake.usgs.gov/> 

National Earthquake Information Center U.S. Geological Survey http://neic.usgs.gov <http://neic.usgs.gov/> 

Disclaimer <https://sslearthquake.usgs.gov/ens/help.html?page=help#disclaimer> 

This email was sent to oppen at usgs.gov You requested mail for events between -90.0/90.0 latitude and 180.0/-180.0 longitude for M6.0 between 08:00 and 20:00 and M6.5 other times. To change your parameters or unsubscribe, go to: https://sslearthquake.usgs.gov/ens 

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