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Arizona earthquake funding denied

Source info:

Author: Lee Allison
Date: 2015-11-03 15:56:00
Blog: Arizona Geology
URL: http://arizonageology.blogspot.com/2015/11/arizona-earthquake-funding-denied.html

Summary:

The USGS turned down our funding request to characterize the most active fault in Arizona to better understand earthquake hazards.   Ironically, the letter informing us that the proposal was denied, arrived just hours after a series of earthquake shook most of the population of the state. AZGS proposed doing detailed work on the Lake Mary fault in northern Arizona under the National Earthquake

Content analysis:

Geographic context:

LocationCountryLatitudeLongitude
ArizonaUS34.1679-111.931
Lake MaryUS28.7594-81.335
Northern ArizonaUS35.2446-111.541

Keywords:

active fault, Arizona earthquake funding, AZGS, detailed work, earthquake hazards., funding request, Lake Mary fault, letter, National Earthquake, northern Arizona, population, proposal, series, USGS

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