Earthquake Research Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Earthquake Research Act - Declares that certain regions within the United States are subject to a high risk of destructive earthquake potential; that a significant part of the population of the United States lives within serious danger; that scientist in other countries have issued earthquake warnings; that Russian and Chinese scientists have begun systematic studies of premonitory earthquake phenomena; and that the need for international transfer of pertinent scientific research capability in the United States is sufficiently advanced that an earthquake prediction competence may be achieved with an earthquake research program. Declares it is the purpose of the Act to establish a specific program of research and development in the United States to provide for the collection, analysis, and interpretation of seismic and related data, and to provide supporting field, laboratory, and theoretical studies leading to the goal of predicting earthquakes within the United States. Designates regions of "high seismic risk" for purposes of this Act as areas written Alaska, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California; in Missouri, Illinois, West Virginia, Tennessee, Loui…