How likely is it that Valdosta would experience an earthquake? Not very, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA):
Seismic Design Category (SDC) map of the Eastern United States
The Valdosta area is in white (SDC level A) on this map, which means we have “very small probability of experiencing damaging earthÂquake effects.” FEMA provides this list of resources about earthquakes, including what to do after an earthquake.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) oversees federal research on earthquakes and offers maps of current earthquake activity and further information on this week’s earthquake in Virginia.
Valdosta is much more likely to experience the effects of a hurricane. Visit the current Hurricane exhibit from Odum Library’s Government Documents collection, located in the library’s second floor Reference area. More online resources about hurricanes and other disasters are available in this previous blog entry.