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Title: "ESRI: U.S. National Atlas Historic Earthquakes" (2004)
 
Description: U.S. National Atlas Historic Earthquakes represents the locations of significant, historic earthquakes in United States and adjacent Canada and Mexico that caused deaths, property damage, and geological effects, or were otherwise experienced by the resident populations. U.S. National Atlas Historic Earthquakes provides the locations of significant, historic earthquakes for geographic display and analysis at regional and national levels. This data set is intended for a mixed audience of specialists and non-specialists alike who have a need for general, non-technical information about significant U.S. earthquakes.
 
Keywords and Themes: Deaths, Earthquakes, Geological Effects, Geoscientific Information, Historic Earthquakes,
 
Filename Prefix: quakehis.sdc
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Mapped Drive Folder: /esri2004/data_maps/usa/landmarks
Total size of data files: 0.073 MB
 
Data Type: ESRI SDC vector
Feature Type: Point
Coordinate System: GCS_North_American_1983
Datum: NAD_1983Map Units: Decimal degrees

Spatial Extent: North America
Source Scale: 1:1,000,000

Created by: National Atlas of the United States and the United States Geological Survey; nationalatlas.govTM -Significant and Historic Earthquakes
Released by: ESRI; ESRI International Distributors
Content Date: 20000817
Published Date: 20040301

Collection Name: ESRI® Data & Maps 2004
Physical Location: Reference GIS Data Cabinet
Call Number: G70.212 .E77 2004
Acquired Date: 20040630
Distribution Restrictions: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/gis/esridm/2004/help/rdstrght.htm

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Record ID: 2459_edm04

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