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IDC
International Data Center
IDNDR
International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
IGS
International GPS Service for Geodynamics
ILP
International Lithosphere Project
IMS
International Monitoring System
InSAR
interferometric synthetic aperture radar
IRIS
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
ISC
International Seismological Centre
ISS
International Seismological Summary
IT
information technology
JMA
Japan Meteorological Agency
LARSE
Los Angeles Region Seismic Experiment
LIDAR
light detection and ranging
M
moment magnitude
MMI
Modified Mercalli Intensity
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NEES
Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation
NEHRP
National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program
NEIS
National Earthquake Information Service
NIBS
National Institutes for Building Standards
NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NRC
National Research Council
NSF
National Science Foundation
NSMP
National Strong-Motion Program
OHP
Ocean Hemisphere Project
PASSCAL
Program for the Array Seismic Studies of the Continental Lithosphere
PBO
Plate Boundary Observatory
PDE
Preliminary Determination of Epicenters
PEER
Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research
PGA
peak ground acceleration
PGV
peak ground velocity
PHIVOLCS
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology