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Since 2003, EarthScope has What forces are making and breaking EarthScope observatories provide high- deployed thousands of seismic, GPS, the continent? What is the structure precision and freely available data. and other geophysical instruments of the North American crust and to study the structure and evolution ? underlying mantle? How is the USArray of the North American continent including the continent deforming? How are these related? 400: transportable seismic stations processes that cause earthquakes and volcanic rolled across the U.S. and now eruptions. To understand the complexity deployed in Alaska and western of North America's geological Canada. High-quality research, technology, and outreach processes, EarthScope scientists programs are the foundations of the largest collect data from many sources, 2000: total locations occupied in NSF-funded project in the Earth Sciences. including seismic waves, crustal movements, North America by the end of the Earth’s magnetic field, infrasound, rock and program. soil samples, and images obtained from aircraft and satellites. Plate Boundary Observatory Scientists analyze these diverse sets of 1200: GPS and strain instruments, data alongside innovative laboratory installed primarily throughout the experiments and theoretical western U.S. and Alaska. modeling to provide new kilometers of boreholes drilled by insights into the past, 19: EarthScope crews during installation present, and future of the PBO network. of our continent.

San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth 3: kilometers drilled through the active fault zone to observe the conditions under which earthquakes occur.

1.5: million miles EarthScope facility crews have driven in the construction, operation, and maintenance of the facilities (~60 times around the planet).