This publication is a summary of earthquake activity in the United States and regions under its jurisdiction for the calendar year 1954. The sources of noninstrumental information used in the compilation include the United States Weather Bureau, whose observers prepare periodic reports on local seismic activity; telegraphic information collected by Science Service, Washington, D. C.; Bulletins of the Seismological Society of America; special reports of the Jesuit Seismological Association and the Northeastern Seismological Association; the Hawaiian Volcano Letter; newspaper clippings; and reports from interested individuals. Instrumental data used in locating earthquakes are obtained from the network of Coast and Geodetic Survey stations listed on page 72 and from other cooperating Seismological stations in the United States and throughout the world.
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Murphy et al. (1984) studied this question.