MEDIA AVAILABILITY: USGS Earthquake Experts return from Turkey

WHAT: Returning members of the USGS team of scientists and engineers who were sent to Turkey immediately following the devastating magnitude 7.4 quake, will take questions on what lessons were learned there and what it ultimately means to California.

WHEN: 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, September 2

WHO: Tom Holzer, Mehmet Celebi, and Heidi Stenner, all members of the USGS Earthquake Hazards Team in Menlo Park, California.

WHERE: USGS Western Regional Center at 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, California in the Building 3 conference Room.

As the nation's largest water, earth and biological science, and civilian mapping agency, the USGS works in cooperation with more than 2000 organizations across the country to provide reliable, impartial, scientific information to resource managers, planners, and other customers. This information is gathered in every state by USGS scientists to minimize the loss of life and property from natural disasters, to contribute to the conservation and the sound economic and physical development of the nation's natural resources, and to enhance the quality of life by monitoring water, biological, energy, and mineral resources.