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Agency National Strong-Motion Program Acronym NSMP Hierarchy Department of the Interior. United States Geological Survey. Docs Data Sets; Technical Reports; Fact Sheets; Miscellaneous Documents URL http://agram.wr.usgs.gov/ Notes Has the primary Federal responsibility for recording each damaging earthquake in the United States on the ground and in man-made structures in densely urbanized areas to improve public earthquake safety. The program maintains a national cooperative instrumentation network, a national data center, and a supporting strong-motion data analyses and research center in support of this responsibility. Subjects EARTH SCIENCES NATURAL DISASTERS