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The area potentially affected by a major earthquake is projected to be 75% larger than the 90,000 square miles affected by Hurricanes KATRINA and RITA.  The region houses and supports a significant number of critical infrastructures vital to national and homeland security and, as with the NMSZ, the resident infrastructure topologies and dependencies have wide-ranging impact on other regions.