The organization serves as the coordinating hub for the multi-state region and as a partnership of organizations to mediate disasters and save lives caused by earthquakes in the central U.S..

For example, in the 1800s a monstrous earthquake changed the course of the Mississippi River, a large river flowing in the central part of the United States of America.

The problem with quakes in the central or eastern us is two-fold: Seismic waves travel farther in the colder, older crust under that part of the country, so the damage can be more widespread.