March 2020 Newsletter.
Puerto Rico’s struggles with recovery following a 6.4-magnitude earthquake in January underscore the importance of seismic resilience. FEMA estimates that thousands of Puerto Ricans are still living outdoors due to homes lost in […]
For decades Seattle has been making a plan to deal with their unsafe unreinforced masonry buildings, the city has hired multiple consultants to do risk assessments. This year a state bill could help building owners finance retrofits is close to passing in Olympia.
For more info, please read the […]
On Sunday night the coast of northern California was hit with a 5.8 magnitude earthquake. No reports of damages were reported.
For more info, please read the original article by CNN:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/09/us/northern-california-5-8-earthquake/index.html
A new landmark study shows just how a fault running through the heart of San Diego poses a much more serious threat than believed a generation ago.
For more info, please read the original article by LA Times:
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-04/san-diego-earthquake-fault-danger
How vulnerable is your apartment to earthquake damage? Is it located near a fault, landslide or liquefaction zone?
The United States Geological Survey has published an interactive map online, (https://maps.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/EQZApp/app/) enabling the public to search by property address to determine the earthquake risks associated with specific land […]
-Appeared on Apartment Association Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA).
Los Angeles is one of the best real estate markets in the U.S.
That’s why, a growing number of local apartment owners are now looking at renovations called adaptive reuse to repurpose the living space in their buildings to […]
-Appeared on Apartment Association California, Southern Cities (AACSC).
How would a massive earthquake impact California’s housing shortage?
The answer is obvious. A major earthquake that hits densely-populated urban areas would make California’s housing shortage much worse.
Such an earthquake could take a heavy toll on California’s affordable housing supply, […]
-Appeared on San Diego County Apartment Association (SDCAA)
San Diego is earthquake country.
The region’s mountains and many of its valleys were formed by the San Andreas fault system— the tectonic boundary between the Pacific and North American tectonic plates, which run to the east of the […]
