First came a quake, lasting more than 6 terrifying minutes. Then came a tsunami, and after that a nuclear power plant meltdown that left a large section of island country uninhabitable a decade later.
A science fiction movie script. No. This was real life in Japan.
Japan’s 9.0 magnitude earthquake of March […]
April 2021 Newsletter
Ali Sahabi, GEC
Principal,
Optimum Seismic, Inc.
Optimum Seismic joins leading experts in promoting community resilience
Earthquake safety is enhanced one building at a time, but collaboration can bring resilience to […]
Be Smart — Assess Risks To Your Investments
New information has prompted the state to update its earthquake fault hazard map — and the move has many people in San Diego’s real estate industry worried the new classifications could be bad for business.
Members of the public have until May […]
Interactive USGS map lets you zoom in to see for yourself
How vulnerable is your apartment to earthquake damage?
If it is located within a fault, landslide, or liquefaction zone, it may be at risk – and a combination of any of these could be disastrous.
Active earthquake faults in Orange […]
Earthquakes have inflicted pain and damage on Long Beach and surrounding communities in past decades.
A recent Resilience Advantage webinar touched on milestones in the Long Beach resilience story — the 1933 earthquake, state legislative changes following the earthquake, the new resilient City Hall and Port buildings, and the new Long […]
