But not in the midst of this global pandemic. Schools throughout the nation – even around the world – are doing things differently, teaching remotely, staggering schedules, social distancing and more to keep children and communities safe from the virus.
School campuses won’t be the same this fall. But this isn’t […]
Optimum Seismic, Inc – September 2020 Newsletter
COVID-19 is changing our lives in ways that are similar to an earthquake disaster, with deaths, hospitalizations, shuttered businesses and widespread unemployment. These impacts […]
A study published recently shows a relationship between earthquakes and the release of carbon dioxide gas.
For more info, please read the original article by New York Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/29/science/earthquakes-carbon-dioxide.html
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of northern Chile. Officials said the earthquake caused damage and prompted some people to evacuate as a precaution An aftershock, which measured 6.3, followed within half an hour.
For more info, please read the original article by BNO News:
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Brace yourself.
The odds of a cataclysmic 7.0 earthquake erupting along the deadly San Andreas fault have shot up dramatically – to just 1-in-5 in the next 30 years, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
New information released by the USGS and others reveals that recent swarms of earthquakes near the Salton […]
Ridgecrest’s 6.4- and 7.1-magnitude earthquakes last year triggered ground movement that is believed to have raised the major earthquake risk along the San Andreas Fault – considered the most dangerous seismic threat in the United States.
Two recent research studies point to Ridgecrest as the impetus of successive ground-shaking that may […]
SELA Represents Groups Providing Services in Southeast LA Communities
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Southeast Los Angeles Collaborative, a non-profit group representing an area called the “epicenter” of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County, will discuss results of a survey detailing the disease’s impact on the region’s residents and businesses […]
San Diego is at the heart of much of the world’s best research about developing earthquake resilient buildings.
The University of California, San Diego, Jacobs School of Engineering conducts some of the most noteworthy studies available on the damaging effects of earthquakes on buildings using one of the world’s largest shake […]
Optimum Seismic, Inc – August 2020 Newsletter
California sits on a precarious web of seismic faults that crisscross our state, building intensity that releases in ground-shattering bursts we call earthquakes. […]
Orange County, like most large metropolitan areas in the nation, operates an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) that is the communication and coordination hub for all emergency response situations we may face as a region such as earthquakes and major fires.
Comprised of representatives from public agencies and special districts throughout the […]
