he Washington Department of Natural Resources recently released simulations that show how a powerful tsunami would overwhelm the state’s coastal and shoreline communities if a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck along the Cascadia subduction zone.
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In the midst of a global pandemic, the County of San Diego is bracing itself against disaster of all kinds.
A $6.4 billion budget recommended for fiscal year 2020-21 had $100 million dedicated to testing, medical supplies, food distribution and other needs related to the COVID-19 health crisis, and also called […]
A 4.2-magnitude earthquake last month in L.A. rippled well into Orange County, rousting people from their sleep in the wee hours of the morning.
It was a literal wake-up call. During months of barely detectable seismic activity, many had forgotten the threats earthquakes bring to our region.
The larger the quake, the […]
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 […]
