If a major earthquake were to strike today, would you rather have ample food and water for your family, or a job?
Ideally, you would want both. One is for short-term survival, the other for long-term sustainability.
That’s why, as millions of Californians took part in the recent Great Shakeout earthquake drill […]
Unsettling news about earthquakes has rattled much of California this year.
Thirty years after the devastating Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989, a U.S. Geological Survey geologist is calling the Bay Area a “tectonic time bomb,” and the head of U.C. Berkeley’s Seismological Lab is warning that “Loma Prieta was not the […]
The news is grim: More than half of UCSD’s buildings are a “serious” or “severe risk to life,” according to an internal seismic safety survey obtained by NBC Channel 7.
Two hundred sixty-eight of the university’s 528 buildings are in “poor condition” with “serious” risk of injury in a major earthquake. […]
California recently rolled out its early warning system.
And now, new funding from the federal government will help expand or strengthen the system around Lake Tahoe, Death Valley, Mammoth and Bishop, where the potential for major earthquakes has been found.
This is great news. The early warning system operates on a network […]
The San Diego Union-Tribune recently published a list of questions submitted to the editor regarding multi-family properties and earthquakes.
Most asked whether HOAs should carry earthquake insurance, with some condo owners saying they thought it was “foolish” not to.
Yes, condos are different than apartments, but in this […]
Recent reports indicate thousands of Los Angeles apartment owners required to retrofit their buildings against earthquakes have not begun the work.
So far, of the more than 12,000 apartments at risk of earthquake damage, about 9,700 have filed the initial permit to begin work, another 2,200 have hired contractors and have […]
: A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit Wednesday morning the Greek Island of Crete. There were no immediate reports of damage.
For more info, please read the original article by The Evening Standard:
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/crete-shaken-by-earthquake-as-third-tremor-hits-europe-in-just-two-days-a4297676.html
Several people are still missing after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Albania on Tuesday.
For more info, please read the original article by CNN:
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/26/europe/albania-earthquake-tirana-intl-hnk/index.html
According to the LA Times, 27% of Los Angeles’ 11,400 dangerous wood-frame apartments are retrofitted to better resist earthquakes. There are still more than 8,000 soft-story apartment buildings that need to be retrofitted across the city.
For more info, please read the original article by LA Times:
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“Earthquake Awareness: Protect Your Property and Tenants” was the subject of a free lunchtime workshop of the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce and Civic Association at the Brookside Golf Club recently.
”Californians live and work in earthquake country. Our experience in the Ridgecrest area, reminded us that strong earthquakes can be devastating […]
