Apple’s headquarters in Silicon Valley is one of the few buildings in the U.S. that are earthquake ready. The article touches on a point that many buildings in Silicon Valley are “tilt-ups” that were built in the 1970s and 1980s don’t meet current code. Could disrupt businesses in an event […]
Hundreds of earthquakes hit this weekend in Southern parts of California. The majority of them were not felt by people because they were so small. It has been five years since California experience a major earthquake 6 or stronger, is this a sign that we should be worried? Scientist said […]
SEAOSC Annual Gala Features Excellence in Structural Engineering and Safer Cities Awards
Los Angeles, California — May 31, 2019 —Optimum Seismic, Inc. (www.optimumseismic.com) is pleased to announce it is a platinum sponsor of the annual Structural Engineers Association of Southern California (SEAOSC, https://www.seaosc.org/) Safer Cities Gala and President’s Awards […]
As most people don’t know, Southern California has other faults besides The San Andreas fault. On Wednesday night a weak earthquake was felt across the Los Angeles Basin, from Santa Monica to Long Beach. It occurred at 10:40 pm, the epic center was close to the Newport-Inglewood/Rose Canyon fault system […]
In a study published on Wednesday in Science Advances, “Characterizing large earthquakes before rupture is complete” Diego Melgar and Gavin Hayes said the final magnitude of an earthquake could be determined in as little as 10 to 15 seconds after it begins. It this is true; it would give more […]
An earthquake in El Salvador hit early Thursday morning with residents running out of their homes. The earthquake was a preliminary magnitude of 6.6. Authorities said, a small tsunami was possible but didn’t occur. No reports of serious damage of injuries.
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On early Sunday morning northern Peru was hit with an 8.0 magnitude earthquake killing one man and causing several injuries. The earthquake was centered in the remote area of the amazon jungle.
For more info, please read the original article by Gizmodo.com:
https://gizmodo.com/powerful-earthquake-strikes-miles-below-amazon-rainfore-1835049463
According to a study published in Geophysical Research Letters by University of Utah Guanning Pang and Keith Koper the earthquake that happen in 1959 had aftershocks in Yellowstone between 2017 and 2018. They also mentioned that these kinds of earthquake are very common.
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Many tiny tremors are a reminder to people in Ocean Shores that a big earthquake can cause a tsunami. A lot pf people who live there and visit there say they have that in mine, what would they do if a tsunami happens? A big earthquake off the coast could […]
Newly Passed Earthquake Retrofitting Ordinance in Beverly Hills to be Discussed
Los Angeles, California — May 16, 2019 — The Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA, www.aagla.org) and The Beverly Hills/ Greater Los Angeles Association of Realtors (GLAAR,www.bhglaar.com) in cooperation with Optimum […]
