-Appeared on Apartment Association Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA).
Anyone who lives in California knows that our state’s calamitous reputation for earthquakes is fueled by the intricate web of volatile fault lines that crisscross our landscape.
The closer you are to […]
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SDCAA Expo
Stop by Optimum Seismic’s booth or visit our presentation at the San Diego CAA Expo April 30 at the San Diego Convention Center for more information.
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On Sunday Indonesia was hit with a 5.5 magnitude earthquake that caused landslides and floods in killed dozens of people. Indonesia is exposed to many natural disasters because it is part of the Ring of Fire, where the majority of the world’s earthquakes and volcanic activity occurs.
For […]
Ribbonwood, California was hit with a quake of 3.3 magnitude at 1:55 am. According to the USGS the epic center was 17 miles from Palm Desert.
For more info, please read the original article by LA Times:
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-earthquakesa-earthquake-33-quake-strikes-near-ribbonwood-calif-zxcj-story.htmll
Washington state’s first statewide inventory of brick and stone structures built before 1958, have found that Whatcom County has 218 buildings at risk of collapsing during a major earthquake. John Gargett, deputy director of the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Division of Emergency Management said, “It would be a massive effort to […]
This week marks the eighth anniversary of Japan’s earthquake that was destructive. It occurred on March 11, 2011 when a 9.1 magnitude earthquake hit Japan. It caused 15,890 deaths and 2,590 missing people.
For more info, please read the original article by Decode Science:
https://www.decodedscience.org/the-2011-japan-earthquake-old-faults-reactivated-and-the-impact-of-climate-change-geoscience-7-13-march-2019/64430
A new report from the Washington State Department of Commerce is warning that 4,500 buildings in Washington are at risk of collapsing if a major earthquake were to strike. It is confirmed 1,100 of the buildings are Unreinforced Masonry buildings. The buildings were identified using certain criteria.
For more […]
March 2019 Newsletter.
San Diego’s iconic California Tower in Balboa Park recently closed its doors to the public to undergo an extensive seismic retrofit project. Clearly, this 100-year-old tower is cherished within the […]
Recently, Geophysicists at Caltech have created a new method for determining earthquake hazards. They applied this new method to the fault underneath Los Angeles found the strongest earthquake is likely to occur along between 6.8 and 7.1 and a magnitude 6.8 about 50% stronger than the 1994 Northridge earthquake can […]
Many users of the ShakeAlert app are worried about the app crashing in a moment of need and are wondering why their location has to be on with the app. Since the app hasn’t been put to the test yet, since there hasn’t been a major earthquake. When Mayor Eric […]
