If you live near the coast and feel strong shaking from an earthquake, “move inland as soon as possible.”
That’s what Rick Wilson, head of the California Geological Survey’s Tsunami Program, told City News Service earlier this spring, after his agency released a series of new tsunami maps showing dire consequences […]
The cost of housing in San Diego, like in much of the state, is getting more and more out of reach for many residents.
Homelessness is on the rise, and California’s push to build 1.8 million new affordable housing units by 2025 has prompted new legislation that could dramatically alter the […]
Last winter, an alarming quake on the Puente Hills fault in the Los Angeles area had locals concerned with the potential death and destruction this previously underrated earthquake fault could bring.
Since then, the temporarily overshadowed San Andreas – like a fallen prizefighter – has become the center of attention as […]
First came a quake, lasting more than 6 terrifying minutes. Then came a tsunami, and after that a nuclear power plant meltdown that left a large section of island country uninhabitable a decade later.
A science fiction movie script. No. This was real life in Japan.
Japan’s 9.0 magnitude earthquake of March […]
Be Smart — Assess Risks To Your Investments
New information has prompted the state to update its earthquake fault hazard map — and the move has many people in San Diego’s real estate industry worried the new classifications could be bad for business.
Members of the public have until May […]
Interactive USGS map lets you zoom in to see for yourself
How vulnerable is your apartment to earthquake damage?
If it is located within a fault, landslide, or liquefaction zone, it may be at risk – and a combination of any of these could be disastrous.
Active earthquake faults in Orange […]
Earthquakes have inflicted pain and damage on Long Beach and surrounding communities in past decades.
A recent Resilience Advantage webinar touched on milestones in the Long Beach resilience story — the 1933 earthquake, state legislative changes following the earthquake, the new resilient City Hall and Port buildings, and the new Long […]
Ramona Town Hall, constructed in 1894, is undergoing a renovation that includes a seismic retrofit.
This iconic structure has stood its ground for 125 years, even rising back from the ashes of an arson fire that burned much of the building in the mid-1990s.
Residents of the town today are working to […]
Concern over safety prompted closure in 2018. Is your building safe?
Long Beach Community Hospital reopened this year after being shut down in 2018 out of seismic safety concerns.
Worry over the safety of the building prompted its closure, but the facility reopened in January and was expected to […]
How much worse would a major earthquake make California’s already serious housing crisis?
It could destroy much of the existing affordable housing in Los Angeles County — older apartment buildings, many of which are at risk of severe damage in a major earthquake.
In 2016, voters in the city overwhelmingly approved Proposition […]
