Humans, in ancient times, believed earthquakes were caused by huge animals, angry gods and giants.
Current folklore attempts to find causal links between moon phases and earthquakes, but this theory has been debunked by science.
What we do know is that earthquakes are frequent in California, and that Southern California is long […]
Will San Diego be at the center of California’s next deadly earthquake?
The odds are 99-1 that a killer quake – larger than anything we have known – will happen in our lifetimes, somewhere in the state.
It could wield its lethal blow in San Diego, according to California Earthquake Authority CEO […]
UC San Diego, home to one of the world’s foremost research centers for earthquake safety, also has several buildings on and off campus—including student housing, theaters, gymnasiums, laboratories, and cafes – that are at serious or severe risk to life, according to a seismic safety survey done of several University […]
The last time Lakisha Woods went to buy a car, she was sold on the safety features: forward collision warnings, automatic emergency braking, and blind spot and lane departure warnings, to name just a few.
“When I went to buy a home a year later, nobody told me about the safety […]
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 […]
Saving lives is the ultimate concern when preparing for an earthquake, but building retrofits bring so many cost benefits that they make good business sense as well.
Retrofits enhance a building’s value by extending its longevity and making it safer for the people who occupy it. But there are […]
Earlier predictions of Southern California’s earthquake risk were dire enough as many as 1,800 deaths, 50,000 injuries, and $200 billion in damage with long-lasting social and economic impacts.
New figures from the U.S. Geological Survey are significantly worse: more than 1,000 dead in Los Angeles alone; major transportation corridors destroyed; water […]
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 […]
-Appeared on San Diego County Apartment Association (SDCAA)
Southern California this year observed the 25th anniversary of the Northridge Earthquake — a 6.7- magnitude blind-reverse thrust that in 1994 caused $67 billion in widespread damage. It was deemed, and still remains, one of the nation’s most […]
Nearly 150 years ago, an earthquake estimated at 7.8 magnitude struck California’s Inyo County in the Owens Valley killing 27 people in 1872.
The quake struck at 2:30 a.m. while most people in the sparcely populated area were sleeping. […]
