A 3.5 earthquake woke up San Bernardino today at 6:05 am. The quake was centered 2 miles southwest of the city of San Bernardino. With many people reporting the quake to the USGS “Did you feel it” website.
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This Wednesday morning a 4.7 earthquake hit off Oregon’s coast. It happened 235 miles west of Coos Bay. The earthquake had a depth of 6 miles long. No reports of tsunami of damaged issued.
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https://www.koin.com/news/environment/earthquakes/45-earthquake-hits-off-oregon-coast/1913856493
During this op-ed Dr. Lucy Jones explains the earthquake drought means “we aren’t getting as much movement as plate tectonics requires.” Dr. Lucy Jones made it a point to say, “what happens to our communities then will depend on how well we have prepared. How will we use that time?” […]
Last week a Los Angeles City Council committee was briefed on seismic upgrades and to no surprise, only 14% of the soft-story wooden structure are now compliant but none of the concrete buildings have been retrofitted. Under the ordinance, most seismic retrofits occur within seven years.
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California hasn’t experienced a big earthquake in years, and experts from USGS says this drought will end, with “destructive results.” Elizabeth Cochran, seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey said, “we’re going to dramatically see a change in earthquake rates.” Experts say California ignores these realities.
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Wednesday morning Anaheim Hills was awakened by a 3.5 earthquake. The epicenter was close to the freeway interchange between highways 91 and 241. People reported the light shaking across social media.
For more info, please read the original article by LA Times:
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-earthquakesa-earthquake-35-quake-strikes-near-esperanza-calif-xvhj-story.html
By 2020, 418 hospitals need to meet seismic safety standards in California. This will cost tens of billion dollars and could jeopardize healthcare access, according to a newly released study. The California Hospital Association funded the Rand Corp. report.
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The city of West Hollywood is feeling the heat, they are exploring multiple options for reducing the cost of landlords for retrofitting their apartment buildings. The city is planning on applying for federal grants, reducing the fees that the city charges, and changing the formula that owners of rent-stabilized buildings […]
According to the engineering reports the Anchorage School District released the damaged Gruening Middle School and Eagle River Elementary is extensive. The reports were prepared by Anchorage firm BDS Architects, it explained in detailed the cost of repair and what must be fixed in order to reopen.
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Wednesday morning thousands of cell phones buzzed as an urgent message about a “TEST of the CA Earthquake Warning System. No action required. THIS IS A TEST.” At 11 a.m. the first residential deployment if the states earthquake warning system went out to phones in a 60-block zone of Oakland.
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