By the Fall schools in Portland will start to see the placards in the front of the buildings. The placards are informing them the building may be unsafe in in the event of a major earthquake. For now the district has sent out messages. Portland Public Schools in 1995 have […]
A quarter century has passed since the 1994 Northridge earthquake, that displaced thousands of people and cost over a billion dollars in damages. Are we safer? If another one were to strike, will we be better off, than last time? The answers vary.
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In just a few days, the 25th anniversary of the 1994 Northridge Earthquake will happen. This earthquake not only injured more than 9,000 people, and displaced 20,000. The timeline NBC provided shows the magnitude of the earthquake and the destruction it caused.
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An earthquake in Canada has just been confirmed. It was of a 3.8-magnitude around northwest of Hampton in southern New Brunswick. It hit at 9:49 a.m. AST. The earthquake was an “intraplate earthquake,” which means, it happened inside the tectonic plate.
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This is a guide for most people in California who rent. It discusses advice on what you should do or ask your landlord to make sure your building is safe. A building that is retrofitted has a greater chance of having a minimal impact to no impact when the big […]
The double-deck Alaskan Way Viaduct will cause a disaster in an event of an earthquake in Seattle. The viaduct goes over the Great Northern railroad tunnel that was built in 1905 and it suffered no damaged at all during the 2001, 6.8 Nisqually Earthquake. Tunnels are safer during an earthquake. […]
Japan was hit with an earthquake of 6.3 magnitude at 12:39pm GMT. It happened on the island of Tangegashima in Kagoshima Prefecture. There are no immediate reports of casualties or injuries, no tsunami warnings in place. Japan accounts for roughly 20 percent of the world’s earthquakes of magnitude 6 or […]
According to a new study published in Nature Communications, the Himalayan fault that caused the 2015 earthquake in Nepal is ready for another shift. Nepal will once again be affected by the earthquake. The results concluded that if all the energy is released at the same time it could power […]
Since Anchorage Alaska was hit with an earthquake, there has been a link to a website on social media that claims to be able to predict when earthquakes will happen. Scientist all agree this is not true. Luke Holmquist owns the website and uses his own research of 13 years […]
There are 29 schools in the Portland district that are at risk of collapsing during a major earthquake. The 29 schools are unreinforced masonry buildings, which are known to be one of the most dangerous buildings during an earthquake. In October, the Portland City Council passed an ordinance saying all […]
