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 […]
Insurance doesn’t save lives, it saves your livelihood. Earthquake retrofits do both.
Most apartment owners have worked very hard for what they have. Yet while San Diego is more seriously at risk of earthquake devastation than previously thought – many prefer to hope that the worst never happens, rather than to […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The benefits of making buildings and communities more resilient to better withstand powerful earthquakes will be discussed during “The Resilience Advantage,” webinar on Wednesday, Feb. 17 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
To register, visit optimumseismic.com/the-resilience-advantage/. There is no fee to sign in.
A coalition of leading business organizations […]
The best way to prepare for disaster is to ask yourself, “What’s the worst thing that could happen?”
When it comes to earthquakes, you can assess damage from past experiences, identify the near-misses or “thank goodness it didn’t happen here” scenarios and search out the best ways to mitigate those possibilities […]
Last year, Southern California observed the 25th anniversary of the Northridge Earthquake — a 6.7- magnitude blind-reverse thrust temblor that in 1994 caused $67 billion in widespread damage.
It was, and still remains, one of the nation’s most expensive natural disasters.
We’ve learned a lot since then. Thousands of structures throughout California […]
If your apartment building is located in Mission Bay, Mission Valley, Tierra Santa, Linda Vista, or many other communities in the Greater San Diego Area – it may sit on soil prone to liquefaction, landslides or other instability when shaken by an earthquake.
These destructive reactions can happen when ground vibrations […]
