In the midst of a global pandemic, the County of San Diego is bracing itself against disaster of all kinds.
A $6.4 billion budget recommended for fiscal year 2020-21 had $100 million dedicated to testing, medical supplies, food distribution and other needs related to the COVID-19 health crisis, and also called […]
San Diego is at the heart of much of the world’s best research about developing earthquake resilient buildings.
The University of California, San Diego, Jacobs School of Engineering conducts some of the most noteworthy studies available on the damaging effects of earthquakes on buildings using one of the world’s largest shake […]
Every building is different, and the approaches to safeguarding a structure against earthquake damage are incredibly diverse.
Yet in spite of these differences, there are some similarities in retrofit approaches based on building type – one of the most common being wood-framed, soft-story structures.
These apartment buildings, characterized by open parking on […]
San Diego is more seriously at risk of earthquake devastation than previously thought.
A new, five-year study unveiled this year by the Engineering and Environmental Research Institute projects grim outcomes for the San Diego area should the Rose Canyon fault explode with a devastating 6.9-magnitude earthquake:
Reaction to last month’s 4.9-magnitude earthquake in Anza was the same for just about everybody who felt it: That’s the LAST thing we need right now.
Striking in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and felt throughout San Diego, Orange and western Riverside counties, the quake jolted us into realizing the […]
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San Diego is earthquake country.
The region’s mountains and many of its valleys were formed by the San Andreas fault system— the tectonic boundary between the Pacific and North American tectonic plates, which run to the east of the […]
San Diego is blessed to have many stately Victorian homes still keeping watch over the swirling sunsets sinking west behind the harbor.
These majestic and ornate structures, with their brightly colored facades, turrets, spires and wrap-around porches, were built to impress — reflecting the optimism and opulence of a society experiencing […]
California recently rolled out its early warning system throughout the state, including in San Diego.
The so-called ShakeAlert warnings are being pushed through two delivery systems: a cell phone app called MyShake and the same wireless notification system that issues Amber Alerts.
This is great news. The early warning system operates on […]
The news is grim: More than half of UCSD’s buildings are a “serious” or “severe risk to life,” according to an internal seismic safety survey obtained by NBC Channel 7.
Two hundred sixty-eight of the university’s 528 buildings are in “poor condition” with “serious” risk of injury in a major earthquake. […]
The San Diego Union-Tribune recently published a list of questions submitted to the editor regarding multi-family properties and earthquakes.
Most asked whether HOAs should carry earthquake insurance, with some condo owners saying they thought it was “foolish” not to.
Yes, condos are different than apartments, but in this […]
