California Tower at the San Diego Museum Reopens
The California Tower at the San Diego Museum finally reopens after going through a seismic retrofit. The iconic Balboa [...]
How To Prepare For An Earthquake
This article discussed how to start preparing for an earthquake. More importantly they discussed how seismic retrofits are a [...]
How Will Seattle Do In The Event Of The Big One
At the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s annual meeting, experts say Seattle would be okay if the ‘big [...]
A 4.0 Earthquake Hit Near Hollister, California
The quake struck at 7:33 p.m., about 12 miles northwest of Hollister in San Benito County. For more info, please [...]
How The Shake Alert App Works
ShakeAlert is a USGS app for your phone, the USGS also feeds the data to Federal Emergency Management Agency, [...]
Carpinteria Considers Mandatory Seismic Retrofitting
The City of Carpinteria is considering doing a seismic retrofit ordinance for their soft-story buildings built before 1991. They [...]
Are California’s Hospitals Ready for An Earthquake
Many hospitals fit the criteria and are not ready for the “Big One”. The Seismic Safety Act originally gave hospitals [...]
What we learned from the Northridge Earthquake
The Northridge earthquake showed the vulnerability in the welded and bolted connections of what are called moment frames. Until then, [...]