The death toll has risen to 39 people following the 6.7 earthquake on Thursday. Two people remain missing and at least 641 people were injured according to reports by CNN. The monstrous 6.7 tremor on Thursday morning moved people from their beds, collapsing roads and causing landslides that caused houses […]
After Japan’s 6.7 deadly tremor, emergency personnel in San Francisco are confident the city is prepared for a disaster. The truth is that residents will have to survive the first 4 days after a major earthquake before any help can arrive. San Francisco’s Department of Emergency Management tested its ability […]
Last Tuesday majority of Mountain View City Council agreed the city should adopt a mandatory seismic retrofit program to prevent older buildings from collapsing during an earthquake. The city council members main concern […]
September 2018 Newsletter.
California cities are feeling encouraged by the news that the city of Berkeley received federal and state funding to help pay the costs to retrofit privately-owned buildings determined to be vulnerable […]
Researchers at Harvard University with google developed an artificial intelligence system (AI) capable of forecasting aftershocks from earthquakes. Researchers say AI offered a marginally better system for predicting where an aftershock might occur.
For more info, please read the original article by USA Today:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/nation-now/2018/08/31/harvard-google-team-up-ai-predict-earthquake-aftershocks/1155203002/
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The Philippines is all too familiar with natural disasters: deadly tropical storms and typhoons, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. Located along the Pacific’s so-called “Ring of Fire,” where seismic activity and tropical storms hit with alarming […]
