Representatives of Optimum Seismic, Inc. will be attending the 88th annual convention of the Structural Engineers Association of California.
“This conference is a great opportunity to network with leaders in the structural engineering profession and discuss ways to make California cities safer,” says Optimum Seismic Chief Operating Officer Ali Sahabi, a […]
Thousands of owners who are required to seismic retrofit their properties haven’t completed their retrofits. Retrofits of soft-story buildings must be completed by 2023. About 10% of total apartments have completed their retrofits.
For more info, please read the original article by KFI AM 640:
https://kfiam640.iheart.com/content/2019-08-06-report-thousands-of-la-apartments-havent-been-earthquake-proofed/
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit the Taiwan’s northwest coast on Thursday. The quake had building shakings and cut power to around 2,000 buildings. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties
For more info, please read the original article by ABS CBN News:
https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/08/08/19/strong-quake-rattles-taiwan-no-immediate-reports-of-damage
August 2019 Newsletter.
I was privileged last month to participate in a seismic resilience symposium featuring prominent engineers, architects and resilience experts from all over world. The event, hosted by the American Institute […]
As a national advocate for safer cities throughout the United States, Optimum Seismic Chief Operating Officer Ali Sahabi participated last month in the American Institute of Architects Oregon’s URM Seismic Resilience Symposium.
The three-day event, held July 18-20 at Portland State University, featured two days of presentations from prominent engineers and […]
After the recent earthquakes in Ridgecrest, the city of Long Beach is trying to establish a database of the buildings that are at risked in an event of a major earthquake. The mayor of Long Beach said, “I just inquired about this database with our leadership team – you can […]
A massive 6.3 earthquake hit off the coast of Japan near Fukushima on Sunday evening. People reported feeling the quake in the capital, Tokyo. No report were immediate reports of damage, and no tsunami alert was issued.
For more info, please read the original article by AccuWeather:
[…]
On Friday, Indonesia’s coast was hit with a 6.8 earthquake. It was centered 94 miles from Banten province off the island’s southwest coast. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue a tsunami warning, after the quake but Indonesian authorities issued their own. They advise people living in coastal areas […]
-Appeared on San Diego County Apartment Association (SDCAA)
Last month’s 6.4- and 7.1-magnitude earthquakes were the largest this state has seen in the past 20 years.
Thankfully, due to the remoteness of the Ridgecrest area where they struck, there were no casualties and relatively little destruction.
What if […]
-Appeared on Apartment Association California, Southern Cities (AACSC).
Southern California got hit by some monster quakes last month, thankfully with no casualties and little destruction due to the remoteness of the epicenters’ sparsely populated desert location.
The 6.4- and 7.1-magnitude temblors may have occurred in Ridgecrest, but they […]
