How An Architect Who Designs “Half-Houses” Rebuilt A City
Alejandro Aravena, co-founder of the Santiago design firm Elemental, is an award winning architect known as a socially conscious problem-solver. [...]
Scientists Probe Northwest Lakes to Learn About Quakes
Multiple teams of earthquake researchers are looking in lakes to figure out how strongly the Pacific Northwest shook during great [...]
Do HOA’s maintain earthquake insurance?
California law does not require HOAs to carry earthquake insurance, but boards should check their CC&Rs. Click open the article [...]
Over 300 San Francisco Properties Miss Earthquake Retrofit Deadline
Owners of more than 300 properties across San Francisco have missed the final deadline to start an earthquake-retrofit project required [...]
One of the biggest questions in earthquake seismology is how earthquakes get started
According to a new research a lot of earthquakes we feel come soon after smaller ones. The new research offered [...]
Check how powerful the earthquake would feel in your address
The LA Times and the USGS worked together to select 14 significant earthquake scenarios on faults across California. The [...]
An estimated $2 billion in infrastructure repairs for the Naval Air Weapons Station in China, following the earthquakes
Last months earthquakes damaged the Naval Air Weapons Station in China Lake, the cost for repairs could top $2 [...]
Many owners are still dragging their feet to retrofit their soft-story apartment
Thousands of owners who are required to seismic retrofit their properties haven’t completed their retrofits. Retrofits of soft-story buildings [...]