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, [...]
Is Earthquake Weather A Thing?
Research geophysicist Brad Aagard from the United States Geological Survey Center says there’s no such thing. It’s just a [...]
Haiti’s Earthquake 10 Year Anniversary
10 years ago a devastating 7.9 earthquake hit Haiti leaving their capital city, Portau-Prince destroyed in seconds. "A lot [...]
950 Earthquakes Have Hit Puerto Rico This Year
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, there have been more than 950 earthquakes and aftershocks recorded on Puerto Rico [...]