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It’s been close to 30 years since California enacted the bulk of its seismic safety standards, but hospitals continue to ask for more time and flexibility. They argue that many facilities, especially smaller ones, can’t afford the retrofitting or replacement costs.
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A 6.4 magnitude quake in late December and a New Year's Day aftershock have left approximately 170 people displaced from their homes.
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The person in charge of keeping Oregon informed of earthquake hazards has a side job writing comic books. Check that; writing comic books is PART of her…
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A new analysis by researchers in Oregon, Spain and British Columbia, Canada, suggests that massive earthquakes on northern sections of the Cascadia…
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We talk a fair amount about "The Big One," the anticipated Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake that could hit 9.0 or higher in magnitude. But it's not the…
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Don't get excited by the term "SLIDO," it is NOT one of those little hamburgers (that's a slider). SLIDO is the Statewide Landslide Information Layer for…
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When you think of all the things smartphones can do now, why NOT make an app that can alert you to an earthquake?That's what the brains have been testing…
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You can't sit in one place and watch evolution happen. But you might be able to come back after a while and see the evidence of it. And in a remarkably…
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Emergency managers have to walk a fine line between making people aware of earthquake dangers in the region... and scaring them. But the threat is real,…
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The death toll from the earthquake in Nepal continues to climb by the hour. And the search for dead and survivors is accompanied by growing efforts to…
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When--not if--the Cascadia subduction zone in our region produces an earthquake, it will likely also produce a tsunami. And a recent report indicates…
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It's not an anniversary anybody celebrated, and it certainly is not one anyone wants to re-enact. But January 26th marked 315 years to the day since the…
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The world learns about major tragedies like the Haiti earthquake of 2010… then the news media move on. Attention focuses on the latest disaster. Former…
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It is simply hard to imagine our homes and neighborhoods bent and broken by an earthquake. But a large quake is a distinct possibility in our region,…