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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 Southern Oregon Coast is prone to earthquakes. Geologists are absolutely clear on that, with a lot of evidence to support them. But some of the…
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The old buildings that give downtown areas character in places like Ashland are often made of brick. And there's a potential problem: older buildings made…
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Los Angeles got a little shaking recently. And that was a couple of weeks after an earthquake rattled a few people and shelves in Humboldt County. No…
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There's a fine line between encouraging preparedness and creating panic. Our region sits atop a major earthquake fault, the Cascadia Subduction Zone. And…
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Very few earthquake faults in California have been mapped over the past two decades despite an ambitious campaign launched in the early 1970's to help…
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What's in your earthquake kit?The answer to that question is often "uh, I don't have one yet." Which is why Oregon's Office of Emergency Management is…