Of all our major natural hazards, earthquakes are the most difficult to prepare for. They are inherently unpredictable and strike without warning. Depending on the magnitude or intensity, the damage ...

With two recent earthquakes and a statewide preparedness exercise this week, it’s a good time to make sure you’re ready for an earthquake. The Great California Shake Out, an earthquake awareness and ...

In California, where the next “Big One” is an always-looming threat, some lessons learned from the 1925 Santa Barbara quake ...

ZIRO- State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), in collaboration with Fire & Emergency Services, conducted a Mock ...

By Public Affairs. Dear UC Santa Cruz Community, On October 18 at 10:18 a.m., UC Santa Cruz will participate in The Great California Shake Out, an earthquake awareness and preparedness campaign. On ...

The catastrophic flash flooding in the Texas Hill Country over the July 4 holiday weekend is a somber reminder that the ...

In the past two decades, as public awareness of a great earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone has grown, there has been much outreach on shaking hazards and tsunami potential but little focus ...

The Israeli public also supports faster warnings—a survey conducted following the 2023 earthquakes in Turkey, which were felt across many parts of Israel, found that 63% of respondents preferred ...