China Earthquake Coverage
Geologic Hazards
Seismic upgrade of San Francisco’s huge water system moves into high gear to prepare for the next big quake
The San Francisco Public Utility Commission has a $4.6B program in place to try and make the water storage and supply system for the Bay Area ‘earthquake proof’ by 2015. It involves 86 separate projects, […]
Geologic Hazards
New Research on Earthquake Induced Landslides
Some new research on the Newmark Displacement Method for earthquake-induced landslides indicates that the method may be on the unconservative side. The Landslide Blog provides a short summary of the paper by Li et al. (2018) that was recently […]
Geologic Hazards
Allstate to Stop Underwriting Houses in California
Allstate Insurance company will no longer be underwriting houses effective in July. No changes will occur for existing customers. The move is supposedly to "limit its exposure to catastrophe" such as earthquakes. Allstate has also […]