UC Berkley GeoEngineering Lectures on YouTube

[Update March 16, 2017] If any of you tried to watch the lecture live on YouTube, I understand there were some technical difficulties.  The BGA even issued an appology via email.  But you can still […]

KeyLAB’s rate card and invoices features are very powerful but often underused.  If you run a geotechnical laboratory, you know what a challenge it is to keep up with the paperwork side of the business! […]

From the USGS Newsroom:

USGS scientist Ken Hudnut fills us in on how science created the theoretical magnitude 7.8 earthquake behind the Great Southern California ShakeOut—the largest earthquake preparedness drill in U.S. history, coming Nov. 13—and what such an earthquake would do to downtown Los Angeles.

Seems like they did it right wiith this study. They had multiple teams independenlty come up with the ground shaking model, then had different structural engineers who are experts in seismic design of large buildings review the tall buildings in the L.A. area for the design earthquake. They say that buildings would likely come down in the 7.8 magnitude event. Click through to watch the video interview from the USGS.

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