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Faulty Behavior: New Earthquake Fault Models Show That ‘Stable’ Zones May Contribute to the Generation of Massive Earthquakes

By   /  January 15, 2013  /  Emergency Management  /  No Comments

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In an earthquake, ground motion is the result of waves emitted when the two sides of a fault move — or slip — rapidly past each other, with an average relative speed of about three feet per second. Not all fault segments move so quickly, however — some slip slowly, through a process called creep, [...]

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World’s Largest Earthquake Drill: JPL Scientists Participate in Great California ShakeOut Exercises

By   /  October 22, 2012  /  Emergency Management, General News  /  No Comments

On Thursday, Oct. 18, at 10:18 a.m. PDT, more than 9.3 million Californians, including employees at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., “dropped, covered and held on” during the 5th annual Great California ShakeOut, the world’s largest earthquake drill. The purpose of the ShakeOut is to encourage people and organizations to be prepared to survive [...]

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South Carolina’s Faults due for a ShakeOut

By   /  October 15, 2012  /  Emergency Management  /  No Comments

From teh FEMA Blog by Derrec Becker, S.C. Emergency Management Division (@SCEMD) The earthquake threat that exists in South Carolina typically doesn’t get much attention as say, a hurricane, a tornado or even an ice storm potential.  Many living in the Palmetto State aren’t aware that the epicenter of the largest earthquake ever recorded on the [...]

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Keeping safe during earthquakes? There’s an app for that

By   /  October 4, 2012  /  Emergency Management  /  No Comments

The American Red Cross released its official earthquake application for iPhone and Android smartphones. The app is free, available in English or Spanish, and is the third in a series created by the Red Cross. The first two apps were for first aid and hurricanes; both apps were a resounding success as more than one million [...]

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Last year’s east coast earthquake has the region preparing for another one

By   /  August 31, 2012  /  Emergency Management  /  No Comments

Last year an earthquake that was centered in Virginia shook up the entire east coast, surprising everyone. It did not result in any deaths and was considered relatively light compared to many tremors on the West Coast, but it was bad enough to force some states to prepare themselves in case of another quake. At Louisa [...]

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