San Francisco Bay Area Earthquake Alliance

Meetings

Most Recent Meeting

Building An Earthquake Resilient Community
Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Recent Significant Earthquakes

• M 6.7 Tonga

  April 28, 2012 03:08:07 UTC

• M 6.6 Near The North Coast Of Papua, Indonesia

  April 20, 2012 18:16:54 UTC

• M 6.8 Eastern New Guinea Reg, Papua New Guinea

  April 17, 2012 00:13:50 UTC

• M 6.7 Offshore Valparaiso, Chile

  April 16, 2012 20:50:16 UTC

• M 6.5 Vanuatu

  April 14, 2012 15:05:26 UTC

Events

• USGS Open House

  Unique opportunity to interact with USGS scientists and enjoy hands-on exhibits on May 19th and 20th from 10am–4pm at USGS in Menlo Park.

• Disaster Preparedness Day

  Sat, Jun 9, 10am–2pm, San Mateo County Event Center, 2495 S. Delaware St., San mateo.

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News and Announcements

• ShakeAlert!—building an earthquake early warning system for California

  View the lecture by Doug Given, USGS online (1 hour and 24 minutes).

• KTVU segment on the Hayward Fault

  Scientists say there is a 30 percent chance a big quake will occur along Hayward fault within the next 30 years.

• KCBS In Depth: Bay Area Disaster Prep

  An interview with Thor Poulsen, Public Education Officer for the Hayward Fire Department, on how prepared the Bay Area is for a natural disaster.

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Get Involved

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  On October 20, 2011, 8.6 million people participated in the Great California ShakeOut earthquake drill. More than 1.3 million participants were from the San Francisco Bay Area. ShakeOut is an annual event held on the third Thursday of October. Save the date for the next ShakeOut on Thursday, October 18, 2012.

Members

Our members include: scientists and engineers; non-profit organization and business leaders; community groups and activists; federal, state, and local government leaders and agencies; and others who share our passion to reduce earthquake risk in California. Join us today.

Earthquake Clearinghouse

The California Earthquake Clearinghouse is a place to coordinate earthquake field investigations and share observations and knowledge among emergency responders and the engineering and scientific communities.