Many Californians remember the Northridge earthquake of 1994, which caused 57 deaths, injured 8,700, and displaced 22,000 people from their homes. During
Over the past several decades, earthquakes in Hanshin, Mexico City, Northridge, Loma Prieta, and Christchurch have underscored the poor seismic performance
In 2015, the Los Angeles Municipal Council enacted Ordinance No. 183893, which introduced a mandatory earthquake retrofit program for wood-frame soft-story
California is frequently struck by earthquakes and the next quake may well be the next Big One. No one knows when the next major earthquake will occur,