Most people picture earthquakes as a West Coast problem. California shakes regularly, the news covers it, and residents there ...
California reinstituted an ambitious plan to study dangerous earthquake faults and create zoning maps that could restrict development. In July, the California Geological Survey began to zone the Santa ...
Most homebuyers check school ratings, flood plains, and commute times. Very few pull up a seismic hazard map. That oversight ...
“If we don’t understand the underlying tectonic processes, it’s hard to predict the seismic hazard,” said co-author Amanda Thomas, professor of earth and planetary sciences at UC Davis. Three of the ...