Faultline: Seismic science at the Epicenter
Live earthquake data
Great San Francisco earthquakes
Earthquake basics
Mitigating earthquake damage
Earthquake activities
Mitigating earthquake damage
 
Odds are that another 1906-like quake will rumble the San Francisco Bay Area in the next 20 years. And every year, temblors shake some part of the world, sometimes with disastrous effects. What can we do to mitigate the damage?
 
BUILDING FOR THE BIG ONE
Subterranean hockey pucks, reinforced brick walls, and other potentially life-saving architecture.
 
PREDICTIONS AND WARNING SYSTEMS
Can we predict earthquakes? Should we try?
 
RETROFITTING FOR THE FUTURE
If you didn't build it right the first time around, you can still make it better.
 

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