NEWS

Earthquake Page

Welcome to Landtech Consultants' Earthquake Page - a clearinghouse of information about earthquakes and seismic issues. The goal of this page is to be a resource, not only for people interested in earthquakes as natural disasters, but also for building owners, architects, engineers, and real estate managers who want to keep up to date on seismic regulations, codes, and earthquake-related news.

Local/State Earthquake Sites

• Association of Bay Area Governments Earthquake Page: The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) is the regional planning and services agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area
  
  
• California Seismic Safety Commission: The California Seismic Safety Commission: The Commission investigates earthquake-related issues and reports, and recommends to the Governor and Legislature policies and programs needed to reduce earthquake risk
  
  
• The Northern California Seismic Network: The NCSN is designed to detect all local earthquakes having signal strength about the background level of microseisms.
  
  
• The Northern California Earthquake Data Center: The Northern California Earthquake Data Center (NCEDC) is a joint project of the University of California Berkeley Seismological Laboratory (BSL) and the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
  
  
• The USGS Earthquake Hazards Page: Take a virtual tour of the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 in Google Earth, and other interesting earthquake facts.
  
  
• Northern California Chapter of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute: The purpose of the Northern California Chapter is to reduce earthquake risk in Northern California by advancing the science and practice of earthquake engineering, by improving understanding of the impact of earthquakes on the physical, social, economic, political and cultural environment and by advocating comprehensive and realistic measures for reducing the harmful effects of earthquakes.
• Structural Engineers Association of California Earthquake Reports: All about Earthquakes from the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California. Background information and recent news updates on earthquakes.
  
  
• San Francisco Chronicles' Earthquake Site: A survival and preparedness website