Quake-Safe Consulting LLC

08/14/2024

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12/27/2018

Bend would be the center of the state’s emergency response in the worst-case scenario of a catastrophic earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone off the Oregon Coast, according to a new state report.The Oregon National Guard Youth Challenge Program’s Bend campus on Dodds Road is the fallbac...

06/28/2017

Some great tips for making yourself safer in earthquake country.

When it comes to disaster, there are simple things you can do to make yourself safer. The information on this page is designed as a step-by-step guide to give you details on what to do before, during, and after an earthquake. Start with the simple tips within each step so that you can build on your…

06/13/2017

Southern California, the land of earthquakes, also has mega quakes. Theirs are mostly strike-slip quakes, which are two surface plates grinding horizontally against each other. Ours will be a subduction zone earthquake, which is one plate sliding under another.
This article talks about a possible mega-quake in the southern end of the San Andreas Fault. If it happened in the northern end it could, conceivably, trigger the Cascadia Subduction Zone quake. There is a point off of the coast at Cape Mendocino, called the Triple Junction, where the two faults and the Gordo Plate, another source of earthquakes, actually touch. That's the point geologists tell us most of the Cascadia Subduction Zone quakes actually start.
It will happen. We don't know when, but the chances rise every day. It's time to prepare!
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-tour-san-andreas-fault-lucy-jones-20170613-htmlstory.html

On a tour of the San Andreas fault, seismologist Lucy Jones explains just how big the Big One could be.

06/12/2017

Good to remember this study published last summer when making vacation plans. Be prepared with a go-kit in your car & be on the lookout for escape routes when you're at the beach.

The new estimates call for an earthquake along the central Oregon coast about every 350 years. The last one was 316 years ago.

12/08/2016

Today’s 6.5 earthquake off the coast of northern California is a reminder that we need to prepare now for the Cascadia subduction zone earthquake. Today’s temblor was located on the Gorda Escarpment, stretching several hundred miles west of Mendocino. This is very close to where the great Cascadia earthquake will likely begin.
This one didn't start the avalanche of quakes that will be the Cascadia event so there is no immediate cause for alarm, but the Gordo Escarpment marks the southern end of the Cascadia subduction zone, which is something to worry about.
Sometime a relatively small quake on the Gordo Escarpment will, in fact, trigger a much bigger quake in the subduction zone, which will trigger another quake further north and the Great Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquake will be off and running. It didn't happen this time, but the Gordo Escarpment, the Gordo Plate, and the Cascadia subduction zone all come together at the Mendocino Triple Junction, just off the coast of Mendocino.
There are a lot of earthquakes under the Gordo ridge, by far more than anywhere else in California. No one can predict when one will trigger the cascading earthquake that will affect the West Coast all the way from northern California to Vancouver, BC. The last time it happened was January 1700. The average time between events is about 270 years, and it has been 317 years since the last one.
Now is the time to prepare. Afterward will be too late. If you’d like expert help in preparing your household and your neighborhood for the Big One, we are available.

11/21/2016

Had a great time Saturday presenting Map Your Neighborhood with a group of neighbors in north Corvallis. Was really impressed by how much they were working together to map people's living situations and list skills and equipment people have that will be needed after the earthquake. We will really need to lean on our neighbors when it happens.

10/28/2016

Love this fun approach to creating a business earthquake recovery plan. Plan for the Zombie Apocolypse!

Your first assumption is that you won’t be able to get back to your office, to your computer, to your local files. That is your starting point.

10/28/2016

10/19/2016

Preparing to participate in the Great OregonShakeOut tomorrow. I'll be volunteering in the Multi-Agency Mass Casualty Exercise at Reser Stadium all morning. Wherever you are, at 10:20 a.m., you can participate by dropping on the ground, getting under something heavy and holding on for at least a minute. Find more information here: http://www.shakeout.org/oregon/index.html

Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drills help people in homes, schools, and organizations worldwide improve preparedness and practice how to be safe during earthquakes. Register to participate in your state or country's drill at www.ShakeOut.org.