ECA SoCal Fall 2025 Workshop

This in-person workshop at AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles featured a special Seven Steps to Earthquake Safety training to learn key guidance for what to do before, during, and after earthquakes. The interactive training welcomed attendee feedback about the messaging and discuss how they can lead the presentation in their organization, community or with other groups. The workshop also included presentations about AltaSea, the Port’s emergency planning, recent SoCal earthquakes, and ECA opportunities.

Location: AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles
Berth 58, Enter Door 2 (look for BIG blue numbers above each set of doors).
2451 Signal St.m San Pedro, CA 90731

Presentations and Discussions:

Margaret Vinci (Manager, Office of Earthquake Programs, Caltech) and Alan Hanson (Retired, Simpson Strong-Tie)

Welcome and introductions– ECA SoCal Coordinating Committee Chairs

Robin Aube (Director of Advancement for AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles)

AltaSea Welcome and Overview

Lynette Ursery, (Emergency Management Coordinator, Port of Los Angeles)

Overview of Emergency Management at the Port of Los Angeles

Margaret Vinci (Manager, Office of Earthquake Programs, Caltech)

Recent Southern California Earthquakes

Mark Benthien (ECA Executive Director, Statewide California Earthquake Center at USC)

ECA Activities & Opportunities

Mark Benthien, Margaret Vinci, and Alan Hanson

Seven Steps to Earthquake Safety

In this interactive training you will:

• Develop Your Action Plan for being prepared to survive and recover quickly when large earthquakes happen;
• Be encouraged to provide feedback for additional or revised content for updating the training materials;
• Learn how to share the Seven Steps in your organization, community, or with other groups (possibly as a member of the ECA Events Bureau).

Attendee Announcements and Sharing

WORKSHOP PRESENTATION SLIDES AND SURVEY

Workshop Presentation Slides (PDF; some content shared live by presenters may not be not included)

Brief survey (Please complete after viewing the workshop (live or slides)

QUESTIONS: info@earthquakecountry.org