7-2-09 EPIcenter Meeting Minutes Earthquake EPIcenter Meeting Southern California Earthquake Center – University of Southern California 2 July 2009 9:00 – 9:15 am Welcome &Introductions (All) 9:15 – 10:00 ShakeOut […]

EPIcenter News and Events Upcoming Events: 3/25 – 3/31/12 National Tsunami Preparedness Week 3/31/12 QCN/EPIcenter Collaboration Kick Off and Focus Group @ San Bernardino County Museum 10/18/12 2012 Great California […]

Turtle Tale “The Turtle Tale,” is a Native American story of how earthquakes occur told by storyteller and University of Southern California alumna, Jacque Tahuka-Nunez (tribal descendant of the Acjachemen […]

Earthquake Show About the show: The Earthquake Show is a 15-minute educational, interactive presentation on the science behind earthquakes and the importance of earthquake safety. The Earthquake Show was developed […]

Answers for many of your questions, online versions of this handbook in multiple languages, the Seven Steps to an Earthquake Resilient Workplace and other supplemental documents, are all available at: […]

Magnitude is a measurement of the energy produced by an earthquake and is not a measure of the shaking you feel. What you feel is very complex – hard or […]

Where and when was the earthquake? “IT’S HOT AND DRY — EARTHQUAKE WEATHER!” Many people believe that earthquakes are more common in certain kinds of weather. In fact, no correlation […]

Epicenter, hypocenter, aftershock, foreshock, fault, fault plane, seismograph, P-waves, magnitude, intensity, peak acceleration, amplification… We hear them. After big earthquakes, we say them. But what do these terms mean? What […]

The information in this booklet is valid, but for the most updated information, navigate to Our Seven Steps to Earthquake Safety Page. Once you have met your and your family’s […]

The information in this booklet is valid, but for the most updated information, navigate to Our Seven Steps to Earthquake Safety Page. First take care of your own situation. Remember […]