LA County Makes New Moves Towards Mandatory Retrofits
Looks like Los Angeles got a much-needed wakeup call after the massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria last month. This week, LA legislators put into motion a bill that would mandate retrofits for vulnerable non-ductile concrete structures by 2033. The mandatory retrofits would require …
90 Year Anniversary of the Deadly Long Beach Earthquake
It’s been 90 years since the deadly earthquake that ravaged Long Beach and its residents. On March 7th, 1933, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck Long Beach. Lasting only 10 seconds, the quake resulted in the deaths of 120 people, collapsed 230 schools in the area, …
