Happy Birthday to the Humboldt Earthquake Education Center (HEEC). The center owes its existence to the California Earthquake Education Act of 1984 when the California Legislature designated the ...
The government will provide financial support for students in the region affected by the February earthquakes, but several provinces and some types of schools were not included in the plan. In ...
Recent earthquakes such as the 7.9 magnitude 2008 Sichuan Earthquake and the 7.6 magnitude 2005 Kashmir Earthquake demonstrate that many communities do not have earthquake-resistant schools. Many of ...
Several Lane County schools and institutions participated in the annual Great Oregon ShakeOut, when millions of people worldwide practice earthquake safety. Organized by the Oregon Department of ...
KUNA — Earthquakes may feel like a remarkable and jarring event, but for Idaho, a state that ranks among the highest in the nation for earthquake risk, they are hardly a rare occurrence. In a ...
Education Workers The earthquake resulted in the loss of 931 education workers' lives. Many education workers in the region, especially those living in Hatay, Maraş, Adıyaman, Malatya, and the ...
When Jon Dibble first brought up his concerns about seismic safety at Salt Lake City schools, one of the district’s board members quickly dismissed him as “some kind of earthquake nut.” “It was during ...
One such effort was led by the UNESCO Office in Venice, through the Japanese Funds-in-Trust (JFIT) project, ‘UNESCO’s ...
Anyone who's lived in the Pacific Northwest for any length of time has likely heard of "The Big One." Friday marked the 324th anniversary of the last Great Cascadia earthquake, an estimated 8.7 to 9.2 ...
At 9:51 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 31, 1886, the largest East Coast earthquake in recorded history ripped through Charleston with an epicenter near Summerville. The 60-second event killed about 100 people, ...