San Simeon Earthquake Anniversary - 5 Years

The 6.6-magnitude San Simeon Earthquake shook for less than a minute, but the reverberations have rocked San Luis Obispo County life and its economy in the five years since. READ MORE

San Francisco. 'soft-story' buildings at risk in quake

An on-going seismic study concludes that without a costly seismic retrofit, 80 percent of San Francisco's weakest wood-frame buildings are expected to collapse or to suffer damage beyond repair in the large earthquake scientists say is likely to occur in the region within decades. READ MORE

This is not an issue unique to San Francisco or northern California. The risks associated with "soft-story" construction were evident following both the 1989 Loma Prieta and 1994 Northridge earthquakes. MORE

GIS Education Center

UPDATE
The GIS Education Center at the City College of San Francisco is offering a series of courses this winter n& spring that might be of interest to the HAZUS User Community.

Google Earth / January 17, 24, & 31
Data Acquisition & GPS / February 21, 28, and March 7
Information Design with Maps / January 14, 21, 28, Feb. 4 and 11
GIS Quick Start / February 18, 25, March 4, 11, and 18
GIS Quick Start Advanced / May 6, 13, and 20
Geoprocessing & ModelBuilder / April 18, 25, and May 2
GIS and the Urban Environment / March 3, 10, 17, and 24

For more info, click here...