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ShakeOut! Simulated Consequences of a M 7.8 San Andreas Earthquake Ken Hudnut; United States Geological Survey. November 13, 2008. 2009 Summit on Creating Disaster Resilient Communities Los Angeles, California 15 January 2009. ShakeOut. Scenario Coordinators:
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ShakeOut! Simulated Consequences of aM 7.8 San Andreas EarthquakeKen Hudnut; United States Geological Survey November 13, 2008 2009 Summit on Creating Disaster Resilient Communities Los Angeles, California 15 January 2009
ShakeOut Scenario Coordinators: Lucy Jones, Rich Bernknopf, Dale Cox, Jim Goltz, Ken Hudnut, Dennis Mileti, Sue Perry, Dan Ponti, Keith Porter, Mike Reichle, Hope Seligson, Kim Shoaf, Jerry Treiman, and Anne Wein Steering Committee: Lucy Jones, Dale Cox, Sue Perry, Mark Benthien, John Bwarie, Margaret Vinci, Monica Buchanan, Kate Long, Sohini Sinha, Larry Collins and Ken Hudnut Earthquake Source & Ground Motions: Ken Hudnut, Brad Aagaard, Rob Graves, Jon Stewart, Lisa Star, Tom Jordan and many others
Big One - what do we mean by that? • Compare with1994 Northridgeearthquake: • 50x smaller • Magnitude 6.7 • 57 deaths • $40 billion • Compare with2008 Chino Hillsearthquake: • 5000x smaller! • Magnitude 5.4 • 0 deaths • Minimal damage Bakersfield LosAngeles Palm Springs
Mw 7.8 Mexico City Earthquake, 1985 Sources: Bob Reitherman, CUREE Mehmet Celebi, USGS
Get Ready Rally @ LA Live! Theo Alexopoulos, Pasadena Art Center Preparedness Now M. Vinci, K. Long, M. Buchanan of the ShakeOut Steering Committee Steve Sellers, OES
What we do now, before the earthquake, The Bottom Line will determine what our lives will be like after
"This is the best single effort in emergency preparedness in my nearly 20 years in the business. The Golden Guardian / Great Shake Out project did more to prepare our cities than all previous efforts combined for many years past. I have never had so much participation and interest in disaster preparedness. And it continues!” - Los Angeles County Emergency Manager
Ken Hudnut, USGS hudnut@usgs.gov http://www.shakeout.org/ http://www.dropcoverholdon.org/