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SAFRR: Science Application for Risk Reduction

SAFRR: Science Application for Risk Reduction …. SAFRR: Science Application for Risk Reduction. NATURAL HAZARDS MISSION AREA Earthquake Hazards Program.

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SAFRR: Science Application for Risk Reduction

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  1. SAFRR: Science Application for Risk Reduction … SAFRR: Science Application for Risk Reduction NATURAL HAZARDS MISSION AREA Earthquake Hazards Program 150th Anniversary of the 1868 Hayward fault earthquakeEarthquake Country AllianceCisco, San Jose, March 1, 2018 • Opportunity • Ideas • Messages • Partners Jack Boatwright, Tom Brocher, Susan Garcia, Scott Haefner, Keith Knudsen, Jim Lienkaemper, David Schwartz

  2. 1868 “the great San Francisco earthquake” • Magnitude 6.8 • 30 fatalities, 5 in San Francisco (7th most lethal California earthquake) • Extensive damage in San Leandro, Hayward, and Fremont (total population less than 2000—now is over 500,000) • Bay Area population was 260,000 (at 7 million, it is now 27 times larger) ShakeMap USGS OFR 2008-1121

  3. Hotel Society of California Pioneers Haywards Hotel, Haywards, 1860s Hayward was heavily damaged by the 1868 earthquake. “Practically not a house was left on its foundations…”“Many buildings were much damaged.” (Lawson Report, 1908).

  4. 2nd Alameda Co. Courthouse, San Leandro Courthouse Society of California Pioneers “At San Leandro the shock was more sensibly felt than at any other point on that side of the Bay. All the buildings were terribly shaken, adobes were thrown to the ground, brick structures, and even frame buildings were demolished. The Court House and County Jail were shaken down.” San Francisco Morning Call, 22 Oct. 1868

  5. Courtesy San Leandro Public Library Mr. J.W. Joslyn, Deputy County Clerk, died in an attempt to escape the Courthouse Lawson Report, 1908 Bancroft Library Alameda Co. Courthouse San Leandro

  6. The 1868 quake impacted building design in the Bay Area through 1906 Stephen Tobriner, Bracing For Disaster, 2006. UC Berkeley, South Hall, built 1873

  7. Memorial Park, Hayward: Hayward Fault offsets construction all along the East Bay

  8. SUMMARY: 12-EVENT

  9. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/events/1868calif/

  10. Assistance from partners: • Publications to highlight • Web site content & events • Messaging expertise • Media event ideas • Brainstorming

  11. Some potential themes: • Encourage retrofits or replacements by showcasing retrofit or rebuilt buildings or infrastructure • Encourage preparedness • Tell the story of what happened in 1868 • Education about post seismic slip, ShakeAlert, aftershocks

  12. Important Dates to Remember • Your Mom’s birthday • HayWiredrollout – Wednesday, April 18 • Shakeout – Thursday, October 18 • Media events – Friday, October 19 • 1868 150th anniversary – Sunday, October 21 • Other events – spread over weeks/months leading up to anniversary • Election day, Tuesday November 6

  13. SAFRR: Science Application for Risk Reduction … SAFRR: Science Application for Risk Reduction NATURAL HAZARDS MISSION AREA Earthquake Hazards Program 1868 150th Anniversary We look forward to partnering with you! Tom Brocher, brocher@usgs.gov Susan Garcia, garcia@usgs.gov

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