Putting down roots in earthquake country

Your Handbook for the San Francisco Bay Region

can be found at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/2005/15/

This website page is for students in my classes to find easy links to websites mentioned in the booklet.

If you haven't been to one of my classes, you can read the book, follow the links and have a do-it-yourself earthquake preparedness class.

Some of the links in the book had typographical errors. I tried to correct as many as possible. Some have disappeared since the first printing of the book.

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For more information go to http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/c1187/

'Orphan tsunami' Web address: http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/pp1707/

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For more information go to:

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq3/

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Source: Association of Bay Area Governments, 2005

http://quake.abag.ca.gov/mitigation/pickcrit.html

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CGS seismic hazard zone maps for the Bay Area are available at

http://www.consrv.ca.gov/CGS/rghm/ap/

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CISN ShakeMaps are now available online within minutes after a significant earthquake at

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/shakemap/

or http://www.cisn.org/shakemap/

The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) operates a Web site designed to provide this information in the form of earthquake-shaking hazard maps at

http://quake.abag.ca.gov/

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http://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/strongmotion/effects/shake/archive/scenario.html

I could not get the above link to function. If you can't, try:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/index.php?areaID=9

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For more information go to:

http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/

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Investigate your options carefully to ensure that your assets are sufficiently protected http://www.EarthquakeAuthority.com/

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Useful Web sites

Financial preparation information:

http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_605_,00.html

Tools for businesses to tame disasters

http://quake.abag.ca.gov/business/

Operation Hope Emergency Financial First Aid Kit (EFFAK): http://www.operationhope.org/

(Note: Both English and Spanish versions of the EFFAK are available at this site.)

Disaster aid information:

http://www.fema.gov/about/process/

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For more information on making your home safer in earthquakes go to:

http://quake.abag.ca.gov/fixit/

http://quakeinfo.org/

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Resources for kids to learn about disaster preparedness:

http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/eqmaps/kids.html

http://www.fema.gov/kids/

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/kids/

For more information on earthquake preparedness plans and disaster kits go to:

Telephone book: The front section of your local phone book

American Red Cross:

http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/beprepared/

http://redcrossshop.org/

Pacific Gas & Electric:

http://www.pge.com/education_training/

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The latest recommendations of structural engineers, contractors, and city building officials who are experts on retrofitting are available on the ABAG web site at

http://quake.abag.ca.gov/fixit/.

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Go to http://quake.abag.ca.gov/fixit/

to take a quiz to see if your apartment building or condominium may need retrofitting. This Web site also has links to information that can help your landlord find appropriate ways to improve the strength of your building.

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For more tsunami survival tips go to

http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/c1187/

Dams can fail during a major earthquake. Catastrophic failure is unlikely, but if you are downstream from a dam, you should know flood-zone information and have prepared an evacuation plan. For more information go to the Association of Bay Area Governments Web site at

http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/eqmaps/eqfloods/floods.html.

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Related Web links: American Red Cross

http://www.redcross.org/

http://www.prepare.org/

Association of Bay Area Governments

http://quake.abag.ca.gov/

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For help in the first week after an earthquake—contact:

Your county office of emergency services

American Red Cross

http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/

1-866-GET-INFO (438-4636) Govenor’s Office of Emergency Services (OES)

http://www.oes.ca.gov/

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

http://www.fema.gov/about/process/

Financial recovery planning resources are available from:

· Operation Hope Emergency Financial First Aid Kit

http://www.ncua.gov/Publications/brochures/EmergencyFinancialFirstAidKit.pdf

· American Red Cross—Disaster Recovery: A Guide to Financial Issues (2003)

http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/beprepared/FinRecovery/

· Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

http://www.fema.gov/about/process/

· Small Business Administration

http://www.sba.gov/index.html

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Within 1 to 2 minutes of an earthquake, its location and magnitude are available at several Web sites, including

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

and

http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/latest.htm.

ShakeMaps use data from seismic instruments to provide a rapid picture of where the strongest shaking occurred. These maps help to identify areas where a quake’s impact is greatest and are used by emergency managers to speed disaster response. ShakeMaps are available at http://www.cisn.org/shakemap.html

or

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/shakemap/

Personal experiences of the effects of an earthquake are very valuable to scientists. When you have felt a quake, please report your observations by using a quick survey found on the U.S. Geological Survey “Did You Feel It?” Web site at

http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/shake/ca/.

Earthquake monitoring for California is done by the California Integrated Seismic Network (CISN), a partnership among the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), University of California Berkeley, Caltech, the California Geological Survey, and the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. CISN is part of a USGS national seismic-monitoring program called the Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS).

For more information go to:

http://www.cisn.org/

http://www.anss.org/

Back cover:

Homeowner’s Guide to Earthquake Safety by the California Seismic Safety Commission

http://www.seismic.ca.gov/hog.htm

For links to many useful Web sites go to:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/hazards/prepare.html

For the Southern-California version of this handbook, go to: http://www.earthquakecountry.info/roots/

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At this website: earthquake home hazards survey

A family (and babysitters, caregivers, overnight guests) disaster plan is at:

Disaster planning

Earthquake information sources is a page of links to most often needed how-to-do-it information from PG&E, City of San Leandro, Association of Bay Area Governments, Los Angeles Fire Department, USGS, Red Cross, and the Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration.

Also, here on my website:

Earthquake and pets advice

Helping Children Cope With Disaster

Disaster Supplies

Store water for after an earthquake

Babysitter Consent and Contact Form

Overwhelmed by the amount of things to do to prepare for a disaster?

Try: Fast, easy, cheap earthquake preparedness for the first to do.

For my CERT and earthquake preparedness class students:the Simple secondary survey study sheet at this website has the list of questions you want to memorize to be able to better help a conscious victim after the initial CERT treatment, or just to help an accident victim.

CERT disaster medicine students: The START Triage quiz is for review.

If this hasn't motivated you or you don't have the time for all this or you need some more reasons to motivate a household member to get ready, read:

Why bother getting ready for an earthquake? It's too much work