ABAG Links and Recent Earthquakes

 
Did I just feel an earthquake?
Find out using this information on recent earthquake locations and maps
USGS California and Nevada Current Earthquake Map
USGS San Francisco Bay Area Current Earthquake Map
USGS Los Angeles Area Current Earthquake Map
USGS Current Earthquake Information for Other Areas of the US and World
   
Federal Government Sites
"Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country" - a handbook developed by USGS, ABAG, the American Red Cross-Bay Area and others specifically for the Bay Area
USGS Earthquake Information for Northern California
USGS National Center Earthquake Information
USGS Ask-A-Geologist Program
USGS National Seismic Hazard Maps - View the Bay Area in a national context
Bay Area Earthquake Alliance - A USGS program to coordinate awareness and preparedness activities throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
Global Seismic Hazard Map - View the Bay Area in a world-wide context, produced as a demonstration project of the United Nations International Decade of Natural Disaster Reduction (UN/IDNDR)
FEMA Disaster Supplies Kit
FEMA Earthquake Fact Sheet
   
California State Government Sites
California Office of Emergency Services
California Geological Survey
California Dept. of Transportation (Caltrans) Seismic Retrofit Program
California Seismic Safety Commission
Community Preparedness Website Project
 
Nonprofit and Utility Earthquake Information
American Red Cross Earthquake Safety Information
East Bay Muni. Utility Dist. Seismic Improvement Program (pdf)
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) Earthquake Safety Information
BART Seismic Retrofit Program
Western States Seismic Policy Council Information
 
Academic and Research Earthquake Information Sites
SAC Steel Project - to improve the bahvoir of welded steel structures in earthquakes
UC Berkeley Seismological Laboratory
UC Berkeley Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER)
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
Northern California Earthquake Data Center
Structural Engineers Association of California
   
The Great 1096 San Francisco Earthquake
The Museum of the City of San Francisco - 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Photographs and Exhibits
America Hurrah! Albums of Photos of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
UC Berkeley Earthquake Engineering Research Center Library - Type "San Francisco" on the Earthquake Line and Submit
USGS Information on the 1906 Earthquake
   
Earthquake Information in Southern California
Information from USGS on Recent Earthquakes in Southern California
The Seismological Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Southern California Earthquake Data Center
Southern California Earthquake Scenarios
Southern California U.S. Geological Survey
Southern California Gas Company - emergency preparedness information
Los Angeles Fire Department's Disaster Preparedness Information
 
Community Based Emergency Response Teams in Your Area ----------------------------------Many cities offer training for neighborhood groups to prepare together for emergencies. Some of them in the Bay Area are listed below. For other areas, contact your fire department or start your own!
Berkeley Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
Cupertino Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
Corte Madera Neighborhood Emergency Response Team (NERT)
El Cerrito Neighborhood Emergency Response Team (NERT)
Foster City Neighborhood Emergency Response Team (NERT)
Fremont Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
Larkspur Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
Mt. View Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
Citizens of Oakland Respond to Emergencies (CORE)
Palo Alto Neighborhood Disaster Activity (PANDA)
San Francisco Neighborhood Emergency Response Team (NERT)
San Jose Prepared!
San Mateo Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
San Rafael Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
Santa Clara (city) Home Emergency Assistance Team (HEAT)
Southern Marin Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
Sunnyvale Neighborhoods Actively Prepare (SNAP)

 


ABAG, the Association of Bay Area Governments, is the regional planning and services agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area.

This page was last updated 1/6/10 by dlh.