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There is a high probability for a damaging earthquake in many parts of California in the near future. On any day, a serious earthquake could strike on one of the major fault segments that crisscross the state. The odds of an earthquake in the next five years are much greater than those you get when you buy a lottery ticket. It makes sense to invest now in getting ready for the next earthquake. Educate yourself, prepare your household and organize your neighborhood.
Services such as police, fire and ambulance will be very busy after a damaging earthquake. It may be days before they can give households or neighborhoods all the help they need. For at least 72 hours after a big quake, people may be relying on themselves and their neighbors for first aid, firefighting, search and rescue and general support.
California neighborhoods have now formed emergency response groups or made earthquake preparedness part of an already existing organization's objectives. Numerous California cities have made citizen emergency response training one of their community programs. Here in Alameda, the C.E.R.T. (Community Emergency Response Teams) program has been formed to organize our neighborhoods. For more information contact the Disaster Preparedness Office at (510)337-2127.
The Governor's Office of Emergency Services website provides additional information.
Earthquake Maps and Information, Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) Website.
Earthquake probability report, 2008, A new report comfirm a 99.7 percent chance of an earth quake in California within the next thirty years.
USGS Earth Quake Hazard Program, Find out important information about earth quakes.
Report how it felt,The USGS is interested in what people feel in various location when an earth quake strikes. Click on the link to report what you just felt.
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