ASHLAND, Ore. — The ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning System went into effect in Oregon Thursday morning.
Developers said the system will offer seconds of advance notice so the public can take action to mitigate injuries, casualties and infrastructure damage.
Earthquake experts said the new technology will be vital when the Cascadia Subduction Zone unzips.
We asked Eric Dittmer, Southern Oregon University Professor Emeritus of Geology, about the earthquake risk for our region. He said there are three types of earthquakes that can happen in southern Oregon, crustal, deep and subduction zone.
Between the three, crustal earthquakes, like the ones in Klamath Falls back in 1993, have the biggest impact in terms of damage… but they only happen every few hundred years.