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It will soon become harder to develop many properties in San Diego due to growing evidence that the Rose Canyon earthquake fault, which runs beneath the city, is larger and more active than scientists once thought.
The California Geological Survey is creating regulatory fault zones where developers of residential, commercial and public buildings may be required to show that their projects do not sit on top of active faults or are located a safe distance away from such systems.
The zones, which are expected to be adopted this summer, are part of the so-called Alquist-Priolo Act, which is meant to minimize the sort of death and destruction that can occur when an earthquake ruptures the Earth’s surface.
Danger posed by earthquake fault will lead to some tighter building restrictions, including in La Jolla
The state is creating new regulatory zones to protect people against the Rose Canyon fault.
It will soon become harder to develop many properties in San Diego, including La Jolla, due to growing evidence that the Rose Canyon earthquake fault, which runs beneath the city, is larger and more active than scientists once thought.
About 7,000 parcels in and around La Jolla, Old Town, San Diego International Airport and downtown San Diego will be placed in new regulatory fault zones.
The California Geological Survey is creating the fault zones where developers of residential, commercial and public buildings may be required to show that their projects do not sit on top of active faults or are located a safe distance from such systems.
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Alaska USA Federal Credit Union announced the selection of six new executives and two promotions.
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Pavlas has been promoted to chief operations officer. Pavlas has more than 10 years of experience with Alaska USA in positions of increasing responsibility, most recently as executive director, Retail Financial Services.
Patrick Cosgrove has been selected to fill the position of chief lending officer. Cosgrove joins Alaska USA Federal Credit Union with more than 25 years of credit union experience. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Dickinson College in Pennsylvania.
Shannon Conley has been promoted to executive director, Retail Financial Services. Conley has worked for Alaska USA for more than 15 years and most recently held the position of senior vice president, branch administration.
center for earthquake engineering research. good morning. thanks for joining us. marcia, a lot of americans are looking down at what happened in haiti and what happened in chile and wondering, could this happen here? of course we can t predict the future with any certainty, but how at risk is the united states for a major earthquake on the scale of what we re seeing now in chile? well, jim, this is a very important time for all americans to take a look at how prepared we are for an earthquake. the bottom line that we re seeing coming out of chile and haiti, is that once we factor out the depth of the earthquake, the magnitude of the earthquake, and the proximity to population centers, a citizen of chile had a 400-time better chance of surviving their earthquake than did a citizen of haiti. and i think that the goal of all americans should be that when an