Vulnerability assessments by utilities and emergency planners along the U.S. West Coast suggest it could be weeks or a month or more before water service gets restored after a major earthquake — not to mention electricity, sewage treatment and fuel supply too.
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Magnitude 6.4 earthquake shakes near Adak
“I would suspect that it was close enough to Adak that they should have felt it, but it’s probably not big enough to cause damage,” said seismologist Natalia Ruppert. Officials say there is no danger of a tsunami.
Months later, earthquake ‘swarm’ continues in Port Heiden
“You can think of it as like a little cluster of earthquakes that, added together, might be sort of equivalent to a single, larger earthquake,” says seismologist Michael West.
Earthquake simulator will shake up Juneau
Alaska’s earthquake simulator will visit Wednesday, Aug. 31, to Thursday, Sept. 1, in downtown Juneau giving residents some emergency preparedness practice at an event that promises to shake, rattle and roll.
Italy In Mourning: Funerals Underway For Earthquake Victims
Italy has started to bury its dead following a devastating earthquake that killed at least 290 people and left whole towns in ruins. The country has declared Saturday a national day of mourning
Earthquake simulator to bring jolt of awareness to Southeast and Yukon
The ‘Quake Cottage,’ an earthquake simulator, is scheduled to visit 10 communities in Southeast Alaska and the Yukon for the first time ever this fall.