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ShakeAlert will warn of earthquakes March 11 2021 A new ShakeAlert notification system for earthquakes is going live in Oregon on Thursday morning. The system can detect significant earthquakes quickly and send a real-time alert to your phone before the shaking reaches you. ShakeAlert does not predict earthquakes or how long they will last — but it does offer advance warning about quakes that have already started. The system will continue to monitor the shaking until it stops. "You may get more than one of these alerts if it is a large earthquake and continues to grow," said Al...

Technology provides valuable seconds March 09 2021 When disaster strikes, being prepared can make a big difference. A preparedness tool called ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning System will be activated in Oregon on March 11. Already in place in California, ShakeAlert detects significant earthquakes quickly and sends an alert to people before shaking arrives at their location. The time between receiving the alert and feeling the shaking gives people critical seconds to protect themselves. "No action needs to be taken on March 11 and no sign up is required," commented Paula Fasan...

What we can learn from the 6.8 Nisqually earthquake 20 years later By Brian Flores 20 years after the 6.8 Nisqually quake In 2001, a powerful earthquake hit the Nisqually area, injuring hundreds and causing billions of dollars of damage. NISQUALLY, Wash. - On Feb. 28, 2001, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit Nisqually, injuring hundreds of people and causing billions of dollars in damage. Now, 20 years later, how has Washington changed in response to the Nisqually quake? "Understanding that the earth is actually in motion and that there is plate tectonics going on is what first hooked me in," Uni...

20 years ago today: 6.8 Nisqually earthquake rocked Western Washington Sign In FacebookTwitterEmail 1of18 People walk past the Starbucks building on 1st Ave South and survey the earthquake damage.Don Marquis/seattlepi.com fileShow MoreShow Less 2of18 Amy Castner of Seattle works security during a windy down pour of rain at the earthquake-damaged Sodo building in Seattle on March 1, 2001, a day after the Nisqually quake.RENEE C. BYER/Renee C. Byer/seattlepi.com fileShow MoreShow Less 3of18 4of18 The Fenix Underground building in Pioneer Square is pictured after the quake. Show MoreShow Less 5...

About all these recent little earthquakes in the Bay Area: Should we be worried? FacebookTwitterEmail The Chronicle's Quake Tracker shows a 3.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Feb. 21, 2021, near Gilroy.The Chronicle Living through almost a year of the pandemic and the worst wildfire season on record in California has a lot of Bay Area residents on edge. And, more recently, several small earthquakes have jolted the Bay Area, including a 3.9 magnitude quake Sunday near Gilroy, and others in Berkeley, Concord and Aromas. The temblors caused no significant damage but perhaps rattled some nerves...