Earthquake Country Alliance Cisco San Jose March 1 2018 SAFRR Science Application for Risk Reduction SAFRR Science Application for Risk Reduction NATURAL HAZARDS MISSION AREA Earthquake Hazards Program ID: 748142
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150th Anniversary of the 1868 Hayward fault earthquakeEarthquake Country AllianceCisco, San Jose, March 1, 2018
SAFRR: Science Application for Risk Reduction
SAFRR: Science Application for Risk Reduction …
NATURAL HAZARDS MISSION AREA Earthquake Hazards Program
Jack Boatwright, Tom
Brocher
, Susan Garcia, Scott
Haefner
, Keith Knudsen, Jim
Lienkaemper
, David Schwartz
Opportunity
Ideas
Messages
PartnersSlide2
1868 “the great San Francisco earthquake”
Magnitude 6.8
30 fatalities, 5 in San Francisco (7th most lethal California earthquake)
Extensive damage in San Leandro, Hayward, and Fremont (total population less than 2000—now is over 500,000)Bay Area population was 260,000 (at 7 million, it is now 27 times larger)
ShakeMap
USGS OFR 2008-1121Slide3
Haywards Hotel, Haywards, 1860s
Society of California Pioneers
Hotel
Hayward was heavily damaged by the 1868 earthquake.
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Practically not a house was left on its foundations…
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“Many buildings were much damaged.” (
Lawson Report, 1908).Slide4
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nd
Alameda Co. Courthouse, San Leandro
Society of California Pioneers
Courthouse
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At San Leandro the shock was more sensibly felt than at any other point on that side of the Bay. All the buildings were terribly shaken, adobes were thrown to the ground, brick structures, and even frame buildings were demolished. The Court House and County Jail were shaken down.
” San Francisco Morning Call
, 22 Oct. 1868Slide5
Alameda Co.
Courthouse
San Leandro
Bancroft Library
Courtesy San Leandro Public Library
Mr. J.W. Joslyn, Deputy County Clerk, died in an attempt to escape the Courthouse
Lawson Report
, 1908Slide6
UC Berkeley, South Hall, built 1873
Stephen Tobriner, Bracing For Disaster, 2006.
The 1868 quake impacted building design in the Bay Area through 1906Slide7
Memorial Park, Hayward:Hayward Fault offsets construction all along the East BaySlide8
SUMMARY: 12-EVENT Slide9
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/events/1868calif/Slide10
Assistance from partners:
Publications to highlight
Web site content & events
Messaging expertise
Media event ideasBrainstormingSlide11
Some potential themes:
Encourage retrofits or replacements by showcasing retrofit or rebuilt buildings or infrastructure
Encourage preparedness
Tell the story of what happened in 1868
Education about post seismic slip,
ShakeAlert, aftershocksSlide12
Important Dates to Remember
Your Mom’s birthday
HayWired
rollout – Wednesday, April 18
Shakeout – Thursday, October 18
Media events – Friday, October 191868 150th anniversary – Sunday, October 21
Other events – spread over weeks/months leading up to anniversaryElection day, Tuesday November 6Slide13
1868 150th Anniversary
SAFRR: Science Application for Risk Reduction
SAFRR: Science Application for Risk Reduction …
NATURAL HAZARDS MISSION AREA Earthquake Hazards Program
Tom Brocher,
brocher@usgs.gov
Susan Garcia,
garcia@usgs.gov
We look forward to partnering with you!