According to the California Earthquake Authority, more than 1.2 million houses in California were built before 1980 in high-hazard areas that are vulnerable to ...

The announcement came just before ShakeOut, California’s annual earthquake safety ... to $13,000 toward the retrofit, which could include the installation of a new foundation, anchor bolts ...

Yoshiteru Murosaki, professor emeritus of disaster prevention planning at Kobe University, said seismic retrofitting is the foundation of all earthquake countermeasures. “If homes don’t ...