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Standard plan sets will reduce home seismic retrofitting costs in California
A joint project of the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) makes it easier and less expensive to protect certain types of homes from earthquakes. ...
FEMA Grants $1.2M to CEA to Increase Earthquake Protection
Federal Emergency Management Agency press release
Fitch Affirms California Earthquake Authority's IDR at 'A'; Outlook Stable
Fitch Ratings press release
World’s largest earthquake drill on 30th anniversary of Loma Prieta quake
Millions of Californians will practice how to “Drop, Cover, and Hold On” when the ground shakes during the Great California ShakeOut on Thursday, Oct. 17, at 10:17 a.m. ...
CEA research forum focuses on modern data-collection methods after earthquakes to help California improve building safety faster
Experts from academic, government and private organizations met at the California Earthquake Authority’s (CEA’s) third annual research forum yesterday to discuss how best to collect information about earthquakes and the damage they cause, so that findings can be used to improve building safety faster. ...
Ridgecrest earthquakes generate spike in CEA earthquake insurance purchases
The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) gained 23,861 earthquake insurance policies in July, the second-largest monthly net increase in CEA’s 23-year history. ...
CEA Governing Board expands policyholder eligibility for seismic retrofit grants
The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) Governing Board voted unanimously to offer up to a $3,000 retrofit grant, to approximately 30,000 CEA policyholders as part of CEA’s existing Brace + Bolt program. ...
Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to send notice to insurers regarding earthquake insurance misinformation
California Department of Insurance press release
Statement from California Earthquake Authority CEO Glenn Pomeroy on today's earthquake near Ridgecrest
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck today near the town of Ridgecrest, in Kern County. ...
CEA raises nearly $176K through annual Get Prepared, California! Auction for disaster-preparedness and relief efforts in California
The eighth annual Get Prepared, California! Auction—sponsored by the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) and coordinated by iHeartMedia, Inc.—raised $175,882 in 2019. Auction proceeds will be dedicated to American Red Cross disaster-preparedness and relief efforts in California. ...
CEA Governing Board votes to sponsor and support Resilient Homes Initiative
The California Earthquake Authority (CEA) Governing Board voted on Friday to formally sponsor and support the enactment of California Senate Bill (SB) 254, introduced by state Senate Majority Leader Bob Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys) in January. ...
Annual Get Prepared, California! Auction is now open
Bidding for the annual Get Prepared, California! Auction has begun. ...
Thompson, Calvert, Harris and Feinstein Reintroduce Earthquake Mitigation Legislation
Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05) press release
Five-year anniversary of La Habra earthquake is a reminder to get prepared
Five years ago today, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck on the Puente Hills fault in La Habra and produced shaking felt across several Southern California counties. ...
Northridge earthquake remembered as one of costliest natural disasters in U.S. history
Next week marks the 25th anniversary of one of the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history, the magnitude 6.7 earthquake that struck on Jan. 17, 1994, in an urban area just 20 miles northwest of Los Angeles. ...