SEAOSC Responds to Searles Valley Earthquake
The Structural Engineers Association of Southern California (SEAOSC) jumped into action in response to the M6.4 and M7.1 earthquakes that took place in Southern California over the July 4th holiday weekend. The organization disseminated
several press releases
to help inform members and the g
eneral
public. A team of SEAOSC members also headed to the earthquake area.
SEAOSC President Ken O'Dell had arrived from Los Angeles with engineer Martin Hudson and his 25-year-old son, geologist Kenneth Hudson, to assess earthquake damage in Trona and nearby Ridgecrest after massive quakes rocked the region. Their goal was to study the structural damage of the buildings in Trona so they could understand how exactly the earthquakes affected those structures and surrounding areas.
They stopped Saturday afternoon on California 178, between Trona and Ridgecrest, where the elder Hudson stood on one of the fault ruptures caused by Friday’s magnitude 7.1 quake.
“It’s moved everything three feet to the right,”
said Hudson, 52, an engineer who forms part of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, an organization based in Oakland that brought researchers together in the Ridgecrest area to study the effects of the earthquakes.
In the end, the three anticipate that their research could help prevent future building damage during earthquakes. “
The goal of our research is to improve the designs of these structures so that they are not as susceptible, and we’re hoping that our work today can contribute to that,”
Kenneth Hudson said.
SEAOSC President Ken O'Dell also participated in a news conference with Los Angeles County officials and seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones, where they discussed recent seismic activity in the wake of two major temblors in the Mojave Desert and urged Southland residents to be prepared for earthquakes.
The news conference can be viewed here.
Ken's impromptu inclusion begins just before the 43:00 minute mark, with Supervisor Hahn stating that we shouldn't fall into complacency, and runs through about 47:30.
Read more here.
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