LA Quake Drive Retrofits 8,000 Buildings At A Cost Of $1-B

Seven years into Los Angeles’ landmark earthquake safety campaign, more than 8,000 seismically vulnerable buildings have been retrofitted across the city at an estimated cost of $1.3 billion, a new analysis shows, Amy Hubbard and Elvia Limon reported for LA Times.

Photo Insert: California hosts the seismically active San Andreas Fault and cracks beneath the earth crisscross the state, a food basket in the US as well as a major oil producer.

The improvements mark the biggest advance in seismic upgrades in decades but still leave thousands of buildings vulnerable to damage or even collapse in a catastrophic temblor.

The regulations require a total of nearly 14,000 buildings to be retrofitted and came after years of stalled efforts to improve the resilience of buildings despite growing evidence of earthquake threats.

California hosts the seismically active San Andreas Fault and cracks beneath the earth crisscross the state, a food basket in the US as well as a major oil producer.

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