Earthquake Insurance

When An Earthquake Strikes, Few Homeowners Are Covered

The Cascadia Megathrust: On this day, 326 years ago For centuries leading up to January 26, 1700, an oceanic plate was slowly pushing beneath North America off the Pacific Northwest coast—moving just inches per year as stress quietly built underground. On January 26, 1700, that locked boundary gave way. The plates suddenly slipped, releasing centuries of stored energy and triggering a massive earthquake that ruptured the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Fault systems like Cascadia can remain quiet for

This New Year, it’s worth remembering just how much we’ve learned from earthquakes in the past. The 1994 Northridge earthquake revealed critical building weaknesses and led to major improvements in seismic design and construction. Many of today’s safety standards exist because of lessons learned then. https://www.crmp.org/resources/blog/1994-northridge-earthquake-lessons-learned Preparedness today is built on lessons from the past. #EarthquakeHistory #SeismicResilience #LearnAndPrepare #Californ