Northridge Earthquake 10th Anniversary: Learning from the Past, Planning for the Future

Caltech, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the Earthquake Country Alliance present this day of lectures, movies, displays and activities for the whole family ... all about earthquakes! This family-friendly event features earthquake experts presenting nine talks, with titles such as "Can We Predict Earthquakes Yet?," "Will High Rise Buildings Collapse?," and "Can We Catch Quakes with New Technology?," as well as an afternoon "Ask the Experts" panel.

In addition, three short earthquake films, "Earthquakes in Space," "Seismic Sleuths," and "Written in Stone: Earthquake Country Los Angeles" will be shown continuously in nearby Beckman Institute Auditorium.

Exhibits and displays will showcase fault rupture animations, working seismographs, the history of California's earthquakes, an Earthquake Kid Zone Display, and many more topics, presented by exhibitors such as Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the American Red Cross, the Southern California Earthquake Center, the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute and many others.

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