Earthquake Preparedness

Tonight's Net Training was on earthquakes and was inspired by an article in the Deseret News. You can read the article by clicking here. Or here http://tinyurl.com/ybcjmm7.

Here are some more informative sites.

Utah Magnitude 7 Earthquake map
http://geology.utah.gov/utahgeo/hazards/eqfault/index.htm
http://tinyurl.com/ydulpnd

Recent Utah Earthquakes
http://www.seis.utah.edu/recenteqs/

http://www.seis.utah.edu/

For Utah liquifaction maps, try the following sites:

INFO
http://www.pwpds.slco.org/zoning/pdf/geologichazards/AppBliqbrochure.pdf

MAPS
http://geology.utah.gov/utahgeo/hazards/liquefy.htm
http://www.quake.utah.edu/lqthreat/liquefaction.shtml

Where is the best place to put your grab and go kit? Probably in your car. We do spend most of our time at home, but if we are anywhere else when the quake hits, having that equipment in the car will be valuable.

With a little Google searching you can find other hazards in your area such as gas stations, propane tanks, chemical storage, storage shed facilities (contents unknown) and other hazards.

The most important thing is to be ready to take care of your own family/co-workers for the first 72 hours and even up to 10 days.

In a magnitude 7 Utah quake, here are some estimates from the DesNews article.

Expect all cell phones and landline phones to go down initially.

The power going to go down. That's going to be for eight to 12 hours. And then when it does come back, it's going to be spotty.

80 percent of areas should have power restored within 30 days — a time frame that should be similar for restoring telephone systems.

Water systems will take longer. Some areas could be without water for three months. Sewer systems take even longer. They expect natural gas to perform a little better because of upgrades to pipes and systems recently.

Personal preparedness is the key.