2024 has been a busy year for earthquakes in California

ACTIVITY AND IF SO WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE CAUSING IT. >> OKAY, YES, THE LAST YEAR 2024 HAS HAD MORE EARTHQUAKES ANY YEAR WE'VE SEEN SINCE 1988, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A STING THE LAST 20 YEARS BEEN PARTICULARLY QUIET HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. IF YOU LOOK OVER THE LONG-TERM HISTORY. WE USUALLY HAVE MORE EARTHQUAKES THAN WE'VE BEEN HAVING FOR THE LAST DECADE OR 2. SO THIS YEAR IS NOW AN ACTIVE YEAR AGAIN MUCH LIKE WE USED TO SEE AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF EARTHQUAKES YOU DO TEND TO HAVE A LOT OF EARTHQUAKES IT DOESN'T TELL IN EARTHQUAKES COMING HERE. BUT IT DOES SEEM LIKE WE'VE WE SHOULD BE EXPECTING A SOMEWHAT TO CONTINUE AT A HIGHER RATE UNTIL IT GOES BACK DOWN IT DOES THAT MEAN THAT IT IS REALLY SEEING SOME PRESSURE AND TAKING US FURTHER AWAY FROM. >> THE BIG ONE OR NOT. >> UNFORTUNATELY NOT ALL RIGHT SO WHAT THE MOST CONSTANT FEATURE OF EARTHQUAKES IS THAT THE RELATIVE NUMBER OF LARGE TO SMALL IS A CONSTANT THAT FOR EVERY MAGNITUDE 7 AND YOU HAVE 10 MAGNITUDE 6 IS ON 100 MAGNITUDE 5,000 MAGNITUDE FOUR'S ETC SO IF YOUR RATE OF FOURS GOES UP YOUR CHANCE OF HAVING A BIGGER ONE. WE'VE GOT A LOT ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT AND THE BIGGER ONE IS REALLY SO MUCH MORE ENERGY THAN SMALL ONES GIVEN THAT THAT RATIO STAYS CONSTANT YOU CAN NEVER REPLACE THE BIG ONES WITH THE SMALL ONES. >> OKAY, WELL IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD TIME TO REMIND PEOPLE WHAT EXACTLY TO DO IN AN EARTHQUAKE. SO IF PEOPLE GET THE WARNING ON THEIR PHONES IN TIME CAN YOU JUST GO OVER WHAT THEY SHOULD DO IN VARIOUS SITUATIONS IF YOU'RE AT HOME IF YOU'RE DRIVING IN THE CAR. IF YOU'RE WORKING TRYING TO BE SET. >> WELL YOU GUYS AT LEAST HAVE A DESK YOU CAN GO UNDER RIGHT JUST EMBRACE THE LIGHT ABOVE YOU START COMING DOWN. AND THAT'S THAT'S REALLY TRUE FOR EVERYBODY WE HAVE BUILT OUR HOUSES AND BUILDINGS IN CALIFORNIA TO NOT COLLAPSE AND OVERWHELMINGLY THAT'S TRUE TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE BUILDING IS VERY VERY DANGEROUS. WE SEE BROKEN MAKE SIN SPRAINED ANKLES FROM PEOPLE TRYING TO RUN WHEN THE EARTH HAS BEEN THROWN INTO THE GROUND. SO THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO GET UNDER A STURDY TABLE PROTECT YOU FROM FLYING OBJECTS AND THEN THE REALLY REALLY RARE CASE THAT THERE MIGHT ACTUALLY BE SOME COLLAPSING OF THE BUILDING. THE TABLES DO A GREAT JOB OF ACTUALLY PROTECTING YOU FROM META GIVING US A PLACE TO WAIT TO BE TO BE DUG BACK OUT IN THAT VERY VERY RARE SITUATION. SO DROP COVER HOLD ON ALL POSSIBLE. IF YOU'RE IN A CAR YOU PROBABLY AREN'T GOING TO FEEL IT UNLESS IT'S REALLY BIG I WAS PARKING MY CAR WHEN THE EARTHQUAKE HAPPENED YESTERDAY AND HAD NO IDEA THAT WE HAD AN EARTHQUAKE TOY STARTED GETTING PHONE CALLS. AND AND BUT IN REALLY STRONG EARTHQUAKE. YOU CAN YOU'RE ABOUT START FEELING LIKE YOU'RE LOSING CONTROL OF THE CAR THAT HAPPENED TO ME AND WHITTIER NARROWS AND AND IT TOOK REALIZING THAT THE LIGHT POLES WERE MOVING TO REALIZE IT WAS AN EARTHQUAKE AND NOT SOME PROBLEM WITH MY STEERING. SO YOU WANT TO TRY SLOW DOWN DON'T BRAKE SUDDENLY BUT TRY TO SLOW DOWN AND PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IF YOU'RE GETTING STRONG ENOUGH SHAKING TO AFFECT YOUR DRIVING. >> A FEW YEARS AGO YOU WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES TO HELP US PREPARE FOR. THE BIG ONE IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION AND ALL OF THAT CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE OF WHERE THINGS ARE NOW HAVE AS THE CITY RESPONDED IN AN ADEQUATE FASHION. >> SO THERE WERE 2 BIG LAWS WERE PASSED ABOUT BUILDING ONE WAS ABOUT THIS OFFER STORY BUILDINGS LIKE THE NORTHRIDGE MEADOWS APARTMENT THAT COLLAPSE AND IN 94. THE RETROFIT OF THOSE BUILDINGS IS ALMOST COMPLETE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FINISHED BY 2022. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GOING TO BE A FEW STRAGGLERS THAT YOU KNOW HAVE TO BE FORCED TO ACT ON BUT MOSTLY THAT'S DONE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES. FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIVE IN OTHER COMMUNITIES. SEVERAL SANTA MONICA PASADENA, BEVERLY HILLS WEST HOLLYWOOD. AND TORRENTS HAVE ALL MOVED TO RETROFIT HAVE MANDATORY RETROFIT OF THESE TYPES OF BUILDINGS, SEVERAL OTHERS ARE LOOKING AT MANY MORE HAVEN'T DEALT WITH IT SO THAT NEEDS TO MOVE BEYOND JUST LOST ANGELES AND THESE OTHER FEW CITIES. THE OTHER BAD TYPE OF BUILDING IS CALLED NON DUCTILE CONCRETE REALLY ONLY LOSS ANGELES SANTA MONICA AND WEST HOLLYWOOD HAVE HAS MANDATORY RETROFIT OF THOSE BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH MORE DIFFICULT THEY'RE GIVEN A LOT OF TIME AND WE'RE STILL VERY MUCH IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT PROCESS, I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THAT GOES THROUGH BECAUSE NON DOCTOR CONCRETE BUILDINGS KILLED THE MOST PEOPLE IN EARTHQUAKES, OK AND BEFORE WE GO IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO REMIND SOCAL RESIDENTS ABOUT EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. >> I THINK THE EARTHQUAKE IS PROBABLY THE BEST REMINDER THAT WE COULD HAVE. I THINK JUST REMEMBER THAT THE LAST 20 YEARS HAS BEEN QUIET AND WE SHOULD BE EXPECTING ON THE LONG RUN TO BE SAYING MORE THAN WE HAVE RECENTLY AND YOU KNOW BEING PREPARED DOESN'T JUST MEAN HAVING SUPPLIES HAVING WATER IS ENIMDSPORTANT B