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Important Events and Recent News About ShakeAlert

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2019

1/25: New system to give Californians time to get ready for earthquake (San Jose Mercury News, B. Bedford)
2/28: What if we had earthquake early warning during the Nisqually earthquake? (WA Emergency Management Division)
2/28: The Big One: Your Survival Guide (2/28 Episode The Lessons)

2018

2/8: If The Big One Hits Soon, We Won’t Have Any Warning – Here’s Why (Newsweek, M. Bartles)
9/20: Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) National Test
10/1: The $38 Million Earthquake Alert System Can Buy the West Coast Precious Seconds (Bloomberg, A. Popescu)
10/11: Earthquake warning system will come with some false alarms and missed alerts (L.A. Times, R. Lin)

2017

2016

2015

12/18: Congress approves $8.2 million for ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system
9/1: Vital seconds: The journey toward earthquake early warning for all (Earth Magazine)
7/30: USGS Awards $4 Million to Support Earthquake Early Warning System (Press Release)
3/25: More than 30 Congress members urge $16 million for earthquake early warning system (News link)
2/4: White House wants $5 million for earthquake early warning system (News link)

2014

12/15: Congress approves $5 million to launch the ShakeAlert System (News Link)
9/8: OpEd Time to build a quake early-warning system for California: Dianne Feinstein and Adam Schiff (link)
9/4: LA Times – Quake alerts’ success spurs effort to complete early-warning system (News link)
9/3: 3rd International Earthquake Early Warning Conference (Video report)
3/1: LA Daily News OpEd on value of EEW (News link)
3/1: San Franisco Chronicle, California quake warning system works, but it needs funding (News link)

2013

September, 2013: California Governor Jerry Brown signs EEW bill (Press release)
August, 2013: Santa Cruz Sentinal OpEd: Quake alerts worth the money (News Link)
April, 2013: City of Los Angeles awards Caltech $3.9M to upgrade earthquake network for EEW. (News link)
March 2013: LA Times OpEd, Quake sensors’ success shows their value for California: Opinion (News link)
January, 2013: Calif. State Senator Alex Padilla introduces bill to build EEW system in California. (News link)

2012

2011

December, 2011: Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation award $6M grant to universities for EEW. (News link)
April, 2011: Seconds before the big one by Richard Allen, published in Scientific American. (Download pdf)
March, 2011: Japanese EEW system warns millions before strong shaking in M9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake. (Link)

2009

August, 2009: Phase I R&D project is completed and Phase II demonstration begins. (News link)

2008

November, 2008: Do you want a 20-second warning? San Francisco Magazine by Vance. (Download pdf)
October, 2008: At First Jolt: Will we have warnings for the next big earthquake? by Richard Allen, published in Geotimes/EARTH (Download pdf)
May, 2008: Earthquake early warning systems: an investment that pays off in seconds by Georgia Cua, published in Natural Hazards Observer. (Download pdf)

2006