GoKawiilSeismologists Warn West Coast Remains Underprepared for Major Earthquake
Experts assessing U.S. West Coast earthquake readiness say that despite decades of warnings about a potential massive quake, significant gaps remain in infrastructure, building codes, and emergency response systems. Their evaluation points to aging structures, inconsistent retrofitting, and insufficient public preparedness as key vulnerabilities that would be exposed when a major seismic event eventually strikes.