News from the Oregon Hazards Lab

If a major earthquake were to strike today, do you have a plan? If you have your phone set up to receive ShakeAlert warnings, you might just have an few extra moments to put that plan into action before the ground starts to move. The ShakeAlert system went live in Oregon on March 11, 2021, a decade after a devastating quake rocked Japan.

In latest edition of our quarterly newsletter, we share the new platform for our wildfire cameras, the expansion of OHAZ.net, and the integration of geodetic data into the ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning System. Email ohaz@uoregon.edu to subscribe.

The Oregon Hazards Lab is collaborating with the Oregon Networking Research Group to improve the resilience of its natural disaster monitoring and alerting systems. Known as HazardMon, this new framework will help us identify and respond to threats to our network, from cyberattacks to earthquakes that knock out internet.

Oregon Hazards Lab Director Professor Doug Toomey discusses the contributions of the University of Oregon toward understanding the Cascadia Subduction Zone and reducing the impacts of future earthquakes.

On the anniversary of the last Big One, Doug Toomey spoke with KEZI news about how the Oregon Hazards Lab is looking to reduce the impact of future earthquakes on the Cascadia Subduction Zone. The lab is part of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network and maintains seismic monitoring stations that contribute real-time data to the ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning System.

Want to learn how your museum, park, or library could use ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning technology? Join the ShakeAlert EPIcenter Partnership! OHAZ Communication Specialist Kelly Missett will explain how to integrate ShakeAlert into free-choice learning environments at the February EPIcenter meeting.