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Posts Tagged ‘earthquake’

Thousands of Richmond, East Bay ‘soft story’ buildings vulnerable in major earthquake as retrofitting lags

By James Steinbauer | September 22, 2017
A partially collapsed soft-story building in San Francisco after the 1989 earthquake. Richmond is home to at least 280 potential structures. Photo by J.K. Nakata, United States Geological Survey

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake rocked Mexico earlier this week, and scientists say one could hit the East Bay “tomorrow.” Some Bay Area cities, including Richmond, aren’t prepared.

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Students from Shimada, Japan, tour Richmond

By Kornelia Trytko | March 24, 2011
Six students from Shimada, Japan, at Richmond's City Council meeting.

Six students from Richmond’s sister city introduced themselves to the public at Tuesday’s special City Council meeting.

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Students from Japanese sister city to visit despite tragedy

By Kornelia Trytko | March 17, 2011
shimada, japan, in relation to recent earthquake.

Seven guests from Shimada, Richmond’s sister city in Japan, are set to visit Saturday for a nine-day stay. As they celebrate the 50th anniversary of the relationship between the two cities, the visitors from Shimada will also be recovering from of the biggest tragedies in their country’s history.

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