Portland, Ore.— August 2nd, 2007. Retrofitting specialist Earthquake Tech specializes in bolting down home foundations in an area with increasing earthquake threats.
July 12, 2007 (Press Release) --
Portland, Ore.— August 2nd, 2007. Portland retrofitting specialist Earthquake Tech specializes in bolting down homes to their foundations in an area with increasing earthquake threats.
The construction company is one of only two area businesses to offer the service. Without it, homes are much more likely to shift and slide off their foundations even during low-magnitude tremors like Wednesday’s Canby-area quake.
In the city of Portland, no homes built before 1976 qualify for State Farm earthquake insurance until they have been foundation retrofitted and inspected. Earthquake Tech may be the only company in the area that meets the city’s inspection requirements for house bolt-downs.
The recent July 11th earthquake near the Canby-Molalla fault line measuring 3.3 in magnitude is a clear wake-up call that the Portland Metro area is sitting on one of the biggest fault line convergences on the West Coast. In Portland alone four major faults streak the subterranean earth.
Here subatomic plates, nearby volcanoes like Mt. St. Helens, and colliding fault lines are building immense pressure that someday will burst. The seismic release could be cataclysmic or mild like Wednesday’s quake.
An earthquake off the Oregon Coast, sparked by buckling from the Cascadia Subduction Zone near the Juan de Fuca Ridge, could unleash ravaging tsunamis and earthquakes across the state.
Older homes, those built before 1976, were not constructed to withstand earthquakes. This means that when a significant seismic event occurs, non-retrofitted homes could easily slide off their foundations, tip or even collapse. As a result, most insurance companies will not provide earthquake coverage for homes that have not been retrofitted.
Foundation retrofitting is commonplace in California where earthquakes are everyday threats. It’s also regular practice in Seattle, an area with only slightly greater risk than Portland.
To learn more about Earthquake Tech’s unique retrofitting services, contact Steve Gemmell at 503-997-6129 or visit http://www.earthquaketech.com/.
The construction company is one of only two area businesses to offer the service. Without it, homes are much more likely to shift and slide off their foundations even during low-magnitude tremors like Wednesday’s Canby-area quake.
In the city of Portland, no homes built before 1976 qualify for State Farm earthquake insurance until they have been foundation retrofitted and inspected. Earthquake Tech may be the only company in the area that meets the city’s inspection requirements for house bolt-downs.
The recent July 11th earthquake near the Canby-Molalla fault line measuring 3.3 in magnitude is a clear wake-up call that the Portland Metro area is sitting on one of the biggest fault line convergences on the West Coast. In Portland alone four major faults streak the subterranean earth.
Here subatomic plates, nearby volcanoes like Mt. St. Helens, and colliding fault lines are building immense pressure that someday will burst. The seismic release could be cataclysmic or mild like Wednesday’s quake.
An earthquake off the Oregon Coast, sparked by buckling from the Cascadia Subduction Zone near the Juan de Fuca Ridge, could unleash ravaging tsunamis and earthquakes across the state.
Older homes, those built before 1976, were not constructed to withstand earthquakes. This means that when a significant seismic event occurs, non-retrofitted homes could easily slide off their foundations, tip or even collapse. As a result, most insurance companies will not provide earthquake coverage for homes that have not been retrofitted.
Foundation retrofitting is commonplace in California where earthquakes are everyday threats. It’s also regular practice in Seattle, an area with only slightly greater risk than Portland.
To learn more about Earthquake Tech’s unique retrofitting services, contact Steve Gemmell at 503-997-6129 or visit http://www.earthquaketech.com/.
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