Step 7: California Earthquake Hazards Screening

If you are concerned about earthquake hazards you can find out if your subject property is located within an Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zone by going to the following webpage.

http://www.consrv.ca.gov/CGS/rghm/ap/

Click on “Affected Cities and Counties” in the left margin.   

You are redirected to the following webpage. 

http://www.consrv.ca.gov/CGS/rghm/ap/affected.htm

You can click on the underlined “specific cities” and “specific counties”.  For our example, we have clicked on “specific counties”. 

We are redirected to the following page. 

http://www.consrv.ca.gov/CGS/rghm/ap/Map_index/county.htm

We have scrolled down the page and can see that there are many cities within Kern County for which earthquake maps are available.  You can click on the underlined Figure to locate the map you will need to order, if desired. 

Example clicked on “Figure 4D” 

http://www.consrv.ca.gov/CGS/rghm/ap/Map_index/F4D.htm#NE 

You will have to experiment with scrolling by moving the bar on the right and bottom of the page.

How to Obtain Copies of Maps 

http://www.consrv.ca.gov/CGS/rghm/ap/obtain_maps.htm 

You can order other information as desired.   

Another option is to call and/or visit your county planning and zoning departments to obtain earthquake hazard information.

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