“Early Warning & Earthquake Readiness”
What you need to know before the next one hits
Thursday, July 9, 2026 - 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Caltech
Caltech Seismological Laboratory Salvatori Auditorium - 3rd Floor of the South Mudd Building
535 S. Wilson Ave, Pasadena, CA 91125 - use this address for your GPS
https://www.caltech.edu/
FREE - In Person Program
Workshop Describing The Latest in Detection & Being Prepared.
Description of Workshop:
Join industry experts for a focused session on earthquake preparedness and early warning systems. Learn how early warning works, what actions organizations should take when alerts are received, and how to integrate alerts into your emergency operations.
Topics Include:
By the end of this session, participants will know:
- How early warning systems work
- What organizations should do when alerts are received
- Integrating alerts into emergency operations
- Practical readiness strategies for California organizations
- Earthquake tool resources for quick decisions including ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning
- Discussion on aftershock sequence after a larger magnitude event
- Tour of the Seismological Laboratory/fiber optics research lab
Lab Tour
Tour will include history of lab and seismic network, collaborations, media center, behind the scenes network operations and fiber optics lab.
Take-Aways:
Real-world applications
Actionable Preparedness Strategies
Who Should Attend:
- Emergency planners
- Safety professionals
- Facilities leaders
- Organizational decision-makers
Facilitators:
Margaret Vinci - Manager, Office of Earthquake Programs, Communications, Education, Outreach.
Margaret's principal responsibility is the management of the Earthquake Research Affiliates (ERA) Program which includes the procurement of funds for continued research in fields of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering and for the upgrade and maintenance of the Southern California Seismic Network; facilitation of ERA and CISN workshops, conferences and meetings; editor of the ERA newsletter; administration of public relations and special events; liaison between scientists and ERA member organizations and critical users of earthquake information, including on-site assistance; conducting special tours of the Seismology Laboratory and the participation in outreach events to promote public relations and earthquake education within the local community.
Jessie K. Saunders - EEW Seismologist, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
Dr Saunders is a seismologist at the Caltech Seismo Lab studying earthquake early warning. My research interests include understanding how earthquake ground motions relate to felt shaking during an earthquake, developing and optimizing earthquake early warning alerting strategies, and comparing the performance of different earthquake early warning alerting methods. I received my B.S. in Applied Physics with Geophysics at the University of California, Davis, and my M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Earth Science from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego. Before my position at Caltech, I was a Mendenhall postdoctoral researcher at the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Science Center.