UBC’s second annual Earthquake Symposium

UBC will hold a second annual Earthquake Symposium, part of UBC’s participation in ShakeOut B.C. Civil engineers, Carlos Ventura and Liam Finn, will give a series of talks on topics ranging from earthquake warnings, to seismic inspection of buildings and earthquake preparedness at UBC. Also demonstrated will be UBC’s Shake Table – a simulator that reproduces the shaking produced by earthquakes and demonstrates how structures may respond to an earthquake.

Date: Oct. 18
Time: 4 – 6 p.m.
Place: Room 1250, 2260 West Mall, Centre for Integrated Research on Sustainability
Info: Register: blossom.sobrinho@ubc.ca. More info.
 Q & A session and refreshments provided.