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2025 Hazard Mitigation Plan <br />Kittitas Gounty, Washington <br />Suceptibility <br />zit <br />s <br />i.3 <br />t+,Minor Road [i' I <br />Other Road <br />Ramp <br />---- Feny <br />Pedeslrian Way <br />I ,,, Municipatlis <br />f - rares <br />! Kititas county - <br />High <br />Moderate to high <br />Moderale <br />Low tq moderale <br />Low <br />Very low lo low <br />Bedrtrk <br />P6at <br />lce <br />Water <br />---*- River <br />: Limited Accss <br />. - ' Highway <br />l,lajor Road <br />Local Road <br />50!16. Esr . <br />Palmer Slephen F <br />.{191 <br />@ Nr99entann, <br />@unty' <br />,poilel_!round_response ziP Garmin <br />t3 <br />Sleta, by <br />450 <br />r 261 <br />Figure 4-13. Liquefaction Susceptibility for Kittitas Gounty <br />Earthquakes occur with little to no warning. Scientists cannot predict or forecast earthquakes. An <br />earthquake early warning system uses earthquake science and technology of monitoring systems to alert <br />devices and people when shaking waves generated by an eafthquake are expected to arrive at a location. <br />Although it may not sound like a lot of time (compared to other natural hazards), seconds to tens of <br />seconds of advance warning can allow people and systems to take action and protect life and property <br />from destructive shaking. 136 <br />A partnership between the University of California Berkeley, USGS ShakeAlert, and California Office of <br />Emergency Services developed the Earthquake Early Warning system (i.e., ShakeAlert). The State of <br />California first used the App, but it is now available for the State of Washington and Oregon. The system <br />uses ground-motion sensors to detect earthquakes that have already started and estimate their size, <br />location, and impact. Once it detects a significant magnitude, the MyShake App (registration is required), <br />Wireless Emergency Alerts, or Android Alerts sends a warning to mobile phone users when shaking is <br />about to occur in the user's area. The speed of the aleft varies depending on the individual's distance <br />from the origin of the earthquake. Therefore, if the individual is closer to the earthquake's epicenter the <br />136 United States Geological Survey. (n.d.). What is the difference between earthquake early warning, earthquake <br />forecasts, earthquake probabilities, and earthquake prediction? Retrieved from hLtpSJAryUfUfUggS.gA.VlfaSg.ArytIA!: <br />rth ua a ni arth ua ke-forecasts-earth <br />Chapter 4: Hazard ldentification and Risk Assessment <br />u <br />112