Unveiling Your Home's Unique Seismic Risks (Based on Type of House)
No area of California is without earthquake risk, but there are many ways to prepare your house to lower its risk of structural damage from an earthquake. Learn how earthquakes can damage your house, and find solutions that work for your homesite and construction-type. If one of these houses looks similar to yours, learn more about ways to strengthen it against earthquake damage.
Stem Wall House
Some types of houses built before 1980 may benefit from retrofitting with foundation anchoring, which reduces the possibility of a house sliding off of its foundation in an earthquake.
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Cripple Wall House
Cripple wall houses have short, wood-framed walls between the foundation and the wood-framed first floor, and a crawl space under the house.
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Post & Pier House
Because a post and pier house has no continuous concrete perimeter foundation, it is particularly vulnerable to shifting, and potentially collapsing, in an earthquake.
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Living Space Over Garage
This house has one or more floors of living space over an attached garage.
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Hillside House
Hillside houses may not be properly braced to withstand earthquakes, leading to significant damage and even collapse during an earthquake.
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Mobilehomes & Manufactured Homes
These types of homes can slide off their support systems during an earthquake. They can be strengthened against shaking with a seismic bracing system.
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