On Thursday, Rep. George Whitesides led a bipartisan effort to push federal appropriators to fully fund the construction, operation, and maintenance of the nation’s only public Earthquake Early Warning System (EEW), also called “ShakeAlert.” ShakeAlert serves over 50 million residents and visitors in California, Oregon, and Washington, providing advanced notice of impending earthquakes so residents in affected areas can take ...

Santa Clarita sits less than 20 miles from the San Andreas Fault, one of the tectonic boundaries that causes major earthquakes, making the earthquake early warning  “ShakeAlert” app a vital tool for residents. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. “We often say here in Los Angeles that it’s not a question of ...

The “ShakeAlert LA” app is set to launch Thursday, giving residents a warning shortly before an earthquake occurs in Los Angeles County. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The app is expected to pull data from ShakeAlert, an early warning system across the west coast designed to detect significant earthquakes to alert ...