Lucy Jones
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"Lucile M. Jones" is a seismologist and public voice for earthquake science and earthquake safety in California. She has been with the US Geological Survey and a Visiting Research Associate at the Caltech Seismological Laboratory/Seismological Laboratory of Caltech since 1983. She is currently serving as the Science Advisor for Risk Reduction for the USGS Natural Hazards Mission Area as part of the SAFRR Project. In January 2014, she entered into a partnership on behalf of the USGS with the City of Los Angeles to serve as Seismic Risk Advisor to Mayor Eric Garcetti. She served as a Commissioner of the California Seismic Safety Commission (CSSC),. which advises the governor and legislature on seismic safety, by appointment of Governor of California/Governor Gray Davis in 2002 and reappointment by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2005 and serves on the California Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council. She has received several awards, including the Alquist Award from the California Earthquake Safety Foundation,cite web

/title = 2000 Alfred E. Alquist Medal Winner: Lucille M. Jones

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In the '70s it was undoubtedly the most active feature in California.

The level of shaking is comparable to what was experienced in Northridge. The good news is that there are fewer people out there.

Hector Mine was a dream earthquake. All the fun of a magnitude 7 without any of the guilt.

Magnitude doesn't tell you damage. If it's not that big or not that close to people, it's not that bad.

In general, you could say our freeways are in much better shape than they used to be. (The California Department of Transportation) has spent $6 billion since 1969. There's been a huge state investment.

The good news is that not many people live here.

We are going to lose all of our natural gas lines, all of our water lines, many of our power lines, most of our transportation systems. We are going to have a disruption to our infrastructure in a way that is going to take months to recover from.

It's the most exciting place in earth science.

It was good luck.