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UCSD 'Shake Table' Gets Major Federal Grant

KPBS | September 25, 2015

UC San Diego is getting more than $5 million over the next five years to run one of the world's largest earthquake simulators. The outdoor "shake table" has been helping researchers measure the impact of quakes since it opened in 2004. The device's size allows scientists to build realistic life-sized structures and then subject them to the same force meted out by the world's largest earthquakes. Full Story

UC San Diego will continue to operate world's largest earthquake 'shake table'

KUSI News | September 24, 2015

UC San Diego announced Thursday that $5.2 million from the National Science Foundation will allow the university to continue to operate the world's largest outdoor earthquake "shake table' for the next five years. The table, which can carry structures weighing up to 2,000 tons, replicates the ground motions of large quakes. Full Story