Vice Mayor Gene Masuda invites the public to hear from one of the world’s preeminent earthquake scientists, Lucy Jones, Ph.D., about earthquake preparedness at a Council District 4 Community Forum, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 28, at the Victory Park Community Center, 2575 Paloma St., Pasadena. Parking is free.
The theme for the event is “Are We Earthquake Ready?”
Jones is one of the world’s leading seismologists and a public voice for earthquake science and earthquake safety. For years, Jones has been the “go-to” on-camera expert interviewed by the news media to explain earthquake activity. Among her many accomplishments, academic degrees, and dozens of published research papers, Jones also has a doctorate in geophysics from MIT.
She has been a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and a Visiting Research Associate at the Seismological Laboratory of Caltech in Pasadena since 1983. She is also a science advisor for seismic safety to the City of Los Angeles.
