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California Earthquake Authority's Story - Building Earthquake Resilience

Published by California Earthquake Authority. Jurisdiction CA.

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  • CEA describes itself on this page as a not-for-profit, publicly managed, privately funded entity.

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  • The page states that in 1996 the California Legislature created the California Earthquake Authority.

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  • The page describes the January 17, 1994 magnitude 6.7 Northridge earthquake as the background to CEA's creation.

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  • CEA states: 'On January 17, 1994, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake known as the Northridge earthquake rocked California's San Fernando Valley'.

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  • CEA states that 'the earthquake caused an estimated $20 billion in residential damages alone' and that 'only half of that was covered by insurance'.

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  • CEA states: 'In 1996, the California Legislature went one step further and created the California Earthquake Authority (CEA)'.

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  • CEA describes itself as 'a not-for-profit, publicly managed, privately funded entity'.

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  • CEA states: 'Today, CEA provides two-thirds of the residential earthquake insurance policies sold in California'. The page gives no as-of date and no methodology for that figure.

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  • The California Legislature created the California Earthquake Authority in 1996, following the January 17, 1994 magnitude 6.7 Northridge earthquake.

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  • CEA describes itself as a not-for-profit, publicly managed, privately funded entity, and states that it sells its policies exclusively through participating insurance companies.

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  • CEA states that today it provides two-thirds of the residential earthquake insurance policies sold in California.

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