European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Daily Magazine Erica a earthquakes scatter groceries on store floors several times each year in hoi Lister Calif. By Eugene Bryant up staff writer he Small Californi Community of Hollister dubbed the earthquake capital of the nation by local wags Las been rattled so often by quakes hat most of its 7,200 residents scarce Yake notice of any but the strongest  uie Hollister chamber of com Merce takes a dim View of the Label to is difficult to dispute its accuracy. Since 1951 at least 55 earthquake measuring Between 4 and 5.6 on the Zuchter scale that is in the moderate to Strong Range have rocked Hollis Ter some causing extensive  of lesser earthquakes have been recorded since 1981.Hollister, 95 Miles South of san fran Cisco in sparsely populated san Benito county straddles California s san an Dreas fault the most Active and Vio Lent earthquake betetto the country. Appropriately the area has become an earthquake Laboratory. The univer sity of California recently completed the world s first geophysical Observatory just South of Hollister. It is designed to study and record earthquake Pheno Mena. The Observatory is located on ranch astride the san Andreas fault and records and measures such thing Sas changes in the Earth s magnetic the ultimate aim is to find an accurate method of forecasting Earth quakes and possibly save thousands01 lives. An earthquake warning system would enable authorities to empty schools and factories turn off pipelines dirt fire departments Clear beaches nere tidal Waves might strike and get people into places of Refuge. Instr mems a mattered along the Andreas fault for More than three Uata from the Observatory known As the san Andreas is Zeleme Igi Cal Survey uses Furni oct Vii Institute and Call ibs a department of water resources Nihau i Vale ested in quake Phenomena i me Ilo Lister area. Msj is