Earthquake

San Francisco City Hall (Hector Mata/Getty Images)

San Francisco Taps Local Tech Companies For Crisis Planning Efforts

Crisis planning in San Francisco took a new step on Tuesday with the announcement of a partnership between city government and the growing “sharing economy”.

2013/06/12

A view of the roadway on the new Bay Bridge eastern span. (CBS)

Bay Bridge’s New Eastern Span Safer In Earthquake Than Old Bridge Say Engineers

Engineers say the new span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge would be able to handle a large earthquake much better than its aging counterpart which was damaged by the Loma Prieta temblor in 1989.

2013/06/07

A soft-story residential building damaged by the Loma Prieta earthquake on October 17, 1989. (ABAG)

About The Bay: The Hard Reality Of SF’s Soft-Story Buildings

Own a “soft story building” in San Francisco? Expect to be hearing from the City of San Francisco over the next few months.

2013/06/03

The San Francisco Hall of Justice. (Getty Images)

No Quick Fix For SF’s ‘Dangerous’ Hall Of Justice

San Francisco’s top officials say the city’s Hall of Justice would be dangerously unstable in a powerful earthquake, but hundreds of city workers and jail inmates working and living there could have to wait more than a decade to move out.

2013/06/03

4.6 Earthquake Rattles Santa Barbara Area

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.6 has rattled part of the Southern California coast.

2013/05/29

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck near Greenville in Plumas County on May 23, 2013. (CBS)

Damage Estimate From Rural NorCal Quake Tops $1M

Officials in a part of rural northeastern California that was shaken by a magnitude-5.7 earthquake last week are estimating that the temblor caused more than $1 million in damage.

2013/05/28

At Least 4 Dozen Aftershocks Following 5.7 NorCal Quake, Town Damaged

Residents in rural northeastern California assessed damage to their homes and businesses Friday from a magnitude-5.7 earthquake, one of the strongest temblors to hit the densely forested region in decades.

2013/05/24

Magnitude 5.7 Earthquake Shakes Northern California

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake was widely felt as it rattled Northern California Thursday night, breaking dishes and shaking mirrors off walls. But authorities said there were no immediate reports of injury or serious damage.

2013/05/23