A 3.6-magnitude earthquake centered in Berkeley shook the Bay Area this morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.The quake was recorded at 5:36 a.m. 2 miles east of Berkeley with a depth of about 6 miles, according to the USGS.The temblor was felt in Berkeley, Alameda and throughout San Francisco.“It was kind of a strong jolt,” an employee at Au Coquelet Cafe Restaurant in downtown Berkeley said minutes after the quake.
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City Hall is a complicated place, and engaging with the electoral politics that spring forth from its arcane culture can be frustrating. So sometimes, it’s easier to just make fun of it.Meet Mat Honan, a freelance writer and recently declared mayoral candidate running an Internet-based write-in campaign with slogans ranging from, “Pull Up Your Damn Pants” to “Ban Straight Marriage” and “No Mean Dogs For Gutter Punks.”
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Two earthquakes rattled the Bay Area on Thursday just hours after millions of people statewide practiced how to respond to the big one.
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Talk about a coincidence.
On the same day of the Great California ShakeOut, the San Francisco Bay Area experienced a 4.0-magnitude earthquake around 2:45 p.m., according to preliminary reports from the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Two small earthquakes were reported in the Bay Area on Sunday evening.
A 3.5 magnitude quake centered 3 miles north-northeast of San Leandro occurred around 8:08 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Around three minutes later, a 2.3 magnitude quake occurred 3 miles west of the San Francisco Zoo.
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WHAT: This summer’s big East Coast earthquake delivered more shaking than at least 27 U.S. nuclear plants were engineered to resist. A preliminary Nuclear Regulatory Commission review called the risk 24 times greater at one nuclear site.
WHAT’S HAPPENING NEXT: Seismic upgrades will be required for each of America’s 104 reactors identified in an ongoing geological reassessment as being in danger of earthquakes larger than previously planned for.
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A 2.9-magnitude earthquake struck near the San Francisco Zoo early this morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.The 12:19 a.m. quake shook 2 miles southwest of the zoo, which is located near the Great Highway and Sloat Boulevard.The temblor had a depth of about 4 miles, according to the USGS.
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A 3.6-magnitude earthquake rattled the Bay Area for the second time in as many days, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.The quake struck in the East Bay at 9:47 a.m., with its epicenter about three miles north-northeast of San Leandro and six miles east-southeast of Oakland and a depth of 5.7 miles.
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