A modest, some might say small, earthquake rumbled along the Hayward Fault just before 4 a.m. this morning, measuring 2.8 on the Richter scale. Unlike the previous half dozen or so small quakes on the fault in recent weeks, this one was not centered under Berkeley but further south, about two miles north of Fremont. more ›

Exploding manholes, gas leaks and now a 3.3 magnitude earthquake strikes 2 miles Southeast of Oakland at 4:47 p.m. This is the third little temblor (and the second 3-point-something on the Hayward fault) in a week. If you felt it, let the folks at USGS know and then let's discuss whether we should be worried about this whole 2012 thing. more ›

Two small, 2-pointers rattled along the Hayward Fault in the San Ramon area last night, one just before 6 p.m. and the second just after 11 p.m, according to Bay City News (via The Appeal). more ›

No one was likely to feel it over here, but a 2.2 magnitude quake just struck along the Hayward Fault, in Piedmont about a mile from Oakland. You've heard about the Hayward Fault, right? more ›

No, you didn't dream it! There was a 4.2 temblor this morning at around 4:42 a.m., centered two miles east of Oakland on the dreaded Hayward Fault. It knocked out power in Oakland (poor PG&E, it's been a busy week), and broke the windows of the Safeway on Shattuck and Rose in Berkeley, and at a doughnut shop on College and Ashby (but with no interruption in donut service, they added) -- but in SF, we didn't notice anything other than some shaking, and in San Jose, they didn't feel anything at all. more ›

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Just in time to calm everyone down after the Hawaii earthquake, San Francisco officials released their plans for dealing with the next big earthquake. The plan is actually a "supplement" to the "all hazards" emergency operations plan and what kind of hazards are they expecting us to have to deal with? Is there something else we should know about? And do any of those plans involve giant lizard like creatures coming out of the ocean to stomp buildings? more ›