SF News Videos: Tsunami Waves Hitting Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Sausalito, and... Emeryville Here are some videos of this morning's tsunami action shot by people along various Bay Area coastlines ranging from Santa Cruz to San Francisco to Emeryville. (Outside of Santa Cruz and Crescent City
SF News Tsunami Waves Damage Santa Cruz, Crescent City Harbors [PHOTOS] Prompted by the 8.9 earthquake in Japan, tsunami waves destroyed the harbor in Crescent City. The LA Times reports: Local residents reported that about three dozen boats were "crushed" in the harbor
SF News Ocean Beach Livestream During Tsunami Warning Live video chat by Ustream Since some of you can't follow directions - unless you're a bitchin' surfer, you're not supposed to go to Ocean Beach, you guys! - here's a livestream of
SF News Make Your Own Preparedness Kit Speaking of widespread earthquake devastation, Japan's 8.9 earthquake is a strong reminder that, yes, you really do need an earthquake kit. Seriously. After the Loma Prieta earthquake, an estimated 12,000 Bay
SF News Live Coverage of the Tsunami Wave Impacts on Our Coast ABC 7 is showing the relatively undramatic live pictures from Santa Cruz harbor of the tsunami-related surges, including a dock and a pier floating loose, and a boat loose from its moorings. Not
SF News Great Highway, Beaches Closed After Tsunami Waves Hit California Today's massive earthquake in Japan released a tsunami wave that, among other things, closed most California beaches and the Great Highway today. As of 8:00 a.m., the Chronicle reports: "The tide
SF News Massive Earthquake And Tsunami Hit Japan; Tsunami Warning Declared For SF Coast [UPDATED] A harrowing 8.9 earthquake hit Japan tonight. The New York Times reports: "A tsunami hit the coast of northeast Japan on Friday in the aftermath of an 8.9 magnitude earthquake about
SF News 4.1 Earthquake Rattles Bay Area We felt it. Did you? A small earthquake was felt around San Francisco at around 4:10 this afternoon. A small ride, really. Nothing too big felt from SFist HQ. We'll update as
SF News 2 Minor Quakes Rattle Bay Area This Morning The U.S. Geological Survey reports that two small earthquakes hit the Bay Area this morning. A 2.5 struck seven miles east-southeast of San Jose at 1:31 a..m., followed by
misc Good Job Guys... The <em>Weekly</em> Gives Us an Inane List of Songs to Listen to During an Earthquake So, apparently the Weekly let an intern loose on the All Shook Down blog or something, and they give us (we shit you not) The Top 8 Songs to Listen to During the
SF News SFist Reviews: Today's San Francisco Earthquake Drill Siren Pft. Bah. Gah. What the hell was that? For starters, the alarm during today's Great Shakeout drill was weak; far too gentle on the eardrum. Also, we couldn't understand a single thing being
SF News Two Minor Quakes Hit Santa Clara County Santa Clara County shook (again) this morning after two small earthquakes hit the area, one with a magnitude of 3.3 and the other boasting a mild 2.1. "According to the USGS,
SF News Small Quake Hits Santa Clara County A gentle 2.0 earthquake nudged Santa Clara County last night. Bay City News (via SF Appeal) notes: "According to the USGS, at 10:23 p.m. a quake centered about Joseph D.
SF News Two More Small Quakes Shake the East Bay 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
SF News 3.3 Earthquake Hits East Bay At 9:35 a.m. this morning, a small 3.3 earthquake hit the Bay Area, just northwest of San Pablo, reports UCGS. The jolt, according to KRON 4, was felt in Berkeley,
SF News Teensy Earthquake Hits Piedmont/Oakland 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
SF News Another Little Earthquake Off Coast Not to feed your earthquake paranoia or anything, but there was a 4.4 quake this morning centered 45 miles off the coast of Eureka. The Eureka fire chief says she didn't even
SF News Um, Earthquake Today? We're not in the habit of following earthquake prediction websites and such, but we feel like the collective consciousness around town has been buzzing a bit about earthquakes since that little one last
SF News Did You Feel That?: 3.5 Quake Strikes 9 Miles From S.F. A magnitude 3.5 earthquake just rolled through here about 10 minutes ago, centered 3 miles west-southwest of Daly City on the good old San Andreas. [USGS]
SF News 5.4 Earthquake Hits Southern California A 5.4 quake was reported near Borrego Springs in Southern California. The LA Fire Department said "there were no immediately reports of damage or injury within the city." Also, operations are running
SF News Minor Earthquake Reported Off S.F. Shore At 7:47 a.m. this morning, a 3.5 earthquake was centered offshore from San Francisco. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake was located 3 miles away from the
SF News Nancy Mary Sage, Great Quake of 1906 Survivor, Dies SF Weekly reports that one of the few remaining Great Quake of '06 survivors died yesterday. Nancy Mary Sage, who stretched her life out to a staggering 105 years, died in Littleton, Colorado.
SF News California Watch Creates Map of UC Berkeley's Seismically Unsafe Buildings The helpful folks at California Watch put together this handy map detailing seismically unsafe structures at UC Berkeley. "Although it has fixed many of the buildings, the system still has 102 buildings rated
SF News 3.2 Earthquake Barely Rumbles In South Bay Did you feel it? Yeah, neither did we. But according to the U.S. Geological Survey an earthquake "with a preliminary magnitude of 3.2" rattled Santa Clara County today. The slight shaker
SF News Surfing Tsunami Ripples Under Golden Gate Bridge? After Saturday's 8.8 earthquake sparked a mild tsunami, surfers took to the Bay to catch some tasty waves under the Golden Gate Bridge. Behold. Update: We've been told (via SFist commenter wsanders)