SF News UC Berkeley Receives Early Warning Earthquake Grant A couple times in the last two years we've mentioned talk of developing an earthquake early warning system -- something like what they have in Japan -- which would give all of us
Arts & Entertainment Kevin Spacey Responds to Last Week's Earthquakes "Canst thou quake and change thy color/ Murder thy breath in middle of a word." - Kevin Spacey on stage as Richard III, heard post-quake by Chronicle scribe Leah Garchik, or in its
Arts & Entertainment The Great California ShakeOut 2011 Hits Thursday, 10/20 Next Thursday, October 20th, the annual Great California ShakeOut earthquake drill, reportedly the third largest in history, will take place at 10:20 a.m., once again reminding us to continue working on
SF News Meanwhile, Beneath the Surface of the Earth: A 3.3 Earthquake Rumbles the East Bay 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
SF News Multiple Earthquakes Gently Tickle San Francisco Did you feel that one? What about this one? Those two earthquakes hit within 5 minutes of each other on either side of the city: the first was a 3.5 on the
SF News Tiny Whisper of a 2.9 Earthquake Gently Reminds San Franciscans We Could Fall Into the Ocean at Any Moment Did you feel it? Of course you did. Everyone's been on edge since DC rattled. And you've been whispering hail marys and knocking on wood every time you hear rumblings of a little
SF News Meanwhile, in New Zealand: Post-Earthquake Liquefaction Swallows Entire Vehicle Pardon us while we burst your San Francisco bubble for a moment: The city of Christchurch, New Zealand was tossed about by 6.0, 5.5 and 4.4-magnitude earthquakes this weekend. The
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 4.7 Magnitude Quake Hits Los Angeles A moderate earthquake rattled greater Los Angeles for 10 to 15 seconds last evening around 8:40 p.m., and it was felt as far south as San Diego. No major damage has
Arts & Entertainment Today in Earthquakes: '06 Remembrance, Earthquake Readiness Funding Tomorrow morning at 5:11 a.m. our fair city will mark the 103rd anniversary of the great quake of '06, which will once again include guest of honor and one of the
SF News Oh No, Ed Jew!: Forever in the Spotlight The supernatural forces behind the Ed Jew storyline are not pleased with Halloween and earthquakes hogging all of the attention. As of today, Ed Jew officially has his fourth legal suit brought up
SF News Your Earthquake Review Either under the table for protection or hiding from someone sporting a fiendish fannypack-khakis combo, Catherine Kilkenny of San Jose's Willow Glen looks scared as all hell, doesn't she? Many people were. Last
SF News Shark Attack in Monterey It's been a busy day in the Bay Area. We guess that JAWS was feeling a little bit left out of all the action and thought today might be a good day to
SF News Another Earthquake! As we only learned from reading the comments on our whiny post about the weather, there was just an earthquake in Berkeley about 30 minutes ago. It was a 3.0, centered near
SF News Say Hello to Your New Soccer Friend Wolff is planning on getting a soccer only stadium built in San Jose by 2010 but up until then, he's thinking of barnstorming the team around the Bay. If they had a friendly
Arts & Entertainment Workin' for the Weekend Friday, March 2, 2007 Earlybird Special: Fukwerk Fridays @ 111 Minna Roll up your sleeves and loosen your tie with loungy beats and discounted booze -- and hey, check out the art of Brazilian
SF News I Feel The Earth, Move Under My Feet So we were watching TV and listening to the wind whip around outside and then the wind got really loud and then everything started shaking and we thought, "hmmm, that's one really strong
SF News Don't Panic Yet Actually, the scientists say that there's small earthquakes happening all the time and it's just that a few of these were more noticeable than others. The good news is it's not a harbinger
SF News Did You Feel That? At around 10:50 p.m. tonight, there was a second earthquake almost in the exact same spot on the Hayward Fault (3 miles ESE of Berkeley) and at almost the same intensity
SF News It's Sunday-- Do You Know Where Your Sports Team Is? Let's start in Santa Clara where Matier & Ross remind us that there's been three attempts to move a team that way-- the Giants, the A's, and MLS's San Jose Earthquakes (hey, did
SF News Shaking All Over Okay, so we over-reacted a bit and unfortunately, our back is still smarting from the attempt at diving underneath the coffee table, but there was an Earthquake tonight. A 4.4 one in
Arts & Entertainment We Read The Weeklies Last week's winner, the East Bay Express: Vote for SFist in the EBX Readers' Poll! We love the chicken holding a sword with its foot in this week's Dream Comic. A company that
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Earth Shaking TV This Week He's gone now, but thoughts of earthquakes still run in our heads, and will soon invade our TV screens. If you're like us, and prefer to partake in disaster nostalgia from the comfort
SF News Earthquake Alert Man, not only did we not see Tom Cruise in our work place today, we also missed the earthquake. The USGS is reporting a 3.7 quake centered in Moraga at about 1:
SF News Shake It A 3.4 magnitude earthquake hit the Hercules area of the East Bay around 10 a.m. this morning. But we didn't feel anything here in San Francisco, how about you? This report
