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SAN FRANCISCO-- Scientists have discovered an alarming connection underwater: Two of the most dangerous earthquake faults in the Bay Area. Experts long debated whether the Hayward Fault and the Rodgers Creek Fault connected, but now there's strong evidence they do,reports CBS San Francisco. U.S...
The research conducted by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) found that the Hayward Fault poses a significant threat to the Bay Area because it runs through some of the most populated cities in the Bay Area such as Oakland and Berkeley. A 7-magnitude earthquake could kill at least 80...
San Francisco Bay Area Residents Feel Moderate Earthquake More AROMAS, Calif. (AP) — People throughout the San Francisco Bay area on Saturday night reported feeling a magnitude 4.2 earthquake that hit the region. The earthquake hit 8:01 p.m and had an epicenter about 2.5 miles (4 kilometer...
The Loma Prieta earthquake hit the Bay Area on the evening ofOctober 17, 1989, at 5:04 pm. This San Francisco earthquake's magnitude measured a6.9on the Richter Scale. This one originated on theSan Andreas faultin the Santa Cruz mountains. It got its name from the mountain where the sha...
East Bay has a higher earthquake hazard than other regions given its greater number of faults that traverse the area, said the USGS.
Three-dimensional seismic velocity structure of the San Francisco Bay area Seismic travel times from the northern California earthquake catalogue and from the 1991 Bay Area Seismic Imaging Experiment (BASIX) refraction survey were... JA Hole,TM Brocher,SL Klemperer,... - 《Journal of Geophysical ...
Warning systems are already in use in Japan, Taiwan, Mexico and Turkey, and in this study we investigate the feasibility of implementing an early warning system in northern California with focus on the San Francisco Bay Area. We consider application of the ElarmS methodology which uses P-wave ...
Bay Area groups are working quickly to raise funds for victims of a massive earthquake that rocked Turkey and Syria. RED - A prayer was held Monday on the Peninsula for the victims of a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Turkey, and Syria. Members of the Turkish American Religious Foundation...
Similar in content and format to an earlier study which dealt with the southern segment of the San Andreas Fault, the scenario utilizes both text and maps to provide planners with a tool to assess the potential damage pattern to lifelines in the Bay Area. Findings pertinent to this region inc...