San Andreas Fault

Ponder the Unthinkable

Earthquake! S.F. Shaken By 3.8 Temblor on Anniversary of Big One

View Larger Map No, those vibrations weren't everyone running out of the office simultaneously to hit up the food truck. The United States Geological Survey confirmed to SF Weekly that we were moments ago hit with a temblor. And, yes, today is the 105th anniversary of The Big One. The hard-working ... More >>

To Where, Exactly, Will PG&E Move Deadly Gas Main?

Not in my backyard​Pacific Gas & Electric Company's announcement Friday that it will  not rebuild the gas main in San Bruno's Crestmoor neighborhood -- where 37 homes were leveled and eight people killed when the 30-inch transmission pipe exploded on Sept. 9 -- was welcome news to the are ... More >>

Who cares about gas lines? Worry about killer cellphone radiation

Not in my backyard​Pacific Gas & Electric Company's announcement Friday that it will  not rebuild the gas main in San Bruno's Crestmoor neighborhood -- where 37 homes were leveled and eight people killed when the 30-inch transmission pipe exploded on Sept. 9 -- was welcome news to the are ... More >>

City's Earthquake Cassandra Elated Retrofitting Talk Is Popular Again

​Back in 1989, Pat Buscovich was the structural engineer tasked by the city with inspecting ruined properties in the Marina and determining which ought to be "red-tagged" and torn down. Of the 15 or 20 residential buildings Buscovich signed off to raze, not one has been rebuilt as a rent-controlle ... More >>

What Would Happen if Haiti Quake Happened Here? Actually, 2009 Report Analyzed Just That.

​Compassion evoked by the scenes of utter devastation in Haiti -- and, really, all Haiti needed was more chaos -- can quickly turn to self-interested fear for those who live and work in quake-plagued regions like our own. There are three answers to the query of what effect a magnitude 7.0 quake wo ... More >>

Shakedown 20: Day of the Flying Goldfish

Living on the edge -- of the San Andreas Fault​The afternoon of Oct. 17, 1989, is marked for me by one of those brief and intense visual recollections that tend to define childhood memories: A pair of goldfish hovering in the air above their bowl.I was nine years old when the Quake of '89 hit. I g ... More >>

Earthquake or Amorous Roommates? Settle it Once and For All.

What's shaking -- literally.As someone who has, for his entire existence, lived atop an earthquake fault and in buildings where "insulation" translates to "put on a sweater," the question posed in the headline has come up dozens of times. Was that the San Andreas Fault -- or Sam and Andreas upstairs ... More >>

'Ask a Scientist' on Mavericks, Tsunamis, and Apocalyptic Doom: Do not attempt to shoot curl

What's shaking -- literally.As someone who has, for his entire existence, lived atop an earthquake fault and in buildings where "insulation" translates to "put on a sweater," the question posed in the headline has come up dozens of times. Was that the San Andreas Fault -- or Sam and Andreas upstairs ... More >>

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