Tag Archives: 'earthquake'

• 5.6

  I received a phone call from my wife in San Jose while I was walking the puppy around the neighborhood. She asked me if I was alright. I said yea. She then realized I had no idea why she asked me, that I did not feel the 5.6-magnitude earthquake. She concluded that the temblor must [...]

• It’s My Fault, Hayward.

  I’m hoping it will happen at night. Because I know it will happen; it is a definite; it is one of those “known knowns.” If it happens at night, people will be at home with their families. At least most people. The majority of people will not be at work, or a part of rush-hour [...]

• 3.0

  A very small earthquake just occurred at 4:05:35 (a couple minutes ago), two miles east of Berkeley, preliminarily determined to be a magnitude 3.0. A quick jolt, barely noticeable, besides the computer monitor shaking a bit, and the feeling in your gut of doomsday. Update: The epicenter of the earthquake was less than 1.5 miles [...]

• 4.2

  A 4.2-magnitude earthquake woke us up this morning at 4:42am, as our house shook back and forth for ten or so seconds. Being naive, I thought to myself, “This is the big one.” It wasn’t. (I wish it was.) The light-to-moderate earthquake, which occurred along the Hayward fault roughly 15 miles from our house, was [...]

• In the News

  - The House failed to override Bush’s stupefying but expected veto of the Iraq war spending bill. Up next, a trip to Camp David for Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. – I was at the vet with Haley so I missed the most recent earthquake, a 3.0 centered a few miles from my office. My [...]

• 4.2

  A little while ago, a 4.2-magnitude earthquake shook the bay area. The event has made a lot of news, despite being well below a true strong earthquake (~M5). My wife was on the second floor, while I was on the first. She felt a strong rolling motion, while I felt almost nothing. I heard some [...]

• 3.4

  Just felt a 3.4-magnitude earthquake (hit at 3:46pm). I am on the ninth floor of an historic building in downtown Berkeley. This was the first earthquake I have felt since changing jobs. The earthquake was centered two miles southeast of here. Pretty damn close. It was a short pulse, more of a push than a [...]

• 3.5

  Another earthquake, in the same exact location (2 miles south of Berkeley), with a 3.5-magnitude just shook my house. It occurred at 9:21am. This is not a good sign; all of these small tremors may actually be foreshocks to the big one that is long due on the Hayward Fault. UPDATE: SFGate’s first report came [...]

• 3.7, Take 2

  This is not a repeat: Another 3.7-magnitude earthquake has hit (just a few minutes ago, at 10:50pm), in almost the exact location: a few miles south of Berkeley, in the hills, along the Hayward Fault. I was falling asleep on my sofa on the third floor of our home when a quick jolt woke me [...]

• 3.7

  Sitting around the table with my wife after dinner, a sudden jolt shook our house — a brief second or two of sharp movement. It was the result of a 3.7-magnitude earthquake three miles south of Berkeley in the hills. The earthquake event occurred at 7:12pm. UPDATE: A lot of people felt the earthquake (as [...]