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Are we ready for a repeat of the 1868 earthquake?
By Richard Schwartz It is a sobering endeavor to remember the 1868 Hayward Fault earthquake, the last major eruption on our local fault. The USGS states that major, destructive earthquakes occur along...
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Magnitude-4.0 Piedmont earthquake wakes up Berkeley
An earthquake in neighboring Oakland jolted Berkeley awake just before 6:50 a.m. Monday. The US Geological Survey (USGS) initially registered the quake as a magnitude 4.2, but soon downgraded it to a...
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M3.5 earthquake hits Berkeley, East Bay
A magnitude-3.5 earthquake startled Berkeley and other East Bay residents early Tuesday morning. Its epicenter was near the Warren Freeway, State Route 13, near Joaquin Miller Road, the USGS reports....
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72K people participate in Berkeley’s ‘Great ShakeOut’
The principal did it. The janitor did it. The students did it. At 10:20 a.m. last Thursday, everyone at LeConte Elementary School in Berkeley participated in the Great ShakeOut earthquake drill. They...
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With the anniversaries of the Loma Prieta earthquake and the Oakland-Berkeley Firestorm occurring in the middle of a “hot” election, there’s been much discussion about safety in the hills. Councilwoman...
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Update: Noon earthquake downgraded to magnitude 3
A quake whose epicenter was Kensington, just north of Berkeley shook the city Wednesday at noon.
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UC Berkeley to conduct full-scale earthquake drill Friday, Aug. 11
A full-scale campus exercise is planned to practice and evaluate the campus’s response to a magnitude 6.8 earthquake on the Hayward Fault.
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Thursday: Berkeley will drop, cover and hold on with the 2017 ‘ShakeOut’
Take part in a five-minute earthquake drill wherever you are Oct. 19 and start the process of preparing for a disaster.
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Berkeley neighbors seek to widen grassroots emergency radio system
A small volunteer group is building a radio communications network so Berkleley neighborhoods can communicate during emergencies when the power grid and internet are down.
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SoCal earthquakes remind us of the need to be prepared
Since 2006, we have been due for another major, destructive earthquake along the Hayward Fault. The recent SoCal quakes are just a stark reminder that we need to be ready for it.
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