San Andreas fault

[norcalmom101]

check out " + theTitle + " and Latest Earthquakes - Last 7 Days. Moving anywhere near the SF Bay Area to get out of any danger zone is not advisable.

[michael49]

Originally Posted by Joe_Ryder

Just to put it into perspective, you're more likely to die in a traffic accident than an earthquake.

Exactly......

How many people are injured/killed every year in CA by MVA's vs earthquakes? Its not even close.

[MichaelinWA]

The dangerous Hayward:

SF Gate: Multimedia (image)

Hopefully it remains quiet for many more years...

Originally Posted by GreenGirl

It's So. Cal. that has more to worry about with the San Andreas. In the Bay Area, it's the Hayward - Roger's Creek fault that is the biggest worry. To avoid living on top of that hazard, don't move to the East Bay hills, or eastern Sonoma County. But earthquakes happen here, MAD King. Not living right on top of the epicenter doesn't keep you from the experience. I live more than 100 miles from the center of the Loma Prieta quake and it still nearly knocked me off my toilet! (An exaggeration, but it did slosh the water around enough to splash me in the butt.) For the most part, it's not a big deal. It starts, everyone looks around at each other wondering how big it's going to be; it ends, and you go back to your business. The few times it's big enough to do some damage, the serious damage is done to structures built on landfill. I, personally, would not want to live on landfill in the Bay Area. When they're big, it is scary, but your chances of dying or even being injured are really, really small.

[krudmonk]

Width? Height? Do you know how faults work?

[Wes927]

To borrow from Frasier, I'm not a seismologist although I do have many faults. Here is my thought on the subject.

The Chronicle article is scare-mongering but SF must be better prepared for the inevitable one day. That being said a major earthquake or antural disaster can happen in practically any city.

Luckily I think SF has time. There were many earthquakes in the late 1800s culminating in the Great 1906 Quake on the Northern San Andreas. As this relieved stress on all neighboring faults, there werent any major quakes for a long time until the 1989 Quake but that was on the Southern San Andreas.

As there has been no spate of medium earthquakes on neighboring faults it seems there is some time before the late 1800s cycle begins again---but who the heck knows and the city should be smart about it.

I understand the southern San Andreas hasnt had a quake since European settlement.........shouldnt they be more worried.

Any real seismologists out there wanna comment?

And on another note, doesnt the constant danger add to the allure and charm of SF much like New Orleans: a tragic fatalism that is just irresistible.