Scientists warned of next big quake on San Andreas near Bay Area
A 6.9 magnitude quake struck the Bay Area near Santa Cruz, renewing warnings from 1985 studies about a possible 50 mile San Andreas segment from Palo Alto to San Juan Bautista. Experts say timing remains uncertain and effects could mirror or differ from the 1906 event with death tolls projected for southern California and the Bay Area.
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San Francisco
San Andreas
Bay Area
The
Geophysical Research Letters
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Santa Cruz Mountains
San Juan Bautista
Tom Heaton
U.S. Geological Survey
Pasadena
Santa Cruz
Columbia University
Christopher Scholz
Scholz
San Francisco Bay Area
California
Geological Survey
Dalas Peck
Saga of 06 Fire: Flight From San Francisco to Oakland
A survivor recalls the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. The city burned along Market Street with dust, smoke, and panic as families fled to safety. The narrator describes the hotel, the march to Jefferson Park, the ferry to Oakland, and the kindness of Oakland residents before recovery begins.
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Toledo
Market Street
Oakland
Jefferson Park
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Bay
John
Atlantis lifts off on Galileo probe to Jupiter
Space shuttle Atlantis blasted from Cape Canaveral at 12:53 p.m. on a five day mission to launch the Galileo probe to Jupiter. The 132 ton shuttle carried a five member crew and aims to deploy Galileo while conducting experiments. The $1.5 billion unmanned craft, described as the Rolls Royce of spacecraft, will take six years to reach Jupiter after two prior delays and weather setbacks.
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Space Shuttle
Atlantis
Jupiter
Atlantic
Kennedy Space Center
Ney
Solar System
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Clayne Yeates
Earthquake rocks California near Santa Cruz and San Francisco
A strong quake centered northeast of Santa Cruz and 75 miles south of San Francisco triggered aftershocks, widespread damage, and evacuations. Officials reported multiple deaths in San Francisco and Santa Cruz County, fires from gas leaks, collapsed bridges, and disrupted transit as emergency crews mobilized.
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Oakland
Mary Garcia
Clorox
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Highway Patrol
Chris Curran
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Army
Cal
Agnes
Candlestick Park
Marina District
Fred Jordan
Santa Cruz County
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