Anniversary earthquake measures 3.8 on San Francisco peninsula
By Lisa M. Krieger Posted: 04/18/2011 03:56:07 PM PDT Updated:
04/18/2011 04:54:49 PM PDT On the 105th anniversary of the giant
1906 San Francisco earthquake, the San Andreas fault woke up
with a small shrug. A 3.41 magnitude quake was reported at 2:57
p.m. on Monday afternoon, with an epicenter 8.5 miles deep
located halfway between Millbrae and Pacifica, near the north
end of Crystal Springs Reservoir, according to U.S. Geological
Survey spokesman Paul Laustsen. The tremor was felt from San
Jose to Oakland. At 5:12 a.m. April 18, 1906, San Franciscans
were jarred awake by a massive magnitude 7.9 earthquake, which
caused buildings to crumble and killed an estimated 3,000
people, according to recent updated calculations by USGS.
Scientists believe there is a 62 percent chance another
earthquake rivaling the "great one" in 1906 will hit the San
Francisco Bay area within the next 30 years. That quake caused
millions of dollars worth of damage in Cal