KQED is a proud member of
Save ArticleSave Article
KQED Radio
KQED Newssee more
Radio Schedule
Latest Newscasts:KQEDNPR
Player Sponsored By
upper waypoint
Forum

South Napa Earthquake Rattles Bay Area

Michael Krasny
at
Save ArticleSave Article
Failed to save article

Please try again

 (Mina Kim/KQED)

We discuss the latest news on Sunday’s early-morning 6.0 magnitude earthquake, epicentered at the southern edge of Napa. It was the strongest to strike the Bay Area since the Loma Prieta quake of 1989. We’ll also discuss what residents can do to prepare for an earthquake and keep safe.

Guests:

Richard Allen, professor of seismology at UC Berkeley

Jeanne Hardebeck, seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Craig Miller, science editor for KQED

Mark Ghilarducci, secretary of the California Emergency Management Agency

Sponsored

lower waypoint
next waypoint
NPR's Sarah McCammon on Leaving the Evangelical ChurchKQED Youth Takeover: We’re Getting a WNBA TeamRainn Wilson from ‘The Office’ on Why We Need a Spiritual RevolutionForum From the Archives: Remembering Glide Memorial's Cecil WilliamsErik Aadahl on the Power of Sound in FilmKQED Youth Takeover: How Can San Jose Schools Create Safer Campuses?Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Major Homelessness CasePercival Everett’s Novel “James” Recenters the Story of Huck FinnHave We Entered Into a New Cold War Era?KQED Youth Takeover: How Social Media is Changing Political Advertising