It’s Always Frightening Experiencing an Earthquake in San Francisco
An earthquake just hit San Francisco 15 minutes ago and my animal instincts kicked in
By Zach O’Brien
It’s 7:30 pm on Monday night and I’m sitting in San Francisco working on a project. All of a sudden, a jolt starts shaking the building and all I can think is – “What’s about to happen here?”
That’s all I could think about when the 3.8 magnitude just shook the city 15 minutes ago, with an epicenter near Oakland. What’s about to happen? How big will this be? How long will it last? Should I take cover?
Here is the information on the minor earthquake.
We just saw the 112 year anniversary of the Great Earthquake of 1906 that reduced San Francisco to rubble. It’s been almost 30 years since the 1989 earthquake that caused more than $5 billion in damage to the city. Needless to say, a dangerous earthquake could hit this city at any moment.
Growing up in California you get plenty of earthquake education in school, but how exactly will you respond when the big one hits? We avoided a big one this time around, but living in a highly seismic area of Northern California, you always have to be ready for a catastrophe.
Just like any earthquake, twitter had a lot to say:
#Earthquake (#sismo) possibly felt 2 min ago in #San Francisco #United States. Felt it? See https://t.co/wPtMW5ND1t pic.twitter.com/jQdOReMUMl
— EMSC (@LastQuake) May 15, 2018
#earthquake in San Francisco!
We will rebuild. pic.twitter.com/1HYa5Bx9Xt— Akit (@AgentAkit) May 15, 2018
Felt #earthquake (#sismo) M3.8 strikes 21 km E of San Francisco (#California) 4 min ago. Please report to: https://t.co/Ua2rWUxOGV pic.twitter.com/EafY27TNxK
— EMSC (@LastQuake) May 15, 2018
I just felt the jolt! Did you feel the #earthquake? #SanFrancisco #BayArea https://t.co/8C44UZoH0L
— Sandhya Patel (@SandhyaABC7) May 15, 2018
Felt an earthquake in San Francisco (Mission) pic.twitter.com/toaQRIG5dW
— Jordan 🌸 Staniscia (@jordanstaniscia) May 15, 2018
Time for all the earthquake tweets in the San Francisco Bay Area…we can feel Draymond stomping his feet all the way from Houston.
— Pacific Truth (@PacificTruth) May 15, 2018
These little earthquakes are a sharp reminder to always be prepared.