Earthquake expert still making waves, 20 years after Loma Prieta

She was the "earthquake stalker," according to the Los Angeles Times. Clued in by rumblings around the San Andreas fault two years before it broke, UC Santa Cruz geophysicist Karen McNally placed state-of-the-art seismic instruments along the fault just months before the Loma Prieta earthquake shook Santa Cruz on Oct.

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I think one look at Samoa or Indonesia should convince people to store a small tent, first aid kit and food & water. How many long runways are there East of the City airports capable of landing relief planes? It might be days before aid gets through after a big one...

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if the 1989 san francisco earthquake has reached greenwood what type of damage would occur and plate boundaries