San Francisco Earthquake Prediction

At 4:10 PM today, at nearly the same time the SF Board of Supervisors agreed to endorse Ed Lee as interim SF Mayor in a vote of 10 for to 1 against (Daly, duh), the Bay Area was rocked by an South-Bay based earthquake with, says the USGS, a 4.1 preliminary magnitude. According to some, this is just the tip of the iceberg, with another quake predicted the day Gavin Newsom takes office as Lt. Governor.

The epicenter of this afternoon’s quake, the USGS says, was 13 miles east-southeast from San Jose, where it had a depth of 4.4 miles. According to SFist, thus far, no damage or injuries have been reported.

From Berkeley, John says he felt “pretty mild shaking, noises of things shifting but nothing fell off shelves.” he says that he checked with his daughter, at work in single-story building in Santa Clara, and she says neither she nor anyone else in her office felt it.