Both the California Highway Patrol and the U.S. Geological Survey advise motorists to keep moving at a safe speed, if possible, and to not stop on a bridge during an earthquake.

Bea and Astaneh said the bridge has “low-robustness” or “fracture-critical” design, meaning one major flaw could cause the entire system to fail in a major earthquake. A recent forecast by the U.S.

The Bay Bridge was unusable for a month; ... Experts say a 7.8 earthquake in Southern California could have a death toll among the worst for a natural disaster in the U.S. at 1,800, ...

Will San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge survive the next magnitude 7.0 or greater earthquake? USGS details new threat the Bay Area could face. California is long overdue for a major earthquake.

The earthquake disrupted the World Series and damaged the Bay Bridge, Oakland’s Cypress Freeway, and swaths of San Francisco. It caused up to $10 billion in damage.

The earthquake disrupted the World Series and damaged the Bay Bridge, Oakland’s Cypress Freeway, and swaths of San Francisco. It caused up to $10 billion in damage.

California was hit by an earthquake Friday as the part of the state battles deadly wildfires.. A 3.7 magnitude quake was detected near the San Francisco Bay area around 7:02am PT, with its ...

When the eastern span of the Bay Bridge was deemed seismically unsafe after the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, its fate was certain. Demolition crews tore it down, and a construction team ...

California has dozens of earthquakes every day. Most are below 3.0 magnitude, ... 1989, which disrupted the World Series, and wrecked the Bay Bridge, Oakland’s Cypress Freeway, ...

In 1989, the magnitude-6.9 earthquake caused the collapse of the Cypress Freeway in Oakland and a partial collapse of the eastbound span of the Bay Bridge, and left 16,000 homes uninhabitable.