San Francisco Bay Area Earthquake Tracker

This real-time chart tracks quakes in the last 24 hours in the San Francisco Bay Area and surrounding cities



BAY AREA QUAKE CENTRAL

You can take steps to plan and prepare for the next big one. Access our Bay Area Quake Tracker, the latest earthquake stories, extensive quake prep checklists, videos and many other disaster preparedness resources all in one place: NBCBAYAREA.COM/QUAKES


DOCUMENTARY: Loma Prieta Earthquake, 30 Years Later. In this installment of our award-winning documentary series Bay Area Revelations, we look at how the earthquake forever changed the Bay Area and what’s being done to prepare for the next big one.

"We live in earthquake country on the ring of fire -- a red zone of seismic activity that circles the Pacific Ocean. From time to time, with little or no warning, the earth beneath our feet rumbles and shudders -- and sometimes shatters our world."

— Bay Area Revelations: Loma Prieta Earthquake, 30 Years Later

If you were in the Bay Area on October 17, 1989, you knew where you were and what you were doing at 5:04 p.m. when the 6.9 quake rocked the region. Hear untold stories from the survivors, first responders and unsung heroes from that day on the Bay Area Revelations documentary, Loma Prieta Earthquake, 30 Years Later.
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