A magnitude 4.6 quake in the Santa Cruz Mountains was strong enough to wake Oakland up — or keep you up, if you’re a night owl — around 1:40 a.m. Thursday.
Of course, earthquakes are a fact of life in the Bay Area. Small temblors jostle us awake at night and rattle buildings in the middle of the day. While most seismic events don’t cause significant damage, it’s only a matter of time until the “Big One” happens. And when it does, it’ll be important for all of us to be prepared.
You’ve likely heard of “go bags” and practiced crouching under tables at school if you grew up in California. But when a quake is not fresh on the mind, it can feel overwhelming and deceptively low-priority to figure out how to prepare for the worst.
Luckily, there are…
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