Earthquake Stories

If you have been in an earthquake and want to add your story to this list, please send it to: Dan Goldstein at gofamily@olympus.net .

The Community Internet Intensity Map allows ordinary people to help out scientists studying earthquakes by reporting their experiences. You are encouraged to fill out a questionaire about a particular quake and view a map that shows how the quake was felt in different places.

1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire

• San Francisco Museum Eyewitness Accounts
• Jack London's eyewitness account of the earthquake and fire published in Colliers Magazine.

1957 Daly City Earthquake

• Personal Accounts of the 1957 Quake collected by Richard Marsden

1964 Anchorage, Alaska Earthquake

• Arthur Barrett's Story
• Georgiana (Jana) Llaneza's Story

1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake

• Remembering the Loma Prieta Earthquake
  A collection of personal stories of the quake.
• Dan Goldstein's Account of 1989 Loma Prieta Quake

1992 Landers, California Earthquake

• Gary Cliser's Experience

1994 Northidge, California Earthquake

• Chuck Wood's Child's Eye View of the Quake

6/4/2000 Sumatra Earthquake

• BBC Stories of the Sumatra Quake

2001 Olympia Washington Quake

• Coverage on the Recent Earthquakes Page
• Dan Goldstein's Account of The earthquake from Port Townsend
• Riding Out the Nisqually Quake in Seattle, by Arne Christensen