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Old 10-31-2007, 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by NinjaPoodle View Post
Did anyone besides ME feel the one last night? I was @ my job on the 19th floor and it rumbled and rolled..and I barelled out of there. It took me less than 2 minutes to fly down the 19 stories ( I kidd you not). It hit @ 8:04pm and there were not a lot of people in the building which is why I got out so quickly (plus I used to run track and running stairs was part of the training). It was registered 5.6 and on the Calavaris Fault. Not here in the city but there have be several after shocks too.

From the USGS website:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/...nc40204628.php


Magnitude 5.6 - SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA
2007 October 31 03:04:54 UTC
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Earthquake Details
Magnitude 5.6
Date-Time Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at 03:04:54 UTC
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 08:04:54 PM at epicenter

Location 37.432°N, 121.776°W
Depth 9.2 km (5.7 miles)
Region SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA
Distances 8 km (5 miles) NNE (31°) from Alum Rock, CA
11 km (7 miles) E (91°) from Milpitas, CA
15 km (9 miles) NE (45°) from San Jose City Hall, CA

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 0.1 km (0.1 miles); depth +/- 0.3 km (0.2 miles)
Parameters Nst=250, Nph=250, Dmin=3 km, Rmss=0.07 sec, Gp= 32°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=3
Source California Integrated Seismic Net:
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Event ID nc40204628
I felt it!

I was at home and it was rather intense there so I was quite glad I wasn't at work. I heard it maybe a split second before the shaking started. The rumble of the actual house shaking and things inside moving. When the house didn't stop shaking, I bolted for a doorway (door jam) until it stopped. What gets me is the waiting for possible aftershocks. Every time I hear something that I can't right away recognize, say a large truck going by outside, my adrenalin started pumping thinking it might be an aftershock. It usually takes a while before I stop reacting to normal sounds thinking it's another quake.
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