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09-12-2007, 09:04 AM
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Wohoo, another earthquake
Hehe, felt it on the 29th floor of the building. It was fun, traffic was hell though.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...5LM&refer=home
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09-12-2007, 09:44 AM
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I heard about this, this morning. So scary, I'm glad you are ok and no one got hurt.
How's the (tsunami) warning system there?
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09-12-2007, 10:18 AM
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Jeez. My most amazing friend from high school is there right now and I'm very grateful he posted a bulletin on his myspace letting us know he's o.k.
Scary as hell!
We had a minor one over here in Riverside (3.9 I think) and it woke me up but I went right back to sleep after.
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09-12-2007, 12:14 PM
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09-12-2007, 12:53 PM
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How crazy. And now with the tsunami warnings in Kenya because of it. And TWO tropical depressions starting within minutes of one another near the US... just a CRAZY weather/natural disaster day.
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09-13-2007, 10:26 AM
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third earthquake in 24 hours
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Did anyone besides ME feel the one last night? I was @ my job on the 19th floor and it rumbled and rolled..and I barreled out of there. It took me less than 2 minutes to fly down the 19 stories ( I kid 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
Details Maps
Where can I find...?
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:
USGS Caltech CGS UCB UCSD UNR
Event ID nc40204628
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10-31-2007, 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by NinjaPoodle
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
Details Maps
Where can I find...?
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:
USGS Caltech CGS UCB UCSD UNR
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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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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I heard it a second before also. It really freaked me out because my office is on the 19th floor.  My mom didnt feel it @ home because our house is on solid granite (if you know it San Bruno Mt.) I just wanted to get out of the downtown area ASAP. BART had to stop to check the tracks which is standard so I caught a cab home. Ugh...
Did anything fall in your home?
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10-31-2007, 10:59 PM
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I heard it a second before also. It really freaked me out because my office is on the 19th floor. My mom didn't feel it @ home because our house is on solid granite (if you know it San Bruno Mt.) I just wanted to get out of the downtown area ASAP. BART had to stop to check the tracks which is standard so I caught a cab home. Ugh...
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Nothing fell. Or nothing that I have noticed yet.
I saw a map a while back (I've been trying to find it on line) showing the various areas in the Bay Area and which areas were on "solid" ground (rock?) and those that were not. As I recall, my home is in an area that is on solid ground. Just not sure if it is rock or not. This is why I kind of freaked yesterday. I haven't heard/felt anything as intense since 1989 so this one really got my adrenalin going.
And I so hear you about getting out of downtown. I was at work during the '89 quake and it took me almost four hours just to get across half of San Francisco.
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Nothing fell. Or nothing that I have noticed yet.
I saw a map a while back (I've been trying to find it on line) showing the various areas in the Bay Area and which areas were on "solid" ground (rock?) and those that were not. As I recall, my home is in an area that is on solid ground. Just not sure if it is rock or not. This is why I kind of freaked yesterday. I haven't heard/felt anything as intense since 1989 so this one really got my adrenalin going.
And I so hear you about getting out of downtown. I was at work during the '89 quake and it took me almost four hours just to get across half of San Francisco.
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Wow, that's nuts. I was in school @ Grambling (Louisiana) when that one hit. I'll see if I can find that type of map cause Im interested too. I have seen maps of the original shoreline of San Fran. My building is on landfill
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11-03-2007, 01:20 AM
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Earthquakes are the weirdest experiences. The big one we had here in Seattle in 2001 (I think a 7.0) was wild...the floor really felt like it was rolling.
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Earthquakes are the weirdest experiences. The big one we had here in Seattle in 2001 (I think a 7.0) was wild...the floor really felt like it was rolling.
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I remember hearing about that one. I also remember when Chicago had one way back when. It's interesting to hear accounts from people who aren't used to them. What folks seem to forget is that there are fault lines all over the US but some are a lot more active than others.
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