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Nice little 6.5 earthquake here in Northern California just 1 hour ago..
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luisa_calif
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there have been about 6 or 7 aftershocks ranging from 3.6 to 4.5 since then but
we haven't felt any of them here. I am in Fort Bragg (right on the Northern Calif coast)visiting my sister so we were closer to it than if we had been at home in Vacaville, which is further south and inland from here.
Here is the site for Recent Calif Earthquakes.
http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/latest.htm
we haven't felt any of them here. I am in Fort Bragg (right on the Northern Calif coast)visiting my sister so we were closer to it than if we had been at home in Vacaville, which is further south and inland from here.
Here is the site for Recent Calif Earthquakes.
http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/latest.htm
heather_in_sf
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Wasn't the Loma Prieta 7.0? It was 7.1 then they downgraded it I thought.
It was a wild time. We still have earthquake reunions.
It was a wild time. We still have earthquake reunions.
mariadnoca
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Interesting USGS says both -- all I know is it knocked me to the ground...
Per the USGS site Loma Prieta was a magnitude 6.9 moment magnitude; surface-wave magnitude, 7.1. Hummm, I lived in CA all my life and never heard of this 2-number system. Guess it's all in how it rolls or shakes.
Hope everyone is ok up there, 6.5 is enough to really start rattling the nerves.
Didn't feel the 6.5 yesterday but felt the small 4.1 a couple of days ago. I hate it when we start have a few of them like this, and that this 6.5 was clearly no aftershock, it always make me think a bigger one will come. Loma Prieta took all the fun out of earthquakes. Actually we had damage from a precursor to LP 2 months before it hit, then WHAM. Now they scare the @*#@ out of me.
Per the USGS site Loma Prieta was a magnitude 6.9 moment magnitude; surface-wave magnitude, 7.1. Hummm, I lived in CA all my life and never heard of this 2-number system. Guess it's all in how it rolls or shakes.
Hope everyone is ok up there, 6.5 is enough to really start rattling the nerves.
Didn't feel the 6.5 yesterday but felt the small 4.1 a couple of days ago. I hate it when we start have a few of them like this, and that this 6.5 was clearly no aftershock, it always make me think a bigger one will come. Loma Prieta took all the fun out of earthquakes. Actually we had damage from a precursor to LP 2 months before it hit, then WHAM. Now they scare the @*#@ out of me.
luisa_calif
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Update, 21 aftershocks ranging from 2.0 to 4.5. we never felt anything but the bigger one 6.5.
amanda_pennsylvania
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My cousin in Redding felt it.
luisa_calif
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Power was out in Eureka for quite awhile. we are about 80 miles from the center here in Fort Bragg,
luisa_calif
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Our local time is 2 hours earlier than is posted here. Quake at 4:27 pm yesterday.
Yes, we felt it ....very mild movement that lasted about 20 seconds and then
are pool started having tidal waves. We have family and friends in Eureka. Damage was messy, one apartment house had to be evacuated, City Hall in Arcata had structural damage, lots of chimneys lost, glass broken, grocery store shelves came down. Power is back on everywhere now and no one was killed. Our family and friends are fine. I was born there and so was my husband. Grew up and married there! Thanks Pat for asking about me.
are pool started having tidal waves. We have family and friends in Eureka. Damage was messy, one apartment house had to be evacuated, City Hall in Arcata had structural damage, lots of chimneys lost, glass broken, grocery store shelves came down. Power is back on everywhere now and no one was killed. Our family and friends are fine. I was born there and so was my husband. Grew up and married there! Thanks Pat for asking about me.
bonnieinholland
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Loma Prieta
Know exactly what you mean - the Loma Prieta earthquake took the interest out of earthquakes for me too (I lived in Santa Cruz at the time, very close to epicenter, but on solid rock so there was no structural damage. My bachelor's is in geology so I'd always enjoyed them up til then, heehee.) But don't worry - the quake near Arcata was due to the subduction zone up there, not related to the San Andreas like the Loma Prieta quake was, and they don't influence each other. cheers, Bonnie
Know exactly what you mean - the Loma Prieta earthquake took the interest out of earthquakes for me too (I lived in Santa Cruz at the time, very close to epicenter, but on solid rock so there was no structural damage. My bachelor's is in geology so I'd always enjoyed them up til then, heehee.) But don't worry - the quake near Arcata was due to the subduction zone up there, not related to the San Andreas like the Loma Prieta quake was, and they don't influence each other. cheers, Bonnie
heather_in_sf
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We need to put together earthquake kits. I have a lot of stuff but not cat food and water for me.
Nor do I have a radio, cash and first aid kit. Hmmm. Better get on that!!
Nor do I have a radio, cash and first aid kit. Hmmm. Better get on that!!