3 earthquakes felt since sunday :(

[iminlakerland]

Damnit i hate this shit! Just had an earthquake in cali again at 1:55pm :( Dude i cant even hide under a rock...i think there is gona be a big one soon.
They are talking about aftershocks...and i just think of mexico how the earthquake was smaller than its aftershocks.

[MannyIsGod]

Move to Texas.

[ALVAREZ6]

I heard that the aftershocks are the most destructive parts of an earthquake....

[iminlakerland]

I need my mommy...dad isnt retiring yet so until then in cali i am, or until i graduate and find a job.

[Shelly]

My husband was in San Diego when the one hit on Sunday. Just he and another former Californian stayed in the convention room while everyone else ran out of the building. Because they knew it was a minor one.

Mexico's buildings, I'm sure, aren't earthquake proof, but still...

Honestly, I don't think the San Andreas will be the big one. There's a fault line that runs through Newport Beach and if that thing ever triggers, it's gonna level that city since it's mostly built on land fill.

[iminlakerland]

Shelly im assuming you dont miss these suckers at all!

[MannyIsGod]

There was a 7.2 (I think) quake yesterday off the coast that actually generated a small tsunami. It's geting kind of hairy.

[iminlakerland]

It was 2 days ago, we had a tsunami warning out here...wtf?!?! This is what im saying this is crazy.



*i'm supposed to go to work im actually supposed to be there right now, but im skeered to even drive :(*

[Shelly]

Shelly im assuming you dont miss these suckers at all!

Earthquakes never bothered me. Tornados scare me more. However, when we lived in San Francisco, it used to make me very nervous to be stuck in traffic on the Golden Gate and/or Bay Bridge.

[spurschick]

My sister just called me - she lives in Burbank - and told me that there was just a 5.4 earthquake there. She's coming to SA to visit tomorrow and hopes that this isn't a prelude to a larger earthquake while she's gone.

[MannyIsGod]

My sister just called me - she lives in Burbank - and told me that there was just a 5.4 earthquake there. She's coming to SA to visit tomorrow and hopes that this isn't a prelude to a larger earthquake while she's gone.
Does she want to be there and not miss it???? :lol

[Shelly]

Not to add fuel to the fire, but y'all or Northern CA are due for one :(

The only one that really made me nervous was the Whittier earthquake and I was in Corona at the time. That was one I was seriously considering getting under my desk. We were in SF during the Northridge one (and not in SF during the Loma-Prieta quake, thank goodness), but it took forever to get through to my sister who lives in Canoga Park after Northridge. I remember turning on my tv and seeing the collapsed 5 freeway and thinking, "oh shit!"

[MannyIsGod]

This is a pretty cool link that gives you the risk of an earthquake within 24 hours.

http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/step/

[T Park]

Im in Del Mar, CA and I felt it.


Im probobly half a block from the ocean, I can see it from my house trailer.


If a tsunami hits, Im F'ed lol.

[MannyIsGod]

Not to add fuel to the fire, but y'all or Northern CA are due for one :(

The only one that really made me nervous was the Whittier earthquake and I was in Corona at the time. That was one I was seriously considering getting under my desk. We were in SF during the Northridge one (and not in SF during the Loma-Prieta quake, thank goodness), but it took forever to get through to my sister who lives in Canoga Park after Northridge. I remember turning on my tv and seeing the collapsed 5 freeway and thinking, "oh shit!"
I was in California - Salinas to be exact - during the summer before the Loma Prieta quake, and I remember at least 2 4+ quakes that summer. Those weren't bad by any means, but it was really eerie because those were my first and to this point only quakes. But no one even batted an eye when those happened.

I think it was really fucking stupid to build a stacked freeway system like that in California, I just didn't understand it.

[Shelly]

I think the tsunami warning was for Northern CA and Oregon. Or was there another one issued?

[MannyIsGod]

it was for N CA. Apparently the Tsunami generated was only 10 inches high, so it wasn't a big deal and the systems did work. However, apparently the system didn't work in WA where they should have gotten the warning as well but didn't. People don't want to fuck around after the Indonesian wave.

[Shelly]

I was in California - Salinas to be exact - during the summer before the Loma Prieta quake, and I remember at least 2 4+ quakes that summer. Those weren't bad by any means, but it was really eerie because those were my first and to this point only quakes. But no one even batted an eye when those happened.

I think it was really fucking stupid to build a stacked freeway system like that in California, I just didn't understand it.

We moved to SF about 4 years after that and at that time they STILL hadn't finished fixing the freeway.

Yeah, small ones never bothered me, but once that get over 6, there's gonna be some damage. And what a lot of people don't realize that each point it goes up (ie..6.1 to 6.2) it's 10 times that stronger.

[Shelly]

So much for Crecent City predicting quakes.

The problem is, there are so many fault lines that they don't know about. IIRC, they didn't even know about the Northridge one, but I may be wrong.

[MannyIsGod]

MAINSHOCK
Magnitude : 5.3 Ml
Time : 16 Jun 2005 01:53:25 PM PDT
: 16 Jun 2005 20:53:25 UTC
Coordinates : 34 deg. 3.49 min. N, 117 deg. 0.44 min. W
2 mi. ( 4 km) NE of Yucaipa, CA
16 mi. ( 26 km) ESE of San Bernardino, CA
Event ID : 14155260

STRONG AFTERSHOCKS (Magnitude 5 and larger) -

At this time (immediately after the mainshock) the probability of a strong and possibly damaging aftershock IN THE NEXT 7 DAYS is approximately 10 PERCENT.
EARTHQUAKES LARGER THAN THE MAINSHOCK -

Most likely, the recent mainshock will be the largest in the sequence. However, there is a small chance (APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 10 PERCENT) of an earthquake equal to or larger than this mainshock in the next 7 days.
WEAK AFTERSHOCKS (Magnitude 3 to 5) -

In addition, approximately 3 to 15 SMALL AFTERSHOCKS are expected in the same 7-DAY PERIOD and may be felt locally.

This probability report is based on the statistics of aftershocks typical for California. This is not an exact prediction, but only a rough guide to expected aftershock activity. This probability report may be revised as more information becomes available.

[Shelly]

Hey, Marie! Are those two lady scientists from Cal Tech still around? I think their names are Cate and Lucy? They were always on tv after every quake.

[T Park]

it was for N CA

it came down here as well in SO CAL.

All of the owners got together after we got the call, getting ready to evacuate the fairgrounds.

About 5 minutes before we did, they cancelled the warning.

All of it sucked, since it was RIGHT after game 3 and I was pissed so standing out there worrying about a goddamn Tsunami wasn't my idea of a good tuesday night.

[Jimcs50]

I think California is getting ready to fall of into the Pacific at any time.

That is why bought a bunch of desert land in Nevada recently.

Ocean front property for a song baby, that's what I'm talking about.

:)

[Shelly]

I think California is getting ready to fall of into the Pacific at any time.

That is why bought a bunch of desert land in Nevada recently.

Ocean front property for a song baby, that's what I'm talking about.

:)


:lol

[tlongII]

I was in Palo Alto a week before the big one hit in San Francisco in 89 (?). There was a comparatively small quake that hit at the time while I was in bed with a girl I had met down there. I told her I made the earth move for her...

[T Park]

what happened afterwords,

did you make a rack and feed a party?

[Kori Ellis]

I lived in Northridge during the Northridge 7.0 earthquake in 94.

Good luck to everyone in Cali. Are they saying that these smaller quakes are pre-shocks to something bigger?

[MannyIsGod]

http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/step/images/mapAllCal.jpg

I'd be pissed if I lived in anything but blue on that map. :lol

I'm a science geek, and part of me would love to experience a big time quake as long as I was safe. But I'm also the kind of asshole that would love to be in the eye of a hurricane and go tornado chasing.

[T Park]

go tornado chasing.


I would love to do that as well.

Something awesome about watching a Tornado.

[iminlakerland]

Before i left to come to work earlier Kori they were talking about how many of these little earthquakes maybe pre shocks :(.

Man when the northridge earthquake hit i was terrified that was skeeery i think im still traumatized from that. Plus those aftershocks lasted for months on end.

My mom laughed at my behavior...besides having the laptop next to me i was curled up in a fetal position watching the news. She basically laughed at me and then yelled at me to go to work. This crap dosnt affect her...im a wuss when it comes to earthquakes. Damnit the ground isn't supposed to move.

[T Park]

Damnit the ground isn't supposed to move

who says hahahaha.

[iminlakerland]

who says hahahaha.


:pctoss ME DAMNIT. See i love roller coasters cuz i know what to expect, and when its gona happen. These earthquakes are like nasty lil suckers that sneak up on you. I need to be ready and in control when the earth moves damnit!

[Xolotl]

I hope everybody in CA is ok. All I'm going to say is that somebody recently said they're coming back to Cali after a year off. Everything was fine in CA until that happened.

[Flea]

I hope everyone in Ca. stays safe. I agree IILL, the ground is NOT suppose to move.

[T Park]

WHY on God's green earth would people choose to live in California...???

If it wasnt so goddamn expensive to live here, I would.

The weather is FANTASTIC!!

[iminlakerland]

yea my only gripe other than the ground moving is the prices out here...after i graduate if i choose to move out i cant afford to live out here if i want to have the life style i want.

[iminlakerland]

^ they sucked this past season. sucky seasons out here are few and far between :)

[Shelly]

Regardless, you can't beat the weather. Especially the coastal areas.

[T Park]

Mudslides, earthquakes they are worth living with.


9 hundred grand for a house in santa monica that could be a shack in San Antonio that would sell for a hundred is the thing you cant live with.


That and all the goddamn lunatics out here.

[iminlakerland]

lol at the lakers broke Rudy T, come on now Rudy has put up with much much more than to be broken by the lakers...look at what the guy has had to overcome (health). Lol if the lakers broke him it wasnt this years team it was that punch he recieved :p

Eh i guess legacies can be tarnished. So do you think Jordans legacy was tarnished because of his return?

[tlongII]

Lots of babes in SoCal. I could live with that.

[jalbre6]

lol at the lakers broke Rudy T, come on now Rudy has put up with much much more than to be broken by the lakers...look at what the guy has had to overcome (health). Lol if the lakers broke him it wasnt this years team it was that punch he recieved :p

Eh i guess legacies can be tarnished. So do you think Jordans legacy was tarnished because of his return?

I had such high hopes that Coach K was going to go out to LA last summer and pull a Tark...getting fired just a few games into the NBA season. Quin Snyder would quit at Mizzou and go run the Dookies into the ground. Coach K could then try to build up some scrub school like Cal State Northridge into a powerhouse for the rest of his career.

Ahh, I love the smell of futility.

[Marklar MM]

When do geographers predict the big one that seperates Cali from the US.

[iminlakerland]

I had such high hopes that Coach K was going to go out to LA last summer and pull a Tark...getting fired just a few games into the NBA season. Quin Snyder would quit at Mizzou and go run the Dookies into the ground. Coach K could then try to build up some scrub school like Cal State Northridge into a powerhouse for the rest of his career.

Ahh, I love the smell of futility.


Lol im assuming you hate the dukies...but CSUN was actually in the NCAA tourney i think 3 or 4 years ago, they weren't that bad of a program. But its sad im a student at CSUN right now and man there is no school spirit. Im a huge fan of sports but i would never know when games were. I'm still pissed at the president for killing our football program. :(

[E20]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHH
An earthquake, I'm so scared.

[jalbre6]

I don't hate the Dookies explicitly...I can't stand those coaches that are bigger then the program and start acting like it. That short list includes Bobby Knight and Rick Pitino. Although if Rick Barnes ever starts bringing home serious hardware to Austin, I'm sure I'll make an exception.

I was so f'ing shocked that Coach K even considered the move to LA. All I could think of was that everyone at some level is a whore for the money, and the great Kryzeweski was no exception.

Isn't Northridge the school Jim Rome used to make fun of for having porno casting flyers in the Student Center?

[iminlakerland]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHH
An earthquake, I'm so scared.

Have you ever experienced one? Have you experienced the distruction that they can cause?

[iminlakerland]

I don't hate the Dookies explicitly...I can't stand those coaches that are bigger then the program and start acting like it. That short list includes Bobby Knight and Rick Pitino. Although if Rick Barnes ever starts bringing home serious hardware to Austin, I'm sure I'll make an exception.

I was so f'ing shocked that Coach K even considered the move to LA. All I could think of was that everyone at some level is a whore for the money, and the great Kryzeweski was no exception.

Isn't Northridge the school Jim Rome used to make fun of for having porno casting flyers in the Student Center?

I'm not sure about all that cuz i never caught him saying that. But i know for sure one of the fraternities got kicked off of campus for filming a porno tape at their house, and i believe were circulating it online and using the school name. Needless to say they are still not back.

[E20]

Have you ever experienced one? Have you experienced the distruction that they can cause?
No. :wtf

[iminlakerland]

No. :wtf


Then refrain from making ignorant comments.

[Marklar MM]

Have you ever experienced one? Have you experienced the distruction that they can cause?


I would rather be in an earthquake than a hurricane or tornado. Tornado I will have a nail fly through my head. A hurricane, a shark may eat my leg. An earthquake...just look out for falling bricks and all that falling stuff.

[KewlKat00]

WHY on God's green earth would people choose to live in California...???

that is a good question. in fact, i ask myself that many times a day.

i felt the earthquake today... at work... in los angeles... in my wobbly old 1930s used-to-be robinsons may building. its a weird feeling. the only other earthquake i have felt was a 4-something a few years back.

i plan on moving back home to san antonio at the end of this year. but part of me has this eerie feeling about all the earthquakes recently. my family says i should just pack up and leave now. :lol .

[E20]

I don't know what you guys are talking about. All the people here are in Los Angeles and these warnings are supposed to be for North California. I'm a 45 minute drive away from San Fransico and I haven't felt ANYTHING.

[Shelly]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHH
An earthquake, I'm so scared.


Perhaps you should look at this site

http://www.dis-inc.com/lomaprie.htm and

http://www.sfmuseum.net/1989/89photos.html


Since you live near SF and assuming your parents did at the time of this quake, maybe you should ask them about that quake

[KewlKat00]

I don't know what you guys are talking about. All the people here are in Los Angeles and these warnings are supposed to be for North California. I'm a 45 minute drive away from San Fransico and I haven't felt ANYTHING.

thats because the earthquake TODAY was 70 miles east of la.

[E20]

I was being sarcastic for god's sake.

[E20]

thats because the earthquake TODAY was 70 miles east of la.

Than what about all the bullshit Tsunami warnings that I've been recieving across the TV yesterday and the day before?

[iminlakerland]

Go learn about Plate tectonics...

[E20]

Dude, I learned about Plate tectonics when I was in 6th grade.


I was being sarcastic for god's sake.

[KewlKat00]

Than what about all the bullshit Tsunami warnings that I've been recieving across the TV yesterday and the day before?

that was another earthquake. a 7.0.

just so you know there was also a 5.2 on sunday... out in riverside county.

[iminlakerland]

that was because of a 7.1 earthquake...

[iminlakerland]

If you know about plate tectonics than you would know there is reason for concern. Obviously you were in the 7th grade and im assuming you didn't go very much into detail about it. Im guessing you can become an expert at plate tectonics after the week you spent studying them in the 7th grade. And quite frankly i dont give a shit if you are just being sarcastic now. Fact of the matter is once again you got called out and now you are retreating. Typical.

[E20]

WTF you talking about it's game day I'm not gonna waste my day arguing over plate tectonics. Basically Plate teconics is when the earths plate touch each other and that causes earthquakes. And once again don't take sarcasm so seriously. Tweakers.

[baseline bum]

I didn't feel any of the quakes.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

What are the scientists saying about the earthquakes over there? Do they expect them to continue or is this the most of it?

thats scary

[Vashner]

Hopefully Phil Jacksons house will fall into the ocean...

[Slomo]

Damnit the ground isn't supposed to move.
Maybe you just haven't met the right one yet. :eyebrows



P.S. I'm surprised at the other men on this forum that I get to make this remark so late in the thread :lol

[baseline bum]

Damn.... a 6.9 just hit off the coast of NorCal.

[E20]

I'm not feeling anything. Was it right now?

[baseline bum]

Just saw it reported as breaking news on KABC-7 about 10 minutes ago.

[baseline bum]

It was pretty far north...

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/Maps/US10/37.47.-130.-120.html

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/Maps/US10/37.47.-130.-120.gif

[iminlakerland]

Dude i've been studying all night for my summer classes, glad i didnt hear about this. Just seems like these are strings of earthquakes thats gona lead to a larger one :(

[MannyIsGod]

Actually, a string of moderate earthquakes is probably a good thing because it relieves pressure on the faults. I'd be more worried with a long period of no activity.

[desflood]

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/weirdcloud.html

[Kori Ellis]

Actually, a string of moderate earthquakes is probably a good thing because it relieves pressure on the faults. I'd be more worried with a long period of no activity.

That's not true at all. That's a very common myth that had been published as fact for a long time. But then was found to be untrue.

[MannyIsGod]

When was it found to be untrue?

[Kori Ellis]

During the time of the 1994 earthquake in Northridge, a lot of studies came out showing that a string of moderate quakes does not make it any less likely that a big quake is coming.

It's almost impossible for them to know if the string of quakes are aftershocks, preshocks or have nothing to do with an earthquake.

The week before the 7.0 Northridge quake, we had tons of small earthquakes (mostly in the 2.0 - 4.0 range). Some people thought that meant that there wouldn't be a big one. Then the 7.0 came, and they concluded that those must have been preshocks (but they don't really know). After that quake, we had after shocks in the 5.0 range -- a lot of them. Some of them were found to not even be aftershocks.

So what I'm saying is that it's pretty much still a guessing game with earthquakes. A lot of studies came out after that time, showing that there's no pattern of small earthquakes on the fault line relieving any pressure and making a bigger quake less likely.

[MannyIsGod]

No, thats not what I'm saying. I'm saying that having small or moderate earthquakes is more favorable to having no activity. When you have no activity, there is pressure building up on the faults. While you can't prevent the big ones from happening regardless of the little ones, if you don't have the little ones the likely hood of a major quake occouring goes up.

[MannyIsGod]

During the time of the 1994 earthquake in Northridge, a lot of studies came out showing that a string of moderate quakes does not make it any less likely that a big quake is coming.
Damn you and your editing :lol

I read a bunch yesterday, but this was the closest I could find to what you were talking about

Q: Can you prevent large earthquakes by making lots of small ones, or by "lubricating" the fault with water?


A: Seismologists have observed that for every magnitude 6 earthquake there are
10 of magnitude 5, 100 of magnitude 4, 1,000 of magnitude 3, and so forth as
the events get smaller and smaller. This sounds like a lot of small earthquakes,
but there are never enough small ones to eliminate the occasional large event.
It would take 32 magnitude 5's, 1000 magnitude 4's, 32,000 magnitude 3's to
equal the energy of one magnitude 6 event. So, even though we always record
many more small events than large ones, there are never enough to eliminate the
need for the occasional large earthquake.

As for "lubricating" faults with water or some other substance, injecting high
pressure fluids deep into the ground is known to be able to trigger earthquakes
to occur sooner than would have been the case without the injection. However this
would be a dangerous pursuit in any populated area, as one might trigger a damaging
earthquake.




http://earthquake.usgs.gov/faq/myths.html#10

[MannyIsGod]

I agree it's mostly just a guessing game though. I've never read much into geology, but it's pretty interesting. The stuff I started reading yesterday was pretty neat.

[Kori Ellis]

I agree it's mostly just a guessing game though. I've never read much into geology, but it's pretty interesting. The stuff I started reading yesterday was pretty neat.

I read a lot about it in 1994 after that quake. It (during the quake) was the only time in my life that I ever thought I was going to die. But I guess being 2 blocks from the epicenter of a major quake will do that to you.

[MannyIsGod]

Yeah, I tried to read about that one and the 1985 Mexico City quake because they were simmilar. They were different than the Loma Prieta quake, which is the one I'd read a lot about.

2 fucking blocks though? Damn, Kori.

[KewlKat00]

all i know is this is really weird. things like this dont happen in texas dammit.

[iminlakerland]

I read a lot about it in 1994 after that quake. It (during the quake) was the only time in my life that I ever thought I was going to die. But I guess being 2 blocks from the epicenter of a major quake will do that to you.

Kori do you remember that one building that basically collapsed and people were crawling to get out of Oone of my teachers in elementary lived in that building and a few other friends of mine... i remember driving around with my mom and seeing so many red tagged homes it was scary.

[travis2]

all i know is this is really weird. things like this dont happen in texas dammit.

We do have a fault line in the area. However, it's not a plate-boundary fault like the San Andreas. It's also quite dormant (not totally so...but mainly so)

[Kori Ellis]

Kori do you remember that one building that basically collapsed and people were crawling to get out of Oone of my teachers in elementary lived in that building and a few other friends of mine... i remember driving around with my mom and seeing so many red tagged homes it was scary.

That was about one block away from the apartment building where I lived at the time. :wow

[iminlakerland]

Dude that is insane i was at school today and i never realized next to the bookstore where they now have BK and all the other food places there is this bar and concrete and i guess it was one from one of the buildings that was destroyed during the earthquake i was like wow.

[KewlKat00]

so there was another earthquake in the wee hours of Sunday morning... a 5.0 off the coast of northern california.