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And I loved it. Lasted over 10 seconds I think! I feel like a true Californian today! You might see it on the news eventually...

what quake? where, when?

Great, both parents are ordering me out of the house because they fear an aftershock or something. See ya guys.

schweet!

And I loved it. Lasted over 10 seconds I think! I feel like a true Californian today! You might see it on the news eventually...

Just keep the looting to a minimum this time.

No one wants to see your mug on the news. ;) :D

(And stay away from my house. My guard cats are vicious and the quake made the little jumpy. It could go straight for the jugular.)

A lotta shakes all one after the other. Are we just going to ease out the tension and never have 'the big one?' Still, I'll take the rare earthquake over 'hurricane season' or 'tornado season.'

I love quakes and miss them. Lucky ass

Mainstream news makes the quake so overrated. FOX News described a 5.3 mag. as 300,000 or so tons of dynomite exploding.

Jesus, they treat it like the terrorists just attacked.

omg the terrorists

that must be it :eek: terrorists have been causing all the earthquakes! California must have something they want to destroy, they've attacked it on several occasions. I knew plate tectonics (sp?) was a load of bs! :rolleyes:

They're freedom fighters dammit!

I know, let's have a War on Plate Tectonics!

That'll teach 'em!

I know, let's have a War on Plate Tectonics!

That'll teach 'em!
I always hated that section in Earth Science!

i have been in four small earthquakes when i went on holiday to greece, gret fun!

(also my guard cats would batter your guard cats! :p)

Mainstream news makes the quake so overrated. FOX News described a 5.3 mag. as 300,000 or so tons of dynomite exploding.

Jesus, they treat it like the terrorists just attacked.
It's like they wanted to give people less of an impression of what it's like. (5.3 is barely noticable....dammit...)

I once was in a 9.2 quake. It wasn't pretty. I didn't die though, not that time anyway. ;)

I've been in about 20 quakes since then. Living in ***where I live*** is so much fun. [/edited by paranoid parent]

I know, let's have a War on Plate Tectonics!

That'll teach 'em!
hahaha!

Why not start the War On Earth right away? Let's all shoot the soil

i have been in four small earthquakes when i went on holiday to greece, gret fun!

(also my guard cats would batter your guard cats! :p)

LOL.

One of my cats acts the most ferocious, but hides when she sees a stranger or the doorbell rings. She's little. Only a few pounds!

But my big cat is huge. About 18-20 pounds. About 16 inches long from shoulder to butt (not counting head or tail). About 13 inches tall at the shoulder. She is a force to be reckonded with. :eek: :D

I once was in a 9.2 quake. It wasn't pretty. I didn't die though, not that time anyway. ;)

I've been in about 20 quakes since then. Living in ***where I live*** is so much fun. [/edited by paranoid parent]
Alaska, 1964? You wouldn't happen to live in the vecinity of *********, right? The bay changed shape all of a sudden and left some ships standing on dry land, or so I've read.

No, I don't happen to live in Alaska. I was there a little after the earthquake though.

The one I'm thinking of happened around 1875 in China. About 75,000 people were killed. I went back home after that. (I live in the most random country, and I doubt that anyone here's ever heard of it.)

Mainstream news makes the quake so overrated. FOX News described a 5.3 mag. as 300,000 or so tons of dynomite exploding.

Jesus, they treat it like the terrorists just attacked.

You got sent out of the house for a puny 5.3? That's nothing to get all jumpy about. Its not even enough to make the needle jump.

We have had worse quakes in California. That one was small by comparison.

You got sent out of the house for a puny 5.3? That's nothing to get all jumpy about. Its not even enough to make the needle jump.

We have had worse quakes in California. That one was small by comparison.
I wanted to stay inside. They ORDERED me out!

"But mooooom"
"GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE HOUSE OR I'LL FUCKING STAB YOU IN THE THROAT!!"
"Tch, fine..."


....Something to that effect...

No, I don't happen to live in Alaska. I was there a little after the earthquake though.

The one I'm thinking of happened around 1875 in China. About 75,000 people were killed. I went back home after that. (I live in the most random country, and I doubt that anyone here's ever heard of it.)
You're the guy who set off Krakatoa, right?

I wanted to stay inside. They ORDERED me out!

"But mooooom"
"GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE HOUSE OR I'LL FUCKING STAB YOU IN THE THROAT!!"
"Tch, fine..."


Meh, I don't get out of bed for anything less than 6.5. My cats wouldn't even twitch their ears.

well they have point, considering that there have been several quakes in cali, all, except one, in the same part of the state.

First it was a 6.5, then 4.3, then some other ones. We had that 7. something in northern cali. Then some more in southern cal. Now this one. All of them, on some point pretty close to a branch of the San Andreas.
Somethings bad is getting ready to happen. Even the USGS and FEMA are looking at it and preparing emergency evacuation plans.

Meh, I don't get out of bed for anything less than 6.5. My cats wouldn't even twitch their ears.
Its not the size of the quake that have people in jitters. Its the sheer number of them within the last week, and almost all of them in Southern California, one in Northern. And all of them pretty close to San Andreas' branches.

First it was a 6.5, then 4.3, then some other ones. We had that 7. something in northern cali. Then some more in southern cal. Now this one. All of them, on some point pretty close to a branch of the San Andreas.

Mmmh... yes. Too many earthquakes in California, and there is precedent for when these trends happen. Something may be about to give. I wouldn't worry too much, it's very difficult to know exactly when, where, and how strong.

Mmmh... yes. Too many earthquakes in California, and there is precedent for when these trends happen. Something may be about to give. I wouldn't worry too much, it's very difficult to know exactly when, where, and how strong.
Ok, most are minor. But still, having 3 quakes over 5.0 in a one week period does not bode well. And even the minor ones, when taken together, present a picture.

Ok, most are minor. But still, having 3 quakes over 5.0 in a one week period does not bode well. And even the minor ones, when taken together, present a picture.
Actually I was agreeing with you. The USGS has been following the patterns of earthquakes in souther California for the last 30 years or so, and big ones are often preceded by a swarm of relatively minor ones.

sunday:
5.2 in Riverside county.

Monday a 7.0 off the coast of Crescent City.

Today a 5.3 near Redlands in San Bernadino County.

Map of the San Andreas Fault Line:
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2004/01/images/san_andreas_fault.gif

Map of California:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/us_2001/california_ref_2001.jpg

The quake in Riverside was very close to the San Andreas.

The quake in Northern California was a just few miles north of the end tip of the San Andreas.

Today's quake, was also appears close to the San Andreas.

Actually I was agreeing with you. The USGS has been following the patterns of earthquakes in souther California for the last 30 years or so, and big ones are often preceded by a swarm of relatively minor ones.
True. But I fear that if a 5.0 is relatively minor compared to the main one that is going to happen. Well, I am glad I am not currently in California.

Heh heh, Arizona might become beach front property afterall. :D

Heh heh, Arizona might become beach front property afterall. :D
Not all it's cracked up to be.

I stand corrected. The quake that happened today was pretty much on top of the San Andreas according to this map of the san andreas in San Bernadino county.
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/info/faultmaps/images/fault208.gif

for comparison, this map highlights the san andreas.
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/info/faultmaps/images/fault208.gif

It was a cute little quake, although apparently it was enough to scare my nine year-old niece.

The only one of the three quakes that actually occurred along the San Andreas fault zone is today's Yucaipa incident. The Anza quake was along the San Jacinto fault zone that runs along a parallel branch. The Crescent City quake wasn't in any mapped fault zone.

Anyway, it's not so much that there are a lot of significant quakes that is putting us in any danger. This could be a major release of energy that happens in small bursts rather than all at once, meaning we'll get through it without a hitch. Or, it could be a buildup to something huge. The nerds at Caltech are getting better at mapping how movement at one point can stress or relieve a point somewhere else. This current flurry of activity could be going either way.