oK - just wondering. I've never lived through any kind of an earthquake. My natural disasters are much different, living on this side of the country. :lol:
I'd just always read that smaller ones like the ones happening over the last few days, might be a precursor to something bigger.
Thanks for the info.
They're actually quite rare these days. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of earthquakes I've experienced since moving here.
When I was there 50' to early 70s they were the norm. Maybe things have calmed down.
Eeeeeaaaarttthhhhquuaaaake!!!!
Anyone else just feel that? I'm going to guess that was a 3.8 - 4.
Edit: Nope, that was a 4.5.
We recently had a couple not too far north of you in South Carolina.
Seriously??
Yup.
I seriously suck at this, though. I'm supposed to get up and run under a doorway or something, and instead, every single time, I just sit here and think, "Hey! I think this is an earthquake!"
They revised it down to a 4.1, though, which means my original estimate was pretty good.
:lol: You know, I think it's gingko biloba that helps with quick thinking. You should probably look into it LOL. You might be buried under the 2nd floor before you realize what's going on!
My place is built very well, actually. I mean, I hope it is.
I hope so too. And I was just messing with you. It concerns me, all these smaller quakes. I was alive during the 89 quake in San Francisco. I wasn't there, but it still broke my heart.
but all of a sudden, you get a loma prieta or a northridge
then, find a doorway for protection. QUICK!
Oh, you know what? I was drinking. I was at a function last night and they were serving 16% alcohol wine. I didn't drink all week so my tolerance was at rock bottom, and the two glasses I had hit me like a truck. That probably explains it.
Where were you drinkin, on Skid-Row ? Were you drinking Thunderbird wine or Gallo fortified Red Mountain ?
I hope so too. And I was just messing with you. It concerns me, all these smaller quakes. I was alive during the 89 quake in San Francisco. I wasn't there, but it still broke my heart.
No, it was actually very good, believe it or not. But damn, wine doesn't need to be 16%. It's nice to be able to sip the wine throughout an evening of long, boring (but important) functions where I'm supposed to be on my best behavior. I have to be there yet again tonight, and if they're still serving that stuff then forget it, it's Tecate for me.
'Merica.
16% is getting up there with the fortified wines cateogry.
You like Tecate ? Do you use a lime and chase it down with a shot of burbon ? :lol:
You do know that the San Andreas cannot do such a thing I hope.
Projected motion indicates that the Gulf of California will expand northward at the same time that the landmass west of the fault, including the Baja California peninsula and the California coast (including Los Angeles) slides past San Francisco, then continuing northwestward as an island mass toward the Aleutian Trench, over a period of perhaps twenty million years.
We recently had a couple not too far north of you in South Carolina.
5.1 earthquake, aftershocks rattle Southern Calif.
So last night a 5.1 earthquake hit LA.
4.4-magnitude earthquake hits Los Angeles area - CNN.com
Last week a 4.4 earthquake hit LA.
Granted, I am not a seismologist. But I've heard that smaller quakes lead up to a really big one. Thankfully, it's been years and years since we've had a really big West coast quake.
Are we in for another one? Anyone specialize in this?
I blame Obama.
Μολὼν λαβέ;1063089849 said:Did you know there was a fault line in South Carolina, too?
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I hope so too. And I was just messing with you. It concerns me, all these smaller quakes. I was alive during the 89 quake in San Francisco. I wasn't there, but it still broke my heart.