Anyone of our California ROC members feel this one??


2005/09/22 20:24 M 4.9 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA Z= 14km 35.05N 119.00W

This information is provided by the USGS
National Earthquake Information Center.

These parameters are preliminary and subject to revision.

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA has occurred at: 35.05N 119.00W Depth 14km Thu Sep 22 20:24:48 2005 UTC

Time: Universal Time (UTC) Thu Sep 22 20:24:48 2005
Time Near Epicenter Thu Sep 22 13:24:48 2005

Location with respect to nearby cities:
35 km (20 miles) S of Bakersfield, California (pop 247,000)
50 km (30 miles) W of Tehachapi, California (pop 10,000)
80 km (50 miles) SW of Lake Isabella, California (pop 3,300)
450 km (280 miles) SSE of SACRAMENTO, California

The location parameters for this earthquake were provided by: <PAS> USGS/CalTech, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA

For maps, additional information, and subsequent updates,
please consult:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/ci14186612.htm .

I live in Central California, did not feel a thing.

Earth quakes of this magnatude in south central California are a dime a dozen. They are fun and little problem, the dishs rattle, your sphicter's pucker and they are over.
Larger ones shake you **** off the shelf, you pick it up and put it back, unlike tornado's and whozacane's where you need to travel several county's away to pick up your ****.

In the 89 Loma Prieta quake, everything in my house was turned upside down, the kitchen was two feet deep in stuff. The after shocks had me doing kagle's for a month.
We were just a couple of miles from the epicenter, even when the after shocks stopped we heard loud rumbling under ground, sounded like heavy thunder in the distance.

Arounf here we would definately refer to that as Southern California. I'm just south of Sacramento and didn't feel a thing. My dog (see my avatar) was acting a little flakey but then she always acts a little flakey. A 4.9 isn't much in the scheme of things. Remeber, the Rickter scale is logrythmic. That would make this about 1% of the Northridge quake that did so much damage. Thanks for your concern, my northern friend!

I live in Central California, did not feel a thing.

In the 89 Loma Prieta quake, everything in my house was turned upside down, the kitchen was two feet deep in stuff. The after shocks had me doing kagle's for a month.
We were just a couple of miles from the epicenter, even when the after shocks stopped we heard loud rumbling under ground, sounded like heavy thunder in the distance.
We all remember that one. Right in the middle of the best World Series ever! Or maybe that's the best World Series since. Really spoiled the party.

Felt it here in Universal City (Burbank), and my wife felt it in Valencia as well. Just a nice little rolling feeling.

Ian

4.9?... that doesn't even qualify as an alarm-clock, unless you're right under it. :D

Gotta be a 5.5 or so before you start getting concerned.

Funny you ask? I felt it sitting in the company car, in a parking lot, waiting for a co-worker. At first I thought it was an earthquake but did not see any other cars swaying but mine! Then I thought my patner had come out the shop and was shaking the car! When he did finally come out the shop he asked me if i felt the quake! :)

4.9?... that doesn't even qualify as an alarm-clock, unless you're right under it. :D

Gotta be a 5.5 or so before you start getting concerned.

Interesting. I signed up to the USGS site about a year ago which automatically sends out an email alert (usually within an hour) if there is a quake anywhere in the world over 5.0 and if there is one in the US over 3.0. Pretty well every day there is something shakin somewhere. Always wondered at what point the people living in these areas start to really get concerned. Thnxs!

The people in Kansas would probably get pretty excited about a 4.9 quake, Californians may notice it.

The largest quake in the US occured on the New Madris fault in Kansas, shifted the course of the Mississippi. The unreinforced brick houses and buildings there would not fair well.

Mother Nature can be a Mother.

Speaking of mothers, my Mother in law suggested that since New Orlenes is below sea level why not turn it into an American Venice.

It was said in jest, but it may make since. New Orelenes is a big turist and convention town, this would only add to its ambiance. It would likly be cheaper to jack every house up on pillings than to rebuild them and the dike system every few decades. The enviromentlist would gain new wet land habitat, and it would act as a flood buffer for the Mississippi.

The only down side I see would be: alilgators in Venice.

A little different perspective... I'm a 43 year California native, been through a lot of EQ's, and I STILL don't like 'em, not even the little ones! I keep a close eye on that USGS map for Northern California and Nevada....

By the way, if you have a Mac, there's a pretty nifty widget that shows, real time, quakes all around the world.