We just had a pretty good Earthquake....

[FirstLight]

It's over 75 miles from where I am, and it rolled through the house like a wave, then a jolt at the end...

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Quakes/nn00242527.php


Interesting, I can say I have felt a few in my life and can tell the difference in the motion ...
There's supposed to be a rolling, shaking or jolting with the movement of the plates...cool, and only fun when they are little like this. Then it is just "riding it out"...rather than "hold on !!!!"


I wasn't aware we have been having some shaking going on in that area for a few days... this was the first I had felt or heard of it....I think this is the strongest of the bunch so far. I may just sleep more lightly tonight! :scared: :hide:

[Trajan]

1. For those who want to know: Reno Nevada

As a long time inhabitant of Southern California, I can state unequivocally that I do not wake up for quakes under 5.0 ....

[FirstLight]

3. ...I don't think I have felt any here in 10 years...

And after growing up in the Bay and experiencing the Loma Prieta...the little ones (5 & under) are really "fun" if you know what I mean :) I'm just a weather/science geek I guess!

edit oops!

[Trajan]

5. I'm in Oregon now ....

The Loma Prieta is the worst of them .... worse than Sylmar, worse than Landers, worse than Northridge ...

That was one brutal smack in the chops ....

[FirstLight]

9. Oh yea...I could tell you my stories of that experience...

I very clearly remember seeing the city's skyline looking like a bomb had fallen on SF... wild....

Oregon? haven't you guys been shakin up there too?

[Trajan]

25. Like I said ....

Anything less than 5.o and I dont even know it happened (Usually)....

I have yet to feel and earthquake here, though the potential is certainly real ...

[JSK]

27. Hey, don't dis Northridge!!

I was only a few miles away and my house (and my psyche) were thrashed. Took us months to repair and get moved back in. I measure my life as BQ and AQ. (before and after)

p.s. we are in Tahoe today and this quake woke me up last night. The thing I always wonder about is the epicenter; When you feel a mild one, it could be the "Big One" hundreds of miles away. That's me, always the optimist...

[Trajan]

31. No dissin Northridge ...

It was brutal in Downey too ... Seemed to last about 45 seconds for us ... huggin a door jamb and surfing the floor with my wife and kids at 4 in the morning ...

As bad as Northridge was, though; Loma Prieta was stronger and longer ... But hey; they were both bad news ....

[Arugula Latte]

32. I was in that '89 quake too (driving in Berkeley...my car tipped to the side and back)

Now I'm up here in Portland.

Let's hope we don't get that 9.0 subduction zone quake off the coast any time soon ... :scared:

[midnight]

2. I'm up at 2:00 a.m. here in Wisconsin. Heard a noise and vibration

that felt like the vibration of a washing machine. Didn't hear anything else but I decided to pop on line.

[FirstLight]

4. I wonder if it rippled your way...?

'dem plates are Movin! just buckle yourself back in bed, no problem, sweetie! ;)

I hope you aren't too freaked out to sleep, though..

[Bobbieo]

7. The quakes are movin all over the West - still getting a few in the Baja/Ca

area. The one I really worry about is the one on the New Madrid fault line in the Midwest. It won't bother me but it sure can tear the hell out of a very heavily populated area.

BTW Journalgirl, my daughter and her husband have a cabin in Tahoe City. They have lived there on and off for several years. Home base is Sacramento. They plan on retiring up there in a few years.

[FirstLight]

8. My folks retired up here to our family's cabin...

My Dad built it back in 1959...when lots were only $300! yikes!


...It's a great little community, I'll never go back to city-livin! ;) I am sure your Daughter already knows how nice it is...

[Bobbieo]

12. Daughter Pat was up there in the 60s - waitressing and cocktailing at the ski lodges and casinos

saving her money for law school. It paid off - She's an attorney, now and her husband is an architect.

[FirstLight]

13. My dad was working at the Sahara...

in restaurants, ski bum and beach bum...going to college in SF in between seasons... lol! small world! My dad probably hit on your daughter on the beach! hahaha cool!

My folks eloped up here & honeymooned in the cabin, we went for family vacations up here...and then they retired up here. They live in the carson valley now, the snow got to be too much...

[Bobbieo]

14. I'll bet they knew each other - she was a hippie type - Pat Hart in those days.

She went to America River CC, Sac State and Mc George School of Law.

[alfredo]

29. The whole mid west has a hard unified rock layer and sediment on top.

When the earth shakes it travels far and the damage is greater. My wife felt the Illinois quake (5.2) all the way in Lexington Ky. It rattled glasses and dishes here. It was felt in Canada. The last big New Madrid shake rang steeple bells in New England.

[midnight]

16. As a matter of fact I'm a bit curious to figure out if this is what I'm

feeling. My daughter has asked me all week what those vibrations are. I told her I felt none. Now I felt a noticable one this early a.m.

[Suich]

6. You'll probably have aftershocks...

I HATE earthquakes...once the shaking starts, you have no idea had bad it's going to get.

Stay safe!

:hi:

[FirstLight]

10. ya...can't very well sleep in the doorway! lol

But I will definately be listening/looking out now... I have 3 kids that have never really experienced this, I hope they sleep through it all!

[FirstLight]

11. another cool CA/NV map link...

geez...we are always moving out here aren't we?


ya, I feel sorry for the mid-western folks who have had some trembles lately. It can be scary, especially if you don't know what it feels like, what to 'expect', etc. And those waves move BIGtime through the bedrock...

[midnight]

15. Are those red dots locations where the earthquake is

being registered?

[FirstLight]

19. I think it is recent earthquakes...don't know if it's for the week or what

[Emit]

21. Mogul, near Verdi, just outside Reno, is where they're having a lot

25, 30 a day have been reported over the last few weeks -- since February maybe even. My boss lives there, and his wife told me today they've been very stressful. They're small, and don't last long. But, then, ya never know if it's gonna be the big one!

After the one we had Thursday, we had two during the night. It was reminiscent of having a newborn -- sitting straight up in bed every four hours on cue.

[fed-up]

24. this equake map for Calif has a map key-red dots=equakes greater than 4.0 1852-2001

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/monitoring/anss/regions/ca/

[Emit]

17. I'm in NW Reno -- just a few miles from the epicenter -- my heart is still racing

got the kids out of bed and all. It was a 4.9, although, the news said maybe only a 4.7. Had just another after shock a minute ago --

Whatever it was, we had a few things fall and move around. No major damage, though.

edit typo -- my hands are still shaking, lol.

[FirstLight]

18. Wow...I bet you felt it!

It's hard to calm down for a while... you keep expecting another one or thinking you feel another one... aftershocks don't help much for the comfort factor...
:hug:

hope you and the kids get some sleep!

[Emit]

20. My 8 year-old is the one who is really scared

Took a while to get her back to bed. I thought she might be back up from the aftershock we just now had -- we had three on Thursday when all three of my kids and some neighborhood kids were all sitting at the dinner table. It was a 4.2, I think, and since then, she's been pretty focused on it all. She's at that age where it seems the more you discuss it, the more worried she gets, so I try to back off a bit -- tell her what she needs to know, assure her we're as prepared as we can be, and then move on to something positive.

Anyway, I'm surprised you felt it 75 miles away!

Sleep? My adrenaline is going now. And I was just about to pack it in for the night.

[greenvpi]

22. Things expand when heated...

so is this Global Warming- related?

[ensho]

26. some experts are wondering about the weight of the ice at the

poles being reduced by melting water, and that water expanding the middle belt of the globe, or putting more weight on the middle ring of the earth --- would cause more shifts in the plates.

[ColbertWatcher]

23. Californian here...

...make sure you get your supplies and read up on taking care of the pets.

It may never happen again, but knowing what to do and being prepared comes in handy when the unexpected occurs.

Barbara Boxer has http://boxer.senate.gov/services/CAlinks/earthquake">some tips

California has a http://www.seismic.ca.gov">Seismic Safety Commission (scroll down on the left hand side, under the section called "Be Prepared")

The Los Angeles Fire Department has an online http://lafd.org/eqbook.pdf">booklet, which has lots of info to make you less jittery the next time there is an earthquake. The kits are also good to have on hand in case of any emergency.

And, last but not least, the county of Santa Clara has some great stuff for http://www.sccgov.org/portal/site/scc/chlevel3?path=%2Fv7%2FSCC%20Public%20Portal%2FHandling%20Emergencies%2FDisaster%20Planning%20for%20Animals%2FPlanning%20for%20Your%20Pet">your pets.

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ON EDIT: I used this post to start another thread (here), so this one isn't threadjacked.

[lonestarnot]

28. And Reno isn't that far from Vegas, and Vegas isn't that far from the damn.

Any word on the integrity of the damn, or any affects to the damn?

[uppityperson]

30. When I was little, I knew all about earthquakes and crevasses.

In an earthquake, a crack in the ground would open. You never went down into them (to see what was there) because they would close up on you. My plan was that if I was ever in an earthquake, I'd drop a stick or a leaf down any crevasse I found and close it up so everyone would be safe.

Been in a few small ones as an adult and no, have never found a crevasse to drop a leaf into.