Alright, who felt it? 

I think you're crazy.

I felt it ,or at least I thought I did but it was just gas.

Quote from: Rich500I think you're crazy.

I am...but that's beside the point!   
Actually, there was an earthquake at around 11:15am today. It measured between 6.4-6.5 on the Richter scale. According to reports, it originated in the Monterey, CA area (San Simeon) and ended in downtown L.A. I felt it from where I am currently: in San Jose, CA.

i thought it was the two fat people upstairs goin' at it rough :mrgreen: or maybe it was gas :dunno:

I felt it. Thought it was the bagels I was eating...













at first, because I was feeling nauseous. Then I realized it was a slow roller (slow rolling earthquake) and watched the light in the warehouse swingin' back and forth.

WA!

CNN didn't even break into their regular programming.  Couldn't have been to bad.
 

James <-- Slept thru the "Great SE Earthquake of 03"

I never felt it although a couple coworkers said they felt it.  I was at work today in Los Gatos.  I haven't really checked the news yet, any damage?

I heard three people died in a building colapse. My girlfreind works at the top of the Wiltern building and she said it was doing some swaying and that is only 11 floors.
I was cruising north on the 405 at the time and didn't notice a thing. Most people on the ground didn't feel it.

I was on a 24 ft ladder, painting on Los Laureles grade (overlooking Laguna Seca). Felt it coming on so I shimmied down real quick.
I could see the whole house and trees moving. Felt like the whole ridge top was floating around under my feet.  
I was in Northridge mall during Loma Prieta. That was more of a jolt and shake than this one. I watched the place shake from one end to the other like a shock wave was going through it.
The evening news showed the destruction in Paso Robles. Old brick buildings that don't flex. 2 dead, 25-30 injured as far as i know.

my old room-mate just moved to PR...can't get hold of her...

i felt it. I was asleep and it woke me up. wasn't too bad though, the windows were shaking a little and my bed was shaking. it only lasted for about 5 seconds.

still dont get why folks build on or near fault lines.  things shake, things fall down, things cost alot to put back up.   solution? move someplace where things Dont Move so much.

Quote from: JamesG...James <-- Slept thru the "Great SE Earthquake of 03"

You're outside of CA so you wouldn't have felt it even if you wanted to...
It's sad to find out that people were injured and/or killed.   My grandma lives in southern CA but more inland. When I called to check on her, she says she was asleep and didn't feel a thing.

Quote from: Blueknytstill dont get why folks build on or near fault lines.  things shake, things fall down, things cost alot to put back up.   solution? move someplace where things Dont Move so much.

Hey Blueknyt.... most CA residents would totally take massive offence to that... Its their privelege to live where the earth is criss crossed with fault lines, where unemployment is sky high, cost of living is even higher, traffic and congestion are even worse than Japan, the list goes on....
Their standard answer... fewer people die every year in CA from earth quakes than they die in the north east from snow storms, or from hurricaned in the south east or from mud slides in the southern states or from rain in the north west, or tornadoes in Oklahoma....
There is one vital difference though... Snow, rain, mud slides, tornadoes, hurricanes ... etc all have a window of predictability, and you can get out if you want. Earthquakes... unfortunately do not. In spite of that... most of CA is pretty good... Just the over populated coastal areas are bad. But  Paso Robles is in central CA, usually considered very safe.
Cool.
Srinath.

The news report I read said it was centered closer to San Louis Obispo than Monterey.  It was "itty bitty" here in Santa Cruz, just enough to make you pay attention for something bigger for a few minutes, if you were here for the Loma Prieta quake.  My friend up in Redding IM'd me in a panic, but then she's one of those folks who thought it was better to live in the midwest where the tornado's can come along and suck you off the face of the planet.

i was talking to vanny when i felt it.

I told her about it and she didnt believe it until about 5 seconds later when she felt it.

After this sems geology class i understand earthquakes a lot better. Infact i got most of it right, i knew it wasnt from anywhere near by and i knew it was a very deep earthquake and possibly the kind of quake.

Oh well.. the geek in me kicked in.

It was good, i needed something to rattle my nerves.

Quote from: Blueknytstill dont get why folks build on or near fault lines.  things shake, things fall down, things cost alot to put back up.   solution? move someplace where things Dont Move so much.

I don't know where you're from, Blueknyt, but I'm in Michigan now after growing up in Califorrnia (right down the block from Cris) & Nevada.  When I moved to Michigan people would occasionally ask me how I could stand living in a place where there were so many earthquakes.  My answer was, "How can you stand living where there are so many tornadoes?"  BTW,  I never was anywhere near a dangerous earthquake in the 30 years I lived in CA & NV, but a few years ago a tornado touched down about a mile from my house in MI & tore out a strip of huge old oak trees that ran from about 4 to 6 feet in diameter.  Pretty awesome.  Fortunately no one was hurt.
I guess you just pays yer money & you takes yer chances...     :dunno:

Earthqaukes = foot masage :mrgreen:
Give me earthqaukes over hurricanes and tornados anyday.

My thoughts on Florida versus California.\

Florida does have better beaches and it has lightning . In the three years I have lived in California I have seen lightning once.
Almost forgot how much cheaper everything is in Florida.
In central Florida you can buy a mansion for 200k. In California that will barely buy a garage.
I will one day return to Florida because its so cheap but for now I will find some real twisties to ride. I don't have to settle for oily on ramps  :nana:  

Aint all that cheap, its climbing fast. Yeah, Fla has a few nasties that come through, but Nothing you dont see comeing. only eception to that is lightning. hell, even i have been gently massaged by it. Rubber tires protect . (my ass)  i dont know, Mudslides, i would have to place with the quakes, you know they happen there, you know they come outa the blue, and you know they are going to destroy what ever you build there.  why build it/live there? i wouldnt build on beach front/river/lake front either. Blizzards? that just a long rain storm in really really cold air, we get those down here, only its warm, and mixed with lightning. i guess i just figure, you can build to withstand just about anything above ground, but quakes/slides/floads, well, that just kills everything. need strong roots to hold up to everything else.