Rock N Roll - Earthquake

Originally Posted By SuzieQ

We just had an earthquake here in the Bay Area. Preliminary results put it at a 5.6 centered about Alum Rock near San Jose. That ranks it as a "strong, moderate" quake.

I'm in Antioch and felt the sway. Just a fun little ride here.

No reports of injuries or damages so far.

 

Originally Posted By Stacers76

We felt it in Petaluma, about 55 miles north of San Fran....little side to side shake, dog barked at the front door...pullstrings on my lights were swaying, tv blinked.....

TV stations are sure on top of it though on all our local stations, I was trying to watch the great pumpkin darnit!! And on the internet, mom's friend in NYC in a chat room already heard about it...

 

Originally Posted By SuzieQ

My brother's on shift at the San Ramon fire dept. He said the cell circuits are jammed.

 

Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA

Didn't feel nuthin' here in lil ol' Merced.

 

Originally Posted By retlawfan

We felt it in Gilroy. It was about a 10 second "roll".

We were in Best Buy at the time. A lot of rocking of items in the store, but nothing fell off any shelves. We walked toward the open area near the front of the store until the rolling stopped. We decided to go back tomorrow to finish our shopping.

 

Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x

It was just on KCAL9 here in Southern CA! Breaking news, even!!

Glad there were no injuries or damage...CA's been through enough!!

 

Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x

<a href="http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/" target="_blank">http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteq
s/</a>

 

Originally Posted By retlawfan

Yeah, I didn't even break out my wallet!

 

Originally Posted By Lisann22

We felt it a lot here in Livermore. My house was moving good and it lasted quite awhile. The house made cracking noises and the pool water swished up and out of the pool and onto the pation.

Cat and dog were up and freaked out a bit but calmed right down.

 

Originally Posted By threeundertwo

Didn't feel a thing here. How funny to find out about it on LP! This house is on solid rock.

 

Originally Posted By Tinkeroon

We felt it here in Manteca. I thought it felt fairly strong. About a 10-15 second jolt then roll. Been quite a while since we felt one here. Called my sis in San Jose to see if all was well there and she said it shook her up (no pun intended) and scared her little ones but nothing major seemed to have happened.

 

Originally Posted By LacyBelle

We felt it pretty good here in Santa Clara (maybe 10 or so miles from the epicenter).

Hubby and I were sitting on the couch and felt the jolt. When it got stronger and was still shaking for several more seconds, we figured we ought to get up and 'shelter.'

A couple of pictures fell over, but no damage.

It was a fun ride.

 

Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP

For those of you near the earthquake, if you are willing to give the USGS (Us Geological Society) your ZIP (but not your name if you don't want to) and 5 minutes of your time you can help them figure out how quakes move around through the ground. After every quake they always set up a "did you feel it" page. It helps them compile data on how quakes affect certain areas. I guess different soil types, and other factors, not JUST distance, influance how destructive quakes can be. Anyway, *I* think it's interesting!

This is the did you feel it page for the 5.6 quake you just had:
<a href="http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/shake/STORE/X40204628/ciim_form.html" target="_blank">http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/sh
ake/STORE/X40204628/ciim_form.html</a>

If you nose around on the site you can report whether you felt any of the aftershocks. (Don't be suprised if you didn't, it looks like they were just 1.5s or so.)

 

Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP

Oh and I goofed, USGS stands for US Geological SURVEY.

 

Originally Posted By threeundertwo

Cool site. I've never seen that before.

 

Originally Posted By Lisann22

I filed as soon as the quake was over. ;>

 

Originally Posted By retlawfan

same here.

 

Originally Posted By ShivaThDestroyer

LacyBelle, Tinkeroon and I grew up in Santa Clara. IT'S CHANGED A LOT SINCE THEN!!

 

Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x

The "did you feel it" link was at the bottom of the page if you clicked on the earthquake.

I called my friend, who lives in Fremont, and she said she was still moving, even after it stopped. LOL She's ok, just "shaken up" (and my pun IS intended! LOL)

 

Originally Posted By LacyBelle

Shiva, I've been in Santa Clara for almost 20 years and it certainly has changed. I grew up in Fremont, which has also changed a lot.