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Demovictory9

(32,443 posts) Fri Jul 9, 2021, 01:27 AM Jul 2021

Swarm of earthquakes..largest 6.0 near lake tahoe

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/4-8-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-near-Stockton-16302419.php

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A series of 19 earthquakes struck along the California-Nevada border starting just before 4 p.m. Thursday, most of which struck with a magnitude of about 3.0. The largest reported earthquake struck with a magnitude of 6.0, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

People reported feeling the quakes as far west as San Francisco and as far south as San Jose.

The USGS had earlier reported an earthquake near Stockton, but that appears to be a false reading triggered by the quakes just south of Lake Tahoe.

Caltrans reported several rockslides in northern Mono County, resulting in the closure of U.S. Route 395 from Bridgeport to the Nevada State Line for about an hour to clear fallen rocks. State Route 89 remains closed.

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Swarm of earthquakes..largest 6.0 near lake tahoe (Original Post) Demovictory9 Jul 2021 OP

6.0 is getting up there...3.0 is like a big truck going by, if that. Wounded Bear Jul 2021 #1

I felt my whole house waving up and down in Davis. byronius Jul 2021 #2

I felt a similar wavy feel in SF in the Mission just before 4. I was sitting on a bench looking down diane in sf Jul 2021 #3

I remember feeling one of those rolling types of earthquakes when I live in SF and I also thought it smirkymonkey Jul 2021 #5

from another thread with similar subject. AllaN01Bear Jul 2021 #4

Fault line map Klaralven Jul 2021 #6

Wounded Bear

(58,618 posts)

1. 6.0 is getting up there...3.0 is like a big truck going by, if that.

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Fri Jul 9, 2021, 01:38 AM

Jul 2021

Lucky it was in a remote area.

byronius

(7,392 posts)

2. I felt my whole house waving up and down in Davis.

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Fri Jul 9, 2021, 02:48 AM

Jul 2021

Not too long. Still spooky.

diane in sf

(3,913 posts)

3. I felt a similar wavy feel in SF in the Mission just before 4. I was sitting on a bench looking down

Reply to byronius (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 9, 2021, 02:57 AM

Jul 2021

at my phone. And thought it was a weird neurological thing. Found out what it actually was later. Someone moving around wouldn’t have noticed it.

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

5. I remember feeling one of those rolling types of earthquakes when I live in SF and I also thought it

Reply to diane in sf (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 9, 2021, 06:11 AM

Jul 2021

was something in my head at first instead of an earthquake.

I felt very disoriented and mostly affected mentally. I lived on bedrock, so nothing in my apartment was really affected, but a friend down in the Marina told me they were pretty hard hit with things falling off shelves and furniture moving and falling over.

It took me a while to figure out what was going on because that was the biggest one I felt while I was out there. Pretty glad to be back on the east coast where that is not a regular occurance anymore.

Hope you are safe and doing ok!