Preliminary magnitude 5.5 earthquake reported 157 miles west of Ferndale, CA

[Hissyspit]

Last edited Thu Apr 23, 2015, 11:06 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: USGS

@BreakingNews: Preliminary magnitude 5.5 earthquake reported 157 miles west of Ferndale, Calif. - @USGS http://t.co/DDLc1dAJSz/s/LH-z

Read more: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us200028pe#general_summary

[chillfactor]

1. Earthquakes affecting California...

always scare the beejibees out of me...my first question is "Is this the precursor to the 'big one'?"

[alfredo]

2. Near the Mendocino fracture zone? Just a guess

[still_one]

3. You do realize earthquakes happen everyday in California don't you?

[Journeyman]

8. And almost hourly at that . . .

[still_one]

10. hopefully, they are slowly releasing pressure

[2naSalit]

4. And only moments prior to that

there was one almost as strong in the western Aleutian Islands.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

[Hissyspit]

5. @BreakingNews: Preliminary magnitude 4.1 earthquake strikes 14 miles SE of Sandpoint, Idaho

@BreakingNews: Preliminary magnitude 4.1 earthquake strikes 14 miles SE of Sandpoint, Idaho; no reports of major damage - @USGS http://t.co/qutPEVjBiY/s/e_Y6

[2naSalit]

6. That's interesting.

I was wondering if there will be some kind of reverberation-like occurrences following yesterday's volcanic activity in Chile. I wonder. I mean, that was a hefty blowout. I am waiting for things to get shaky up here near Yellowstone. There's a lot of mountains between Sand Point and here but you just never know. The land mass in this area is rising rather rapidly, in geologic terms... has been for some time. I know that some geologists think it's a crazy idea but I think the volcanoes are all connected far down in the surface of the Moho. I wonder if that's true and we just haven't been able to find significant evidence of that yet.

Interesting times indeed.

Oh, and there was just another 5.1 in Papua New Guinea this hour.

[Lodestar]

7. I've wondered that too. I think many of them must be connected.

It seems they often react together in a chain of events.
Also have wondered if removing so much oil from the earth is like removing a lubricant that canthen ultimately cause tectonic plates to settle, rub or move with less of a smooth motion causing intense friction. Perhaps fracking is similar but much more localized and superficial.

[2naSalit]

11. and I wonder

about those points too. Looking at the earthquake map this morning I see there have been a few more and more intense quakes since I looked late last night/early am. Here we go! I suppose it could be a bit shaky in Jellystone this summer, or at least the next month or so. Guess I should secure my breakables a little better.

[nikto]

9. Someday...

There will be a magnitude 9 quake somewhere off the CA/Oregon/Washington coast that lasts for 3-minutes or so,
and generates a Japan-like 60-foot tsunami.

Fairly likely to happen within the next century or so.

Just be ready, in general, if you live in that zone.

To see what to expect, just check out videos listed here...
(Geolocated videos of Japan's 3-11 quake and tsunami)

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?msa=0&mid=zq_0IOqfuAJ8.kQdl6BIpWTqo


Here's one of my personal favorites...

And for the wave, here's a good one...

[mrdmk]

12. Here are a couple of more, warning very graphic!

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