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9. Pfft! 1.5s don't count

Thu Jul 4, 2019, 03:08 PM

Jul 2019

The cat jumping on the bed in the middle of the night makes more of an impact. As a longtime Californian, I don't get out of bed for anything less than a 4.5 (as shown by the anniversary quakes in 1990).

Seriously, we get lots of tiny quakes every day because most of California is in an active fault zone. What worries me are the northern San Andreas (which has been entirely too quiet since 1990) and the Hayward faults, which run through densely populated areas.

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Earthquakes in California? [View all] NanceGreggs Jul 2019 OP

Was expecting something along these lines malaise Jul 2019 #1

Could be what happens when the enormous mass of the polar caps randr Jul 2019 #2

hee hee hee hee Leith Jul 2019 #3

if you map it with google maps lapfog_1 Jul 2019 #4

thanks to the geologist from cal tech on MSNBC lapfog_1 Jul 2019 #14

Be a regular guy, eat prunes. Everything is regular in Healdsberg, Ca, including their earthquakes Brother Buzz Jul 2019 #5

Pfft! 1.5s don't count Retrograde Jul 2019 #9

I don't disagree, but it should be noted those earthquakes are man made Brother Buzz Jul 2019 #12

but, I've been protesting tectonic plates forever!! IcyPeas Jul 2019 #6

California doe have its faults (n/t) Retrograde Jul 2019 #10

The Hayward Fault is particularly creepy Brother Buzz Jul 2019 #13

How long matt819 Jul 2019 #7

The crevasse was located in DC today. diva77 Jul 2019 #8

you spelled that wrong.... here... IcyPeas Jul 2019 #11