EARTHQUAKE! Californians, check in!

[ParanoidPat]

Did you feel it?

[THUNDER HANDS]

1. i'm in NY

how big was it?

[Renew Deal]

9. I am in NY and I didn't feel it either.

[catzies]

2. south Santa Barbara County. Felt it.

n/t

[proud patriot]

3. Where are you ? I did not feel it n/t

[Lindsey]

4. I'm in West L.A. and didn't feel a thing.

n/t

[dogtag]

5. I'm in Palos Verdes (southernmost Los Angeles)

Did not feel a thing, but that's not unusal. We're sitting on bedrock.

[slackmaster]

6. No sign of it in San Diego

Looks like Parkfield finally got its long overdue shaker. Or almost.

http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Maps/120-36.html

[PCIntern]

10. my wife felt it last night...oops

...wrong thread.

[slackmaster]

15. It's been over a year for me

Wrong thread notwithstanding.

:D

[maveric]

60. Nothing in San Diego.

But then again, I slept through the last four of five quakes here in SoCal.

[DrWeird]

7. Is this the one? Only about a 5.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/Maps/US10/32.42.-125.-115.html

[Renew Deal]

12. That's an eartquake outbreak.

What a mess

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/Maps/US2/34.36.-122.-120.html

[slackmaster]

24. They're gonna surround us!

:argh:

[TahitiNut]

39. Magnitude 6.0 - CENTRAL CALIFORNIA 2004 September 28 17:15:24 UTC

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/Quakes/nc51147892.htm

 MAG    DATE     UTC-TIME    LAT     LON    DEPTH    LOCATION
        y/m/d     h:m:s      deg     deg     km

 1.5  2004/09/28 18:25:28  35.848 -120.381  14.4    7 km (  5
mi) SE  of Parkfield, CA
 1.4  2004/09/28 18:22:07  35.812 -120.352   4.7   12 km (  8
mi) SE  of Parkfield, CA
 1.3  2004/09/28 18:20:45  35.816 -120.362   4.7   11 km (  7
mi) SE  of Parkfield, CA
 1.8  2004/09/28 18:15:37  35.873 -120.423   4.8    3 km (  2
mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
 1.8  2004/09/28 18:12:19  35.830 -120.523   0.0   11 km (  7
mi) SW  of Parkfield, CA
 2.9  2004/09/28 18:09:36  35.811 -120.397   1.5   10 km (  6
mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
 2.2  2004/09/28 18:09:01  35.956 -120.513   7.5   10 km (  6
mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
 1.3  2004/09/28 18:08:18  35.872 -120.418   5.3    3 km (  2
mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
 1.2  2004/09/28 18:07:48  35.864 -120.404   6.7    5 km (  3
mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
 1.7  2004/09/28 18:07:18  35.835 -120.383   5.2    8 km (  5
mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
 1.5  2004/09/28 18:06:22  35.897 -120.438   6.0    1 km (  0
mi) WSW of Parkfield, CA
 2.5  2004/09/28 18:04:34  35.921 -120.475   5.7    5 km (  3
mi) WNW of Parkfield, CA
 2.3  2004/09/28 18:04:00  35.922 -120.472   5.4    4 km (  3
mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
 1.8  2004/09/28 18:03:12  35.930 -120.473   5.0    5 km (  3
mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
 2.6  2004/09/28 18:02:22  35.899 -120.441   6.5    1 km (  1
mi) W   of Parkfield, CA
 1.6  2004/09/28 18:01:54  35.950 -120.496   6.1    8 km (  5
mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
 1.7  2004/09/28 18:01:17  35.816 -120.364   5.1   11 km (  7
mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
 1.3  2004/09/28 18:00:57  35.928 -120.474   5.2    5 km (  3
mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
 1.5  2004/09/28 17:59:38  35.927 -120.472   4.5    5 km (  3
mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
 1.7  2004/09/28 17:58:24  35.781 -120.355  10.3   14 km (  9
mi) N   of Shandon, CA
 2.7  2004/09/28 17:57:43  35.782 -120.329   9.0   15 km (  9
mi) NNE of Shandon, CA
 2.0  2004/09/28 17:56:33  35.977 -120.495   8.8   10 km (  6
mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
 1.5  2004/09/28 17:56:11  35.873 -120.416   4.6    3 km (  2
mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
 1.7  2004/09/28 17:55:02  35.861 -120.407   4.8    5 km (  3
mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
 2.4  2004/09/28 17:54:32  35.986 -120.551   5.0   14 km (  9
mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
 1.3  2004/09/28 17:54:23  35.916 -120.476   4.9    4 km (  3
mi) WNW of Parkfield, CA
 1.5  2004/09/28 17:52:41  35.853 -120.400   4.8    6 km (  4
mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
 1.3  2004/09/28 17:51:37  35.973 -120.525   7.4   12 km (  7
mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
 2.0  2004/09/28 17:51:06  35.900 -120.508   5.2    7 km (  4
mi) W   of Parkfield, CA
 2.1  2004/09/28 17:49:44  35.880 -120.430   5.5    2 km (  1
mi) S   of Parkfield, CA
 2.7  2004/09/28 17:49:03  35.857 -120.403   5.2    5 km (  3
mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
 2.5  2004/09/28 17:48:57  35.870 -120.424   4.8    3 km (  2
mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
 1.4  2004/09/28 17:48:27  35.859 -120.411   4.3    5 km (  3
mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
 1.1  2004/09/28 17:47:55  35.895 -120.398  10.5    3 km (  2
mi) E   of Parkfield, CA
 1.8  2004/09/28 17:46:40  35.941 -120.492  10.1    7 km (  4
mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
 1.7  2004/09/28 17:46:19  35.926 -120.482   3.6    5 km (  3
mi) WNW of Parkfield, CA
 2.0  2004/09/28 17:45:35  35.877 -120.419   5.2    3 km (  2
mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
 1.2  2004/09/28 17:45:17  35.860 -120.406   5.6    5 km (  3
mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
 1.4  2004/09/28 17:44:43  35.928 -120.476   4.8    5 km (  3
mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
 2.5  2004/09/28 17:44:06  35.860 -120.401   5.1    5 km (  3
mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
 2.4  2004/09/28 17:43:40  35.867 -120.412   9.2    4 km (  3
mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
 2.5  2004/09/28 17:43:06  35.858 -120.401   5.1    5 km (  3
mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
 1.2  2004/09/28 17:42:52  35.924 -120.471   5.6    4 km (  3
mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
 2.3  2004/09/28 17:42:24  35.873 -120.407   5.3    4 km (  2
mi) SE  of Parkfield, CA
 2.9  2004/09/28 17:41:09  35.912 -120.457   6.4    3 km (  2
mi) WNW of Parkfield, CA
 2.0  2004/09/28 17:40:17  35.872 -120.419   5.2    3 km (  2
mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
 2.6  2004/09/28 17:39:13  35.935 -120.487  10.1    6 km (  4
mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
 2.5  2004/09/28 17:38:38  35.851 -120.369   0.0    8 km (  5
mi) SE  of Parkfield, CA
 1.9  2004/09/28 17:37:40  35.911 -120.461   5.5    3 km (  2
mi) WNW of Parkfield, CA
 1.9  2004/09/28 17:37:16  35.818 -120.337   4.6   12 km (  8
mi) SE  of Parkfield, CA
 3.6  2004/09/28 17:35:17  35.947 -120.489  10.2    7 km (  5
mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
 3.7  2004/09/28 17:33:55  35.817 -120.359   7.1   11 km (  7
mi) SE  of Parkfield, CA
 1.7  2004/09/28 17:33:22  35.916 -120.474   4.9    4 km (  3
mi) WNW of Parkfield, CA
 2.6  2004/09/28 17:32:23  35.852 -120.392   5.1    6 km (  4
mi) SE  of Parkfield, CA
 1.9  2004/09/28 17:31:26  35.962 -120.484   7.5    8 km (  5
mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
 3.2  2004/09/28 17:29:41  35.829 -120.369   9.4   10 km (  6
mi) SE  of Parkfield, CA
 3.3  2004/09/28 17:29:22  35.836 -120.380   9.0    8 km (  5
mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
 3.4  2004/09/28 17:29:15  35.852 -120.401   5.3    6 km (  4
mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
 2.5  2004/09/28 17:28:22  35.903 -120.446   5.7    1 km (  1
mi) WNW of Parkfield, CA
 2.1  2004/09/28 17:27:30  35.862 -120.412   4.5    5 km (  3
mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
 2.3  2004/09/28 17:26:20  35.914 -120.472   5.8    4 km (  2
mi) WNW of Parkfield, CA
 4.7  2004/09/28 17:24:15  35.806 -120.349   6.7   13 km (  8
mi) SE  of Parkfield, CA
 4.5  2004/09/28 17:23:49  35.855 -120.396   5.1    6 km (  4
mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
 2.8  2004/09/28 17:22:55  35.994 -120.566   4.9   16 km ( 10
mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
 3.0  2004/09/28 17:22:22  35.910 -120.458   6.6    3 km (  2
mi) WNW of Parkfield, CA
 4.1  2004/09/28 17:22:18  35.840 -120.388   5.6    8 km (  5
mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
 1.9  2004/09/28 17:22:02  35.853 -120.402   5.5    6 km (  4
mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
 5.0  2004/09/28 17:19:07  35.826 -120.453   2.5    8 km (  5
mi) SSW of Parkfield, CA
 6.0  2004/09/28 17:15:24  35.815 -120.374   7.9   11 km (  7
mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA

[slackmaster]

70. Excellent! Better a little late than never.

I felt sorry for the bearded and bespectacled seismologists when they tentatively declared the Parkfield Experiment a failure in early 2003.

The numbers always change after closer scrutiny. It's just a number and a natural process, but I for one hope it retains 6.0 status.

:toast:

[edbermac]

8. Maybe it was Arnold taking a monster dump....

:silly:

[HEIL PRESIDENT GOD]

23. Naw

I'd be able to smell it here in Davis if he did.

[Gelliebeans]

11. didnt feel it in Riverside County

[951]

30. Same I didnt feel anything

[Sparkle]

32. If I may ask, who is that woman?

[951]

49. Pamela Anderson :D n/t

[lgreen]

52. I'm in Riverside, too

and I did not feel a thing. My husband is at work in San Dimas and he did not feel it either. I could have sworn that I felt one out here yesterday, though.

[Gelliebeans]

53. I thought I felt somethen yesterday

also but nothing big...I am a 4th generation californian so I have felt plenty of them, its funny after all these years when one hits you stop briefly and decide whether you will bother making it to the door jam ...

[UdoKier]

13. NOTHIN' in San Francisco.

Knock wood.

I'm on the bottom floor of an old 3-story building...

[Cleita]

48. Better find out if your building has been retrofitted for quakes yet.

eom

[in_cog_ni_to]

14. Hurricanes, Volcano eruptions, tornados, earthquakes, fires

floods. :scared:

How big was the quake?

[ParanoidPat]

16. USGS preliminary report says 5.9 at Parkfield.

n/t

[deek]

17. little wiggle in central ca n/t

.

[Tempest]

18. Lightly felt in Bakersfield

Anyone know the epicenter?

[ParanoidPat]

20. This looks like the overdue one for Parkfield

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/Maps/US2/38.40.-121.-119.html

[slackmaster]

25. Prediction was for a 6.0 or higher

See http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/research/parkfield/

I hope they didn't pull out any of the instrumentation in despair after 2002 passed without a qualifying quake.

This could be a terrific day for data collection!

[ParanoidPat]

28. One can only hope!

The first thing I thought was "finally they got one, now are the instruments still there?" Damn I hope so. :)

[TahitiNut]

41. Here's a great map

[Renew Deal]

67. The place is still rumbling.

:scared:

[judy]

19. I felt it

in Mountain View, on the Peninsula

[wryter2000]

21. I missed your post

I'll mark mine a dupe. Yup, we felt it in Oaktown. A real good shaker. It was 6.0 in Parkfield. I hope everyone's okay. That's pretty rural.

[Athletic Grrl]

31. Where are you in Oaktown?

I live in a horribly constructed post-war apartment building by Piedmont and didn't feel a thing!

[wryter2000]

42. LOL -- Look out your window

I'm at Kaiser Hospital where I work. I'll wave at you!

[treefrogjohn]

22. The blinds rattled in Santa Clara

and the floor moved enough for me to feel dizzy. Sideways motion. Lasted less than a minute here. I am on a third floor.

[ParanoidPat]

26. Second floor of a 100 year old wood frame 3 story house.....

.....in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Good shaker for about 10 - 15 seconds.
Had all the lights swinging pretty wildly! Glad it wasn't any bigger. :)

[zappaman]

27. beverly hills

very small...just a brief rolling and a little bit of seasickness...

[slackmaster]

29. Oh my, did anyone perspire?

Of course nobody in Beverly Hills suffers from seasickness.

:D

[skygazer]

56. Interesting

I'm in the Santa Cruz mountains myself, low on the Los Gatos side. Didn't feel a thing.

Funny how many "neighbors" one finds online! :hi:

[ParanoidPat]

57. Cool! I'm just the other side of the hill.....

.....in Felton! :hi:

[Scairp]

33. San Bernardino County

Didn't feel it, too far away. Suckers were big though, 5.9 and 5.0. Plus several aftershocks. Hope all are okay up there. The last time the area got hit two people died when the facade of a building fell on them.

[The Minus World]

34. Culver City, near LAX.

I felt nothing, but I was wondering why the neighbor's dogs were barking so much.

[DeepModem Mom]

37. Hi, MagicalSpork -- thanks for checking in, and welcome to DU --

[keischin]

35. Southern SLO county....

it was strong, but power didn't go out. The big news is: Scott Peterson may have felt it!!!! Stay tuned!!!!!!!

[Cleita]

46. Hi keischin.

South SLO here too. Welcome to DU. :toast:

[AlCzervik]

36. South sacramento here, didn't feel it

usually when we have one even that far away the water in my pool will start going back and forth, nothing today.

[shanti]

66. sacramento here too

i didn't feel it, but some folks saw the blinds swaying in their highrise.

[AlCzervik]

68. I'm glad to see you are a fellow lakers fan!

we are a rare breed amoungst the Kings sheeple.

[shanti]

72. this is true!

:hi: laker's fan since 1970...i'm an oc transplant, you?

[arbusto_baboso]

38. North Ventura County. Pretty mild here. Knew we had one though.

[Steely_Dan]

64. Ventura Here -

Didn't feel anything

-P

[Raster]

40. This will be one of the most studied earthquakes in history.

Parkfield has been transformed into an "earthquake laboratory" in preparation for this earthquake.

[slackmaster]

71. YES! It's wonderful!

I was a science FREAK as a child and never got over it.

This will turn out to be one of the greatest days in the history of seismology.

I'm going to send a congratulatory email to every seismologist I know. (I know several prominent ones, having dated the daughter of a famous one in my youth.)

[GoBama]

43. volcano

I bet it had something to do with Mt Saint Helens.

[DeepModem Mom]

44. Hi, GoBama -- welcome to DU --

[BrotherBuzz]

54. Not associated with Mt Saint Helens

This earthquake was god's jolting announcement of the newest Air America Radio station KQKE (quake) 960 am that started broadcasting at noon in the San Francisco bay area. Who says god doesn't have a sense of humor?

Welcome to DU!

[RedEagle]

73. In Case You Didn't Know- Helens Has Been Very Active Last Couple Days

Lots and lots of little quakes, so many that the instruments are having trouble keeping up.

They say there isn't the build up of magma, etc., like the big blow up.

The whole west coast is a fault line.

According to a radio show I was listening too the other day, the volcanoes in Washington State are not considered dormant.

I guess the last big activity on Rainier was 200 years ago. But in the geological scheme of things, that's not an "old" occurance.


A few years ago I was in an area hit by a smaller quake. I was up on a hill and did not feel it, so didn't understand what everyone was talking about. Everyone who was on the flat in the area felt it.

[Cleita]

45. Yes, and I'm waiting for another one.

This time we still have our utilities or I wouldn't be posting this.

[Technowitch]

47. Near Santa Cruz

...in the inland mountains.

Yes, we felt it. About a minute of slow rolling shakes, slowly building up, and then tailing off pretty quicly. Also felt the first aftershock.

No biggie. Frankly, I'd rather risk the occasional quake than have to worry about hurricanes or blizards.

[tranche]

50. Coworker Felt It - Potrero Area - San Francisco

I thought he was losing it when he said he felt an earthquake. Until he checked up on it.

[Squeegee]

51. Yup

I felt it.

[Beaverhausen]

55. Felt it in Burbank - building swaying...

I nearly got nauseous from the swaying. Dang.

[Pale_Rider]

58. Nope ...

... and neither did the wife. :evilfrown:

[ParanoidPat]

59. That's odd.....

.....were you outside? Martha and Chris were outside and didn't feel a thing, Ian was inside and freaked out! :hi:

[Dookus]

61. Right here in Santa Cruz

felt it real good. A long, slow rolling one. Thought I was having a little dizzy spell, then noticed the ceiling fans swinging.

[sr_pacifica]

62. I live near Watsonville

Did not feel it. I was sleeping and generally earthquakes wake me up. I'll check the USGS site under the "Did you feel it" statistics to see if anyone up here felt it and if so how strong it felt.

[LeftCoast]

63. I was working in the ER at SF's VA hospital

I felt it, but it was pretty mild. Nobody else there seemed to notice it.

[VOX]

65. In West L.A. -- no shaking here, unless I was walking around at the time..

I've lived all my life here, so I'm pretty accustomed to them.

:toast:

[Andromeda]

69. I didn't feel it 'cause I'm north of S.F.

.