|
18 Apr 07 - 05:59 AM (#2028710) Subject: BS: Earthquake From: Slag At 0142 and 44 seconds we had a 5.0 shaker about 39 miles from hereabout 7 miles west of Lake Pillsbury in northern CA. There were a couple of distinct aftershock. I was in bed at the time watching the news when it felt as though someone was jouncing my bed from underneath as kids do a bunk bed. There was a series of up and down jolts, a pause and then another series of similar jolts. Then a low roar started and the entire house shook and rattled but no damage. If you want to know more about it, Google USGS/California. The big red (probably now blue ) square on the map represents the quake. The little cluster of minor quakes below Clearlake is where the Geothermal Power Plant is located at a place Known as the Geysers. Yup real geysers . We have some interesting geology here. |
|
18 Apr 07 - 07:35 AM (#2028747) Subject: RE: BS: Earthquake From: gnu Rather interesting! |
|
18 Apr 07 - 04:07 PM (#2029236) Subject: RE: BS: Earthquake From: skarpi aha , let us know if theres more ? , we have earthquakes here too . I hate them the earthquakes . All the best Skarpi Iceland. |
|
18 Apr 07 - 07:56 PM (#2029414) Subject: RE: BS: Earthquake From: SINSULL Shake! Rattle! And Roll! Now it's a music thread. Glad you're safe. SINS |
|
18 Apr 07 - 08:09 PM (#2029427) Subject: RE: BS: Earthquake From: michaelr Hmmm... I didn't feel a thing in Santa Rosa. Cheers, Michael |
|
18 Apr 07 - 08:11 PM (#2029429) Subject: RE: BS: Earthquake From: pdq OK, here is another excuse for calling it a music thread...Seldom Scene w/Linda Ronstadt: California Earthquake (Rodney Crowell) There was a California earthquake, in the year of '83 That shook the living daylights out of the Owen's County sea There weren't a building still left standing when the dust had cleared away Just a rumble in the distance all the way to San Andre Well Sherman Buck was driving his old mule into town When the big one came that shook so hard, it knocked him to the ground Lord there opened up a hole so big, he just knew that his time was up And it swallowed up that poor old mule and it just missed Sherman Buck (chorus) California earthquake you just don't know what you've done We might fall off in the ocean, Lord, but you never make us run You're a partner to the devil, but we ain't afraid of him And we'll build ourselves another town so you can tear it down again And there came the quake of '99 that levelled Mission Creek The earth was like an ocean churning, with waves of twenty feet Lord it sounded like a thousand trains were screaming underground Clean across to San Joachim, folks heard that mournful sound Then it came one day a holocaust and it rocked the Frisco Bay Miles of walls came tumbling down like on Jericho that day Mighty near everything that the eartquake missed, a full day fire consumed And just left the smoke and the ashes of the dreams that they had burned |
|
18 Apr 07 - 08:34 PM (#2029445) Subject: RE: BS: Earthquake From: Deckman Strange ... I didn't even feel it up here in Everett. Of course, most of us Everett folks are pretty numb to what goes on around us! Bob |
|
18 Apr 07 - 08:48 PM (#2029460) Subject: RE: BS: Earthquake From: Liz the Squeak I had an earthquake earlier this evening... well I thought it was. Turns out that Manitas had been out for an Indian meal... #Bet your earthquake didn't smell so much as mine! Glad to hear everyone is OK. Just make sure it wasn't the Aliens landing (just been watching 'Independence Day')! LTS |
|
19 Apr 07 - 07:32 AM (#2029823) Subject: RE: BS: Earthquake From: skarpi the crack belt may lay diffrent so you dont feel it up in Santa Rosa ? Liz , you seldom get a earthquake in England hihihi unless you make it on you r own all the best Skarpi Iceland. |
|
19 Apr 07 - 05:08 PM (#2030411) Subject: RE: BS: Earthquake From: Wolfhound person Sorry, Skarpi, but they do happen. The only place I've felt one was in England - about 15 years ago. It was only a tremor, but the building I was in shook. It was instantly recognizable for what it was and lasted less than a minute. I was in Durham at the time. I've been to California and NZ since, but ne'er a wobble! Paws |
|
20 Apr 07 - 08:53 AM (#2030971) Subject: RE: BS: Earthquake From: Liz the Squeak I've experienced an earthquake in New Zealand.. well I thought it was. Turns out it was my sister jumping up and down in a fit of pique, enough to shake the house. LTS |
|
20 Apr 07 - 09:10 AM (#2030992) Subject: RE: BS: Earthquake From: Sorcha We have them in Wyoming (Yellowstone Caldera) but I've never felt one that I know of. |
|
20 Apr 07 - 09:34 AM (#2031018) Subject: RE: BS: Earthquake From: Rapparee The "smile" in Idaho's Snake River plain is the path the Yellowstone Caldera has taken over the past few million years. We're in the Caldera and could experience a big 'un any time -- we get smaller ones all the time. There was a fairly large one, the Borah Quake, in I think it was 1982 that caused land shifting and sinking about 70 miles north of here. |
|
20 Apr 07 - 10:16 AM (#2031070) Subject: RE: BS: Earthquake From: leeneia So what are you doing to keep your family safe, you who dwell in earthquake territory? Do you keep shoes right by the bed at all times to prevent the cut feet that people get when getting out of bed in fright? Do you have stout pieces of furniture to shelter under? Is your water heater strapped down? Do you know how to turn off gas and water supplies? etc? |
|
20 Apr 07 - 01:05 PM (#2031241) Subject: RE: BS: Earthquake From: open mike USGS earthquake site |
|
20 Apr 07 - 01:06 PM (#2031244) Subject: RE: BS: Earthquake From: Rapparee Yes, all of that and more. |
|
20 Apr 07 - 02:46 PM (#2031359) Subject: RE: BS: Earthquake From: GUEST Good observations Slag. Perhaps you experienced all three kinds of seismic waves arriving at your location. types of waves |
|
21 Apr 07 - 02:14 AM (#2031727) Subject: RE: BS: Earthquake From: Slag Thanks for the good wishes all. The final calculation by the USGS was 4.8 which is a moderate quake. The Mayacamus fault runs North South and we are just a few miles from it. This event was about midway between the Mayacamus and the Bartlett Springs fault. It was felt as far south as Cloverdale, west to Ft. Bragg and east to Willows. North to a wilderness area called the Yolla Bolly. The little village of Covello was just a few miles from it but I haven't heard any reports of damage from there. Quakes are weird. The Geysers is only a dozen miles from here and there are sometimes 4.0 events there (it is one of the most seismically active regions in the state) and we never feel them. The energy travels in a different direction most of the time. I have experienced several large events such as the Loma Prieta which stopped the Bay to Bay World Series in '89 I believe it was. We felt it only slightly here. I was in Victorville (George AFB) during the Newhall event that leveled the VA hospital and that one shook the heck out of us at 6 o'clock in the AM. I was about 40 miles from the Coalinga quake and I thought it was going to slosh the water out of the canal of which bank I was standing. WOW! I've been fortunate to have never been in the middle of one. You never know though. But I will say this. I'd much rather take my chances with an earthquake than with a midwest twister. The thought of those scare the daylights out of me! |
|
21 Apr 07 - 12:49 PM (#2032025) Subject: RE: BS: Earthquake From: skarpi well there area south of Iceland witch has no botton ? just a lava ? they are looking at this now and trying to find out was is happening ? , we had some hard earthquakes 6,7 and 6,5 and 6,0 in the year 2000 and its not over yet ......... All the best Skarpi Iceland |
|
21 Apr 07 - 03:43 PM (#2032142) Subject: RE: BS: Earthquake From: Alice Got my annual bill to renew my home owners' insurance. I don't have earthquake coverage, the policy reminded me, and we live in earthquake country. I'm pondering it. |
|
21 Apr 07 - 04:15 PM (#2032155) Subject: RE: BS: Earthquake From: Slag Yes Skarpi. I've read about the ominous happenings in Iceland and that is a very scary business. Our volcanoes tend to be explosive and rare occurrences and your's are more spewing and oozing lava everywhere but you folks have nowhere to run! Keep a Viking ship or two handy for a quick getaway! I do carry earthquake insurance. It's a little pricey but even a moderate shaker can break sewage lines and other plumbing, crack roofs and window frames and shift your foundation: all very expensive to fix. It's amazing but your house can be declared unfit for human habitation and it looks like nothing is wrong with it but its virtually totaled. |
|
21 Apr 07 - 05:35 PM (#2032204) Subject: RE: BS: Earthquake From: Liz the Squeak Don't ponder Alice - go for it! You'll be VERY sorry if you don't and something happens. LTS |
|
22 Apr 07 - 05:33 AM (#2032466) Subject: RE: BS: Earthquake From: kendall Earthquakes, mudslides, brush fires and Utah Phillips. Never a dull moment in California, eh? |
|
22 Apr 07 - 02:22 PM (#2032730) Subject: RE: BS: Earthquake From: Penny S. If you run a search for Colchester and earthquake, you'll see that we do get quite strong quakes. Not often. But in the South East, where no effort has been made to make modern buildings earthquake proof, and most building has taken place. On flood plains, and sometimes landfill. And as you can find in some accounts, the movement travels some distance because of the land structure - if there's a quake in Canterbury or Colchester, London knows about it. We can also pick up on continental quakes - in the 30s a Brussels quake had people leaving buildings in Brighton. And we get frequent small tremors in other parts of the country. Penny |
|
22 Apr 07 - 04:16 PM (#2032798) Subject: RE: BS: Earthquake From: Slag The truth is, an earthquake can happen anywhere, anytime. No place is exempt. And they can be devastating. Geologists are discovering new faults all the time. Every time they get a new shaker, especially in some place that seldom gets a quake, they get a new look from a new angle on what lies below the surface. It's awesome to think that the Mississippi River may be a subsequent stream, that is, a stream which follows a fault line! Remember the New Madrid quake that happened back in the early 1800's. It was huge and it obliterated the entire city of New Madrid. footnote: Most earthquake policies do not come in force until a year later. I would imagine that this is so folks cannot claim preexisting earthquake damage or have coverage for aftershocks from a recent event. Check with your agent. |
|
23 Apr 07 - 05:36 AM (#2033226) Subject: RE: BS: Earthquake From: Liz the Squeak It doesn't help when some idiot is digging a tunnel for a new underground railway under your back garden and fails to notice they are less than 15metres from the surface... It's what happened in Stratford, London a few years ago, building the link for the Channel Tunnel. LTS |