We've been having a rash of earthquakes out here in the past week; I was just sittin' here at my desk perusing the forum when everything started shaking. This is the third significant earthquake California has experienced in the past week; we've had two in the 5+ range here in So Ca (see attached map) and the big 7.0 off the coast of Northern CA a couple days ago.

See Pomona on that map? That's pretty much where I live. I'm gonna go get my scuba gear rigged up now, just in case we fall into the ocean. :D

ooo, scary! I've never been in an earthquake! I'd have to laugh really hard though if cali did go join hawaii...but then i'd just be very jealous...

and australia was like, "Wtf mate?"

tinga you can come shack up with me anytime. ;)

i miss earthquakes, they were so much fun! :(

I was baffled...not sure if i was gonna go under my table..i made it to a door frame but it already ended...

Whew, that one was quite the roller, wasn't it? I'm on the 5th floor of my building and we really feel 'em. Just glad I'm not any higher. Floor-wise, of course.

ooo, scary! I've never been in an earthquake! I'd have to laugh really hard though if cali did go join hawaii...but then i'd just be very jealous...

and australia was like, "Wtf mate?"


I live in So Cal as well and it would be cool to join Hawaii out there, but...

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should i take a nap? :rolleyes:

Whew, that one was quite the roller, wasn't it? I'm on the 5th floor of my building and we really feel 'em. Just glad I'm not any higher. Floor-wise, of course.

you're invited to shack up with me too. :D

i've experience 1 earthquake ever. it was a minor one (3.5 i think) and i was about 25 miles from the epicenter.

i was up late working on a project for class when it happened. and since that was my first, i just looked around, thought "wtf was that" and went back to my project. i learned the following day that it was an earthquake. it was more loud than shaky. quite interesting. don't think i'd much care to experience a bigger one though.

I felt the one about an hour ago, and the one on sunday morning as well.
It woke my cat up which woke me up, I knew what it was an closed my eyes and tried to get back to sleep while it was still shaking.

I have more fun watching the recently-transplanted-to-California folks. The eyes grow wide, the look of terror flashes across their faces, usually followed by the look that asks, "WTF, why aren't you panicked or scared or RUNNING?!?".

The one we had Sunday was more significant to me. It actually woke my kids up. That, in and of itself, was a monumental occasion. For the longest time, I thought they could sleep through anything!

you're invited to shack up with me too. :D

Thanks! When will the room additions be done? Not for me, mind you, but rather for the clothes and shoes.

For the record ladies, I can rock your world better then any old 6.5 ;)

You know you're a So Cal regular when a 7.0 EQ doesn't rattle you. I just slept through it. It's not even worth my time to get out of bed if it's not a 8.0 or higher.

For the record ladies, I can rock your world better then any old 6.5 ;)

I have no doubt about that, klegg, Sir. And I'm sure any damage you could do would be much more preferable than that of a major quake. ;)

you know people say you cant predict earthquakes. im here to tell you that it is really easy to predict them in cali. just a little while ago after a news story i said to my wife "now they will have an earthquake to finish them off" and here it is. there are a string of signs that always lead to earthquakes in cali

1. drought or at least a long drying period
2. fires- burn a few house down and destroy all the ground cover
3. big rain storm- this is the key. after the drought has killed most of the plants and the fire has burned them off the rain comes and big mud slides happen taking houses down left and right and leaving a few "dangling on the precipice"

once you have had those 3 signs then earthquakes are due within a couple of weeks. the earthquakes take out all the rest of the homes that were damaged but not destroyed by the fires and mudslides

and its easy to know when the cycle is about to repeat- it starts over just after all of those houses have been put back up in the same spots they slid from and all the nice palm trees are planted back next to them( the palm fronds make really nice burning embers that easily jump from burning roof to burning roof accelerating the spread of the fires) once everything is back in place and all the tax dollars are finished paying for it and the insurance rates adjusted- thats when it starts over.

How about the large EQs in Cali...

Fort Tejon 1/9/1857. Measured 7.9
San Francisco 1/18/1906. Measured 7.7
Kern County 7/21/1952. Measured 7.5

All of these and most of the other including the last big one here... Northridge, did not have any drought problems. Minor flashfires because of the Santa Ana winds (happens so frequently anyways), and very minimal rain damage. Over the last few years we had more of a dry spell than rain... this year is one of those loopy year's. But still those don't account for the more activity we've been experiencing.

Yeah, there's that so called "earthquake weather" but I havn't seen any of it lately. Too much June Gloom. My cats were acting odd this morning and I actually thought to myself that there might be a quake. Hmm how ironic. Animals, the best quake prediction device out there.
When the quake struck I was on the phone with someone from Massachusetts. He got a lot more excited than I did! Growing up in Cali you get used to the quakes.

Yeah, there's that so called "earthquake weather" but I havn't seen any of it lately. Too much June Gloom. My cats were acting odd this morning and I actually thought to myself that there might be a quake. Hmm how ironic. Animals, the best quake prediction device out there.
When the quake struck I was on the phone with someone from Massachusetts. He got a lot more excited than I did! Growing up in Cali you get used to the quakes.

I second that.. my dog was barking like crazy (strange for a normally quiet little pomeranian) with the last earthquake right before it hit. Animals have been known to be pretty good alarm systems in these cases. Base on the facts that no animal was found dead in the Tsunami disaster in Indonesia. Can you believe that? No Dog, Cat, Cows, Goats, etc etc were found dead...They all ran off before the tsunami hit.

eaten by the sharks= no dead one found also

I have more fun watching the recently-transplanted-to-California folks. The eyes grow wide, the look of terror flashes across their faces, usually followed by the look that asks, "WTF, why aren't you panicked or scared or RUNNING?!?".

That would be me! I'd be going, "OMG WHAT DO I DO!? WHERE DO I RUN!?" lol!I'd be so confused..i'd probably hide in the bath tub like i use to when there were tornado warnings during hurricanes.

That would be me! I'd be going, "OMG WHAT DO I DO!? WHERE DO I RUN!?" lol!I'd be so confused..i'd probably hide in the bath tub like i use to when there were tornado warnings during hurricanes.

Just like I'd be if I was in FL when a tornado warning hit!

Anyone ever go Tornado chasing? I kinda want to do that this year... Rent a SUV, get my cameras ready, and pull my own Twister movie.

For a Happy ending to the Tsunami thing...

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/hippo.asp

Now I am thinking about you and morgan in a bathtub...is that wrong? ;)

how weird isa it that klegg and i are having the same thought? is that wrong?

Thanks! When will the room additions be done? Not for me, mind you, but rather for the clothes and shoes.

i have plenty of room...

well there's always room for phee


oh wait that's jello





mmmmmmm phee and jello.............

You guys are SICK! SICK, I tell ya!
God, I LOVE this forum!!!!!

Okay, enough of my Tom Cruise-like antics of jumping on the furniture. Who wants watermelon jello?

How about some Grape jello? I like Grape.

(putting hand up tin the air and waiving it wildly) ME ME PICK ME!!!

There's enough jello for y'all, and Outlaws, yes, you can have grape.
Wait.......we could have a bathtub of jello!!!
I can see my mind is rapidly digressing.......

Wait.......we could have a bathtub of jello!!!

i was thinking the same thing- is that wrong:)
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i was thinking the same thing- is that wrong:)
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Nah. Just affirmation of a sick and twisted mind. Or maybe the mind of someone with a rather strong love of jello!

i like black cherry jello...and watermelon. no grape please.

A 7.0 will get more than the jello jigglin'. ;)

funny i just moved here from texas and i havent felt any of the ones that we've had lately. I was at work earlier and people in the same building felt it, and I didnt. kinda crazy i guess....

also being from texas i thought it was weird to have a tsunami warning the other night. I'm more used to flood, tornado and hurricane warnings.

yea...that'd freak me out...Hurricanes and such i can handle..

i hear ther ewas another one 6.4 over night. whats that 4-5 in the last week?

You guys need to get out of that state! I have a bad feeling, you can come over asd stay at my house.

Heck, I will sleep on the sofa, you can crash with the wife upstairs...HMMM...yes...upstairs... ;) :D

I just felt what may have been an earthquake. There's smoke and the smell of gas or sulphur, and my co-workers are panicking. It's kinda strange though, we don't get many earthquakes in PA.




































Or it may be because I just farted. :eek:

:D

another 3.x one this morning too? aftershocks or what?

Here, this will freak you out. A list of all the recent earthquakes and this list is for Southern California ONLY!

http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Maps/118-34_full.html

Here's the link for the whole state:

http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/index.html

Quiet in the midsection of Cali while both ends are rumbling.

sucks...oh well, if ya'll DO happen to break off any time soon....stay away from fla please. We have enough people around here and i'm sure you'd rahter not deal with hurricanes. lol

damn see alll those off the north west coast? you guys are so screwed....

We're considering Oregon, Washington, Arizona, or Colorado for relocation in the future. Now if The Big One can hold off just five more years......