7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes S. California

[pnwmom]

Source: LA Times

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Southern California Friday night, the second in less than two days.

The quake was centered near Ridgecrest, location of the July 4th 6.2 magnitude temblor that was the largest in nearly 20 years.

That quake caused minor damage and injuries around the epicenter.

This quake was much larger.

Read more: https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-major-earthquake-southern-california20190705-story.html

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A 7.1 is MUCH, MUCH bigger than a 6.2.

The numbers are deceptive.


There was also a 5.4 this morning.

ON UPDATE: Though some reports were saying 6.9 an hour ago, several current reports are still saying 7.1, including the NYTimes and NBC TV, right now.

[Anon-C]

1. Check in on these threads, fam. Stay alert and safe.

[still_one]

2. It is logarithmic that is why it may be deceptive to some

[customerserviceguy]

10. I thought a logarithm

was a method of birth control for a Catholic lumberjack.

[still_one]

21. Same thing. Think exponents, and you have population issues

[friend of m and j]

3. I truly hope these are not precursers....

to the "Big One" that the doomsday prognosticators say is going to slide bit parts of CA into the Pacific.

[Igel]

65. Unlikely.

Different fault.

[SCVDem]

4. Upon further review....

It was ONLY a 6.9.

I felt it in the SFV. Sylmar sound familiar?

Yee Haw!

[pnwmom]

13. MSNBC says it is in the range of 6.9 to 7.1. So I don't think it's been decided. nt

[mobeau69]

23. CNN saying now 7.1. Upgraded from 6.9.

They just changed it.

[pnwmom]

44. Yeah, and the NYTimes is also saying 7.1. Let's hope we don't have a follow-up that's bigger. nt

[herding cats]

18. Oh, yeah. I was there as a little in 1971.

I was so traumatized I had weird (imagined?) shaking experiences until I was around 13. Literally, it felt like I was in the earthquake again and even my vision "quaked" again. It messed up my home, my family and me for a long, long time.

Maybe it was a from of earthquake PTSD? I don't know, but the least tremor I'm in still freaks me out beyond normal reason.

[SCVDem]

33. At least we got a movie!

Back to 7.1.

BTW, I love Lucy Jones.

She's our go to earthquake expert,

Ever since I can remember, she is the one all the news crews go to.

The media keep asking ignorant questions asking her to have a crystal ball.

Give it a break guys. Repetition is not news.

[herding cats]

42. Yes, we did!

Lucy Jones is amazing! She knows her stuff and never sensationalizes science and facts. The news tries and she just keeps being real.

[catbyte]

55. I love Lucy Jones, too. Even though I live in Michigan, I'm a geophysics nerd. I recently read her

2018 book, The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us (and What We Can Do About Them) and it, like her, was awesome. If you haven't read it, I suggest you check it out.

[emmaverybo]

48. The ground we stand on shaking underneath us is traumatizing. Best thing to do is to be prepared.

My grandmother lived through the ‘06. She said they were thrown out of their beds and across the room. But she lived as did many others.

It was the aftermath of fire that killed the most people. Localities today are better prepared. Poor people in S.F. lived in substandard housing, fire traps, and those structures easily collapsed.

Preparation will make us all feel better. Get your water and your food in. Get the wrench to turn off your gas, bolt down your boiler, you tv, your bookcases. You can pick up the means to make your environment safer at Home Depot.

It is scary. I’m so sorry you went through that trauma.

Here is a 🤗 hug.

[AllaN01Bear]

35. i was in middle school living in glendora ca when sylmar hit.

[chowder66]

5. They always start high on the magnitude then drop it 2 or 3 points.

I'm curious how deep or shallow it was. The shallower the more devastating.

[blugbox]

41. I live pretty close to the epicenter, and it felt very deep.

The street outside was rolling like ocean waves. In fact, myself and many others are feeling seasick. I know it sounds funny but it's uncanny.

[chowder66]

58. I see they increased the number again.

No, that doesn't sound uncanny at all. It's seemingly common.
We felt it here in Hollywood and it was significant enough for me to call it a 6.8 to 7 something to my neighbors. I assumed it was near Ridgecrest but thought maybe it's another quake closer.
My neighbor who was home alone knocked on my door frantically because she was frightened. After it had stopped, she couldn't get her bearings and kept thinking it was going on when it wasn't. I told her that's pretty normal. I told her to look away from the pool because it was swaying and that helped her.

I can't imagine what it must have been like for you, the people in Ridgecrest and anyone close.

I was on a vein that hit hard in Downtown Los Angeles in the Northridge earthquake. It broke our warehouse loft windows, I woke up and stepped on glass and was thrown back into the bed immediately. The microwave was flung off the top of our refrigerator and our bookcase that we built up a wall collapsed. Debris was everywhere and that quake was about 45 miles away from us. Smaller in magnitude but it was violent if I remember correctly. Plus it was in a more urban area, hence all of the damage and destruction and lost lives.

Here's to hoping you are all safe and didn't incur any significant damage but I imagine some must have. I heard last night it was moving north and away from Ridgecrest.

[blugbox]

63. Yeah I think we were lucky this one seemed deep

Most other earthquakes I've been through had more of a rapid vibration, which would have shaken everything off tables and shelves. This one had such big rolling waves I could see our neighbors houses on the next street over bobbing into view. Very minor damage though here. Just some fallen items and a busted body mirror ☹️

Thanks for the well wishes! I hope everyone in the epicenter is doing ok!

[dhill926]

6. another pretty good shake in Ventura....

[pecosbob]

7. Felt it in Vegas as well.

[mobeau69]

26. Was closer to LV than LA

[mopinko]

8. got a good shake in vegas.

according to my niece.

[SunSeeker]

9. It was WAY stronger than yesterday's...and longer! Scary!

Shook Orange County hard!

[Haggis for Breakfast]

12. A seven-pointer WILL get your attention.

I lived in SFO for 8 years. We felt them all.

[mr_lebowski]

28. You lived at the airport?

Just joshin' ...

[Haggis for Breakfast]

29. Actually, we lived right on top of the SA, where it subducts in the Pacific.

[mr_lebowski]

31. Well that sounds ... unsafe ... glad you moved ... even though SF RULES ;) (nt)

[Haggis for Breakfast]

39. It made life . . . interesting.

I miss The City everyday. Ahhh, the memories.

[mr_lebowski]

40. You and me both ... though I never lived there I been there A LOT ... grew up in East Bay

My bro (who lives in Dublin) loves to taunt me with pics from Half Moon Bay and Ocean Beach and GGP and the Haight (esp. when he's at Cha Cha Cha) on the regular ...

[Codeine]

56. A 7.1 is over five times stronger

than a 6.4 and releases eleven times as much energy. File that under Things I Learned Today.

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics/calculator.php

[SunSeeker]

64. Yes! It sloshed the water out of our pool, unlike the 6.4. And we're 175 mi. from Ridgecrest!

[greyl]

11. Weird, downgraded to 6.9 but now back to 7.1

WWW.GLOBALINCIDENTMAP.COM

Type: EarthQuake
32 minutes ago
Magnitude: 7.1
DateTime: 2019-07-05 22:19:52
Region: 17km NNE of Ridgecrest, CA
Depth: -0.86
Source: USGS Feed

The number and strength of aftershocks is crazy.

[pnwmom]

14. MSNBC's saying 6.9 to 7.1. So maybe different sources are saying different things.

[greyl]

16. Lol, same source has said different things.

Keeps changing from 6.9 to 7.1 here, I just saw it change again within the last minute:
http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/

https://abc7.com/powerful-71-earthquake-shakes-socal-1-day-after-magnitude-64/5381219/

[procon]

20. Info is gathered from multiple data points

and the seismic experts at USGS update the numbers as new info comes in.

[greyl]

36. Yes indeed, just concerned with staying in synch with them. nt

[procon]

38. There's a lot of free seismic apps that will

do all that for you. I'm using Earthquake Alert!

[Wellstone ruled]

15. Little bit stronger than Yesterday's

quake here in Vegas. Just a light one this morning about 4 or so. This one was stronger than yesterday morning's. Had to grab the flat screen so it would not tip over. 7.1 at Ridgecrest,6.9 at another site close by. 6.4 at a LA fire house.

[pnwmom]

22. A 6.9 or 7.1 is a LOT bigger than a 6., for anyone at the epicenter.

[Wellstone ruled]

24. Trying to find the USGS readings here in Vegas.

There is a monitor near Buffalo and Ann Rd.

[Wellstone ruled]

27. 9:21,and here we go again.

just enough to make the lights swing and TV move.

[Retrograde]

17. That's BIG!

Larger than the Loma Prieta quake that hit the Bay Area in '89 - aka The Big Enough One!

Again, it's in a sparsely populated remote area, but it's still going to cause damage - but I hope no casualties.

[procon]

19. Local news reporters saying this lasted 40 seconds.

This was noticablly stronger the the first quake from yesterday. Even before they said it was a 7.1, this one just kept on going. This quake followed a 5.4 quake that occured a few minutes prior.

When we finally figured we should evaluate the house, time was lost gathering shoes, glasses, keys and phones, and any forward movement was difficult. By the time we reached the door it had stopped and was quiet for a few minutes until the next series started. We stood around on the driveway for awhile, waved at some of the neighbors who were also outside.

Unlike the earlier quakes, we had a little damage from this one. A few pictures got knocked off the wall and broke the glass. Some wine goblets fell to the countertop and shattered. We turned off the LPG tank as a precaution.

[blugbox]

43. Yeah this one lasted noticably longer.

Of course it feels like a lot longer than 40 seconds when it's happening!

[wryter2000]

66. Holy crap

40 seconds is an eternity for an earthquake, especially a big one.

[Baclava]

25. Cal Tech seismologist, "This is an earthquake sequence, we could have more large quakes"

Good thing its way out in the desert, wonder if it could affect other faults.

[bobGandolf]

54. Usually you get a quake and then aftershocks and that's it.

I've never heard of an earthquake sequence. How scary for those in the area!

[mr_lebowski]

30. Any reports of injuries or major damage anywhere? If not, with a 7.1, that's damn lucky ...

Happening in a big city like SF or LA ... it'd be a very bad scene right now ...

[dustyscamp]

32. Magats and other losers are hoping it destroys California

[Mr.Bill]

34. What's funny is in their ignorance,

they don't realize if California disappeared they would be killing each other for food in very short order.

[dustyscamp]

45. Yep a lot of their favorite produce & tech comes from Cali

[Brainfodder]

61. Ripple effects....

2018 article, but:

https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-california-economy-gdp-20180504-story.html

Then California overtook the U.K. as 5th biggest economy on EARTH!

[AllaN01Bear]

37. i usually use this site for close in quakes (california nev)

http://scedc.caltech.edu/recent/index.html
been for years .

[tclambert]

46. Don't worry. I'm sure our fearless leader will throw them some paper towels.

And he'll give them some free advice on how to prevent future earthquakes. Rake something maybe.

[B Stieg]

47. I'm 115 miles from the epicenter...

and it rolled through for about 20 seconds.
And my "I Felt That" App has been registering steady hits in the Searles Valley all day.

[nitpicker]

49. USGS says 7.1

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci38457511/executive

Bloomberg radio said that's five times stronger than the 6.4.

[nitpicker]

50. From The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/05/southern-california-ridgecrest-earthquake-aftershocks-damage

(snip)
It hit the region at 8.19pm local time on Friday with the epicentre 202 km (125 miles) north of Los Angeles near the Mojave desert town of Ridgecrest, which was also the centre of Thursday’s quake.

Ridgecrest, where residents were still recovering from Thursday’s quake, again took the brunt of the damage.

Megan Person, director of communications for the Kern county fire department, said there were reports of multiple injuries and multiple fires and the county had opened an emergency shelter.

A rockslide closed state route 178 in Kern River Canyon, where photos from witnesses also showed that a stretch of roadway had sunk.

San Bernardino County firefighters reported cracked buildings and one minor injury.
(snip)

[MFM008]

51. Take care!

We had a 6.8 in 2001.
It was awfuul.
be strong !

[Stuart G]

52. According to one report, this one was 11 times stronger than previous one.

[Codeine]

57. Technically five times stronger

but releasing eleven times as much energy.

[turbinetree]

53. People say hurricanses are bad, blizzards and such, but when I went through the Loma Prieta (1989)

folks, it was absolutely amazing and terrifying to see the ground rising and falling like a big wave (imagine sitting in chair and the ground is rolling up and down, that is how high the ground was moving up and down) and tearing it's self apart with the most unbelievable sound and watching the Tsunami traveling up the bay heading for San Francisco, while standing on the Hayward side of the hills flying remote guilders aircraft, watching buildings sway, car alarms going off, people falling down to the ground and then having and trying to figure out for over a week to make and receive contact from love ones.......................Hurricanes , blizzards, have nothing on a earthquake, nothing.....................And for everyone in the area, stay safe, I am going to have to get a hold of my sister and brother, they are near those tremor zones of activity.....................


And now I wonder if the asshole in the white house will somehow blame the residents for not filling in the cracks............................

[paleotn]

59. And southern California keeps inexorably moving northwest

In 50 million years, LA and SF will be close neighbors.

[AZ8theist]

60. Was at work in Chandler, AZ last night...

Felt the office building roll for about a minute....

[Baclava]

62. Scary

I was in a similar size earthquake while up in Alaska, nothing more freaky than having the earth moving under your feet.

Your body freaks out, no place to run, no place to hide when the ground under your feet moves like that. It's a visceral experience.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

67. USGS is reporting over 620 aftershocks (greater than magnitude 2.5) in 24-hours.

I've watched a lot of quakes over the years on the USGS site and have never seen one with this many aftershocks of significance in such a short time. They're getting one every few minutes and it began with the first big one.

See: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

(click on the gear thingy and click on "street" view for a better map, then zoom in closer to the area of this quake)

KY.....