Woah! Big earthquake!

[MonkeyFunk]

here in CA.

[Bullwinkle925]

1. i just felt it too

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. Crap, that was a long shake!

We'll have data in a minute or so.

[MonkeyFunk]

5. yeah

it was a long one.

[Bullwinkle925]

7. yes . . .

and i DON'T LIKE IT


:scared:

[Haole Girl]

3. Where?

:shrug:

[KitchenWitch]

12. Not here KC2

Must be near Frisco. Or points north.

[Haole Girl]

16. Thanks KW

Had that gut feeling all day... not a good one either. :hug:

[KitchenWitch]

19. Today has not been the best of days.

I think I am having some PTSD after last week.

[Haole Girl]

23. Me too!

And I wasn't even there! :hug:

[Richardo]

4. You OK?

Any idea where centered?

[MonkeyFunk]

8. no info yet

I guess it was 4 point something. lasted about 15 seconds.

[Adsos Letter]

6. I just felt it and was about to post

fairly long, but mild up here in Suisun, sort of a "roller" type...where are you?

[MonkeyFunk]

9. Santa Cruz

you felt it way up there?

[Bullwinkle925]

10. SAN LEANDRO HERE

[Adsos Letter]

yeah...I was kicked back in the chair getting redy to post

when I could feel the chair (office recliner) start to sway a bit, and my monitor was also moving...not strong...a gentle roller, but long...

[fleabert]

11. that one kept going...

nothing on quake map yet

ps- i am in pacifica- on a solid bedrock coastal hill... def centered near here I think. strongest one in the 3 yrs I have been in bay area

[MonkeyFunk]

13. Yeah

it was unusually long.

Keep an eye on this:


http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/nc40204628.html

[fleabert]

36. yup- already did my duty...

filled out the 'did you feel it' form per usual. I am a total dork, in case it isn't totally obvious.

[eyesroll]

14. Initial reports say it's a 5.6

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/nc40204628.html

[Adsos Letter]

17. center?

[eyesroll]

22. 5 miles NNE of Alum Rock, about 9 miles from San Jose.

[Adsos Letter]

27. thankyou

explains why we felt it up here...

[Richardo]

24. .

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. 5.6 preliminary

Near Alum Rock Park in NE San Jose.

[Adsos Letter]

21. thanks for the map...

Green Valley fault is very close to us...I am waiting for the day...

[skygazer]

25. My neck of the woods

It felt close.

[Adsos Letter]

31. just a gentle roller for us up here...nothing like '89...

:D

[Generic Brad]

18. Are you ok MonkeyFunk?

Any damage?

[MonkeyFunk]

26. Oh I'm fine

thanks... no worries here. Nothing knocked down.

But it was a good 'un!

[skygazer]

20. That was fun!

I was just going to bed.

[MonkeyFunk]

29. Yeah!

we haven't had a good shaker in a long time.

[Gormy Cuss]

30. Yo! You probably got a pretty good ride from that one.

Wrong fault for us.

[skygazer]

32. It was a good, long roller

With a rumble even. :hi:

[MonkeyFunk]

49. Yeah

it's always weird when they come with sound effects.

We had one a couple years ago that I heard coming toward me, felt the shake, then heard it going away. Very strange.

[Gormy Cuss]

28. Not much up here in interior East Bay.

Big enough to notice but not very pronounced.

[Adsos Letter]

33. Ah...the DU emergency broadcast network...

hopefully that just let off some stress and isn't a precursor to a big slip...

:D

[skygazer]

34. I was getting into bed when it hit

My SO asked me to check online and see what the magnitude is. He said, "Are you going to the USGS?" I said, "No, I'm going to DU." :rofl:

And now, back to bed. :hi:

[Adsos Letter]

35. sweet sleep...

:hi:

[ailsagirl]

37. Yikes-- that was a jolt n/t

[Oeditpus Rex]

38. Google map of area w/epicenter

The red star.

[SeattleGirl]

39. Oedi, what is that clump of buildings near Fremont?

:shrug:

[Whoa_Nelly]

40. Those are leaching ponds for sewage (I think)

have flown over those many times.

Hi SG! :hi: :loveya:

[Oeditpus Rex]

41. The orangey area?

Dunno, but they aren't buildings. Somebody took a big watercolor brush to the ground. :shrug:

[BrotherBuzz]

43. Salt ponds

The orange/red is a type of algae that grows in salt water

[Taverner]

42. Felt THAT

whoa...out here in San Ramon

[Oeditpus Rex]

44. Fundie woman calling KCBS in San Francisco

She was in Eastridge Mall in San Jose, which is within 10 miles of the epicenter. She described "absolute pandemonium" but said, "I'm a Christian so I felt no fear" and "I felt the hand of the lord on me."

The lord shaketh and the lord feeleth up.

[MonkeyFunk]

45. Jesus is such a letch.

[MonkeyFunk]

46. Jesus is such a letch.

[Shine]

47. Yup, it was a doozy, alright!

my kids (11 and almost 14) were home alone at the time, so I was pretty freaked out about them. MrShine and I were both away at our respective different activities and the kids were by themselves for a little bit. Fortunately they were fine and MrShine came home early to be with them.

It really lasted a long time! How are you doing? :hi:

[MonkeyFunk]

48. oh, I'm fine

no damage here. Just a fun ride.

[KamaAina]

50. Relax. It was just some garage band practicing their Metallica covers.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/10/31/MN7FOGO71.DTL

Guitarist A.J. Flores was at his San Jose home playing with his band when the quake hit. A lamp and guitar fell over amid the shaking.

"Yeah, man, we thought we were really rocking out," Flores said, adding that the musicians quickly realized it was an earthquake and not their Metallica cover song that caused the ruckus.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Parche]

51. 5.6 on the Rectum scale

:hug: :hi: