BREAKING NEWS!!! this is serious Earth quake in CA.

[bigdarryl]

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/nc40204628.htm
Recent Earthquakes - Info for event nc40204628

[AlCzervik]

1. it was from all the immigrants here jumping up and down at once.

[bigdarryl]

3. not funny

[AlCzervik]

4. yes it was, i live in california, you don't.

[rufus dog]

34. I live in CA - And that was funny n/t

[msongs]

5. everybody in california is an immigrant, including the "native" americans nt

[L0oniX]

21. LOL

[ddeclue]

33. No it Hillary getting spanked in tonight's debate by Edwards and Biden...

Doug D.

[DesertRat]

2. discussion here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2171104

[libertypirate]

6. It was rolling but I bet I would have slept right throught it /nt

[AlCzervik]

9. the first earthquake i went through after moving here surprised for that reason, the rolling

i thought the house would shake but i swear i looked at the floor and ot was rolling and the water in the pool starting sloshing over the sides.

[Tom Joad]

7. 5.6 from my perch in the east bay (oakland/berkeley), is was not all that bad.

no wonder, it was way down in san jose.

It just kind of rolled for a while up here.

[AlCzervik]

10. my husband works in cupertino and he said his whole building was shaking

big time.

[Tom Joad]

11. it seemed to go on a while... how long did it last?

[AlCzervik]

12. he said it felt like forever but in reality he said about a minute.

[oldtime dfl_er]

15. A minute is a long time

for an earthquake!

[AlCzervik]

17. it is, nothing is broken so far and no one where he i hurt, they're all just kind

of "did you feel that, holy shit!" mode.

[TomInTib]

20. I heard it here...

The ground shook, then it growled.

[LakeSamish706]

8. It's not showing on USGS yet that I can see! n/t

[Lebam in LA]

18. On USGS Now

Just checked. 5.6 as of now

[TomInTib]

13. I felt it and I heard it.

I live on the hill in Tiburon, looking straight about to SF.

It definitely got our attention.

[Mz Pip]

14. I felt it.

5.6 Not a huge one but one that can rattle some nerves if it's right under you. I am about 35 miles north of it and I felt it. It rumbled for a good 5 seconds which is more than the usual little shakes we get.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Hieronymus]

19. It lasted longer than 5 seconds here .. I thought it would never stop.

[Hieronymus]

16. A friend told me it was 5.3 or so.. that's pretty strong.

[ddeclue]

22. That's why it's better to be in Hurricane Territory...

At least you know a hurricane is coming...

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT16/refresh/AL1607W+gif/023526W_sm.gif


I went through three hurricanes in 6 weeks in Orlando in 2004.

[Hieronymus]

23. There's much more damage from hurricanes .. for the most part.

[ddeclue]

24. It all depends...

I'd rather be in a cat 1 or 2 hurricane than an 8.5 earthquake myself... I've been through 4 hurricanes so far...no earthquakes yet...

Doug D.

[ce qui la baise1]

28. Everyone prefers what they are used too. Give me a little

shake, rattle and roll anytime.

[Liberty Belle]

38. CA has only had a couple of really serious quakes in the past 100 years.

Other than the 2 SF quakes and the 1 in LA, others are nothing much. And in the 2 most recent, damage was still fairly limited because newer buildings have earthqake safe construction.

Hurricanes destroy everything in their path, much like a wildfire - far more scary and devastating, as well as much more common than a truly serious quake.

[itsrobert]

27. Californians know an Earthquake is Coming

That's why we have building codes for them.

[ddeclue]

32. We have building codes for hurricanes too but...

on any given day you can have an earthquake without warning but we at least get a couple of days of warning about a hurricane.

Doug D.

[itsrobert]

35. The Codes are enforced in California

We're ready!

[Capn Sunshine]

40. Yeah...every year at the same time!

I prefer a surprise every 15 years or so.

[ce qui la baise1]

25. It was a 5.6 East of San Jose, no word on any damage. Lasted

less than a half of a minute here in Santa Cruz. About 35 miles away

[zulchzulu]

26. Was it a hard thwap or a mushy muddle...

I've been in a few quakes when I lived in SF. 6.5 aftershock was the highest in a 12 story building... surf your bedroom!

I hope all is well there.

[elle1sf]

29. Didn't feel it here in the East Bay

(Martinez) but I did feel a bit of one earlier today. I kinda forgot about it til now.

[elle1sf]

30. Yep

I just checked - little 2.9 only a couple miles from me at about 1pm today. We're rockin' here in the bay area today I guess

[alfredo]

31. Are any of you feeling aftershocks?

[rufus dog]

36. A 5.6 in CA isn't that bad

The majority of the building in that area are new - good building codes. Add a point to that and you have something to fear, add 1.5 and you have some major issues. Fires, earthquakes, droughts, hell at least we don't have tsunamis.

[kineneb]

37. technical description of Richter scale

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/glossary.php?termID=149

The Richter magnitude scale was developed in 1935 by Charles F. Richter of the California Institute of Technology as a mathematical device to compare the size of earthquakes. The magnitude of an earthquake is determined from the logarithm of the amplitude of waves recorded by seismographs. Adjustments are included for the variation in the distance between the various seismographs and the epicenter of the earthquakes. On the Richter Scale, magnitude is expressed in whole numbers and decimal fractions. For example, a magnitude 5.3 might be computed for a moderate earthquake, and a strong earthquake might be rated as magnitude 6.3. Because of the logarithmic basis of the scale, each whole number increase in magnitude represents a tenfold increase in measured amplitude; as an estimate of energy, each whole number step in the magnitude scale corresponds to the release of about 31 times more energy than the amount associated with the preceding whole number value.

[calteacherguy]

39. Yes, I felt it.

I'm just northwest of the epicenter. Shook quite a bit, but then I'm a native Californian so it wasn't the first and won't be the last. Woo-hoo.

[kma3346]

41. I'm in San Jose and I really felt it!

It's the biggest one I've felt since the Loma Prieta earthquake. The house was rolling and groaning (we live in an 80-year-old house). I kept thinking, "Is this the big one?" But nothing fell off the walls or cupboards and the only thing that spilled was my husband's wine. It was pretty exciting all right! And a reminder to get that earthquake kit together once and for all!