WHOA! EARTHQUAKE! Anybody else feel it?

[redacted]

Just back from standing under our safest door frame. Sonoma county, CA, just a few minutes ago.

[phrenzy]

1. Felt it pretty good in San Rafael, CA! (nt)

[Duer 157099]

2. Hell ya!

I'm still shaking! (me, not the ground)

[LeftCoast]

3. Felt it here in SF. Not major, but biggest I've felt in a while.

:)

[Duer 157099]

4. That had to be at least a 4, probably more

[redacted]

5. From Book Lover, This is the current page from USGS

http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/nc40187964.htm

[Gormy Cuss]

6. Yes, very slight down here

SF East Bay.
Had I been walking around I doubt that I would have noticed it.

[TomInTib]

7. I am moving back to Texas tomorrow.

Fuck this.

Just kidding.

I would rather die in Tiburon than move back to Texas.

[Gormy Cuss]

13. Phew! You had me worried there for a second. n/t

[redacted]

18. Quakes in Tiburon can be pretty severe, esp near Richardson Bay

also, lots of mudslides there in the 70s when I was a little kid

[feminazi]

8. yup, felt it in north san jose

*

[longship]

9. No, SoCal. Got the SCEC site up, though.

No info yet. Image will update as it comes in.

Here's the main link:
Recent Earthquakes in CA/NV

Looks like it's a 4.7. Pretty big.
Looks like they downgraded it to 4.4 now.
Considered a light earthquake.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

12. 4.4

== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==

U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California
U.C. Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, Berkeley, California



Version #3: This report supersedes any earlier reports of this event. This is a computer-generated message. This event has not yet been reviewed by a seismologist.

A light earthquake occurred at 8:08:12 PM (PDT) on Wednesday, August 2, 2006.
The magnitude 4.4 event occurred 6 km (4 miles) W of Glen Ellen, CA.
The hypocentral depth is 9 km ( 6 miles).



Magnitude 4.4 - (unknown type)
Time Wednesday, August 2, 2006 at 8:08:12 PM (PDT)
Thursday, August 3, 2006 at 3:08:12 (UTC)
Distance from Glen Ellen, CA - 6 km (4 miles) W (268 degrees)
Rohnert Park, CA - 10 km (6 miles) ENE (75 degrees)
Sonoma, CA - 14 km (9 miles) NW (305 degrees)
Santa Rosa, CA - 14 km (9 miles) SE (128 degrees)
Coordinates 38 deg. 21.8 min. N (38.363N), 122 deg. 35.4 min. W (122.589W)
Depth 9.1 km (5.7 miles)
Quality Good
Location Quality Parameters Nst=250, Nph=250, Dmin=2 km, Rmss=0.15 sec, Erho=0.2 km, Erzz=0.3 km, Gp=36 degrees
Event ID# nc40187964
Additional Information map || waveforms
Did you feel it?
NCSN First Motion Mechanism 1
Waveforms

For more information, see http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/

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< Did you feel it? || Shake Map North >
< Data Sources || Contacts >

[redacted]

14. Thanks WannaJump

[goclark]

23. Didn't feel it here, near the LA Airport nt

[redacted]

10. LIVE NOW | 4.7, on KPIX TV5

[redacted]

11. LIVE NOW | 4.7, on kgo TV7 also

[BrotherBuzz]

15. Felt it in Solano County

4.7 4.4 three miles west of Glen Ellen

On edit: downgraded to 4.4

[DesEtoiles]

16. www.usgs.gov 4.4 near Glen Ellen, CA

www.usgs.gov



MAG UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s LAT
deg LON
deg DEPTH
km LOCATION
MAP 4.4 2006/08/03 03:08:12 38.363 -122.589 9.1 5 km ( 3 mi) W of Glen Ellen, CA

[redacted]

17. KGO TV is live again

[BrotherBuzz]

20. KGO radio reports BART closed down for inspection

[pnwmom]

19. Sounds like a baby earthquake to me. I thought CA people took them

in stride. ;-)

Could the seismic count be wrong?

OTOH, I remember that our 45 second rolling 6.8 quake a few years ago felt like it lasted AT LEAST five minutes (I guess time slows down in an earthquake!) I was outside, and it was so strange to see the ground underneath me actually rolling in waves. It was kind of like being on a ferry.

:hi:

[TomInTib]

29. It was a teensy one, but you never forget your first...

Ms. tomintib here...

Tom himself is a more recent transplant than me by a couple of years, and it is kind if the thing that we were waiting for, like tornadoes in Kansas...

We just had our natural-phenomenon cherry popped and it was so gentle that we were able to appreciate the novelty of it.

I moved here from Florida - THANK GOD! Forget the hurricanes, the politics of that state will kill you sooner...hell, they'll kill us all sooner.

KERRY WON!!!!!

[pnwmom]

31. Nice to meet you, Ms. timintib!

I was a transplant decades ago. The first time I experienced an earthquake it truly was a baby one -- I think in the 3's. I told my son to stop kicking his leg under the table. (He wasn't.)

I wasn't thrilled about the idea of giant earthquakes here, but where is it safe anywhere? You've got your hurricanes, or your tornadoes, or your floods or your bitter winter freeze or your sauna bath summers.

Just getting into the car every day you're putting your life at risk.

Worst of all, you've got OTHER PEOPLE EVERYWHERE -- and you never know what they might do.

I agree about Kerry. And Gore, too, of course. The last six years have made me sick.

:hi:

[Dead_Parrot]

21. Nope, didn't feel a thing

Mind you, I'm 6,700 miles away.

:crazy:

[EFerrari]

22. Sorry, Dead Parrot. But now that there is virtually no local news,

DU really is the first place were we can get info. lol

[Dead_Parrot]

24. Can't argue with that...

It's DU's news that first got me hooked. Leaves Reuters and AP standing still...

But somebody had to say to say it. :D

[EFerrari]

25. Abosolutely. It HAD to be said.

:)

[TomInTib]

26. Wanna trade houses? nt

[Dead_Parrot]

28. No chance... :-) nt

[proud patriot]

27. I didn't feel it

:shrug:

[TomInTib]

30. You didn't feel anything...are you a republican? ;-) n/t

[pnwmom]

32. LOL! n/t

[Philosoraptor]

33. The West Coast seems awfully lively lately.

In the last few hours especially. My kids live there, I tell them to be prepared, and they are, with a two week survival kit.