california earthquake

[jbc]

anyone in northern california feel the earthquake that is making news this evening?

[GLL]

That quake had Moment Magnitude Mw= 5.9 and was along the offshore Mendocino Fracture (red). Is was very shallow focus about 11km deep. The green line is the San Andreas Fault.

NEIC Map
http://www.fototime.com/A0B10A960C68F7D/orig.jpg

jbc Where are you located? Did you feel it? I am too far away here in southern California !

Jerry

[jbc]

No I am much farther away I just know that we have several prominent members that live in northern Ca. and was curious if there was any noticable effects inland.

[bradh]

Earthquake ocurred at 12:20 PM 2-5-2010 magnitude of 6.0. 35 miles WNW of Petrolia, CA.
Close to 6.5 quake that hit Jan 9,2010. Not an aftershock but a new quake. No reports of
damage.

[Bulltipper]

I am in SW Oregon, was out on a walkabout but didn't feel it...

[HORNET]

So San Francisco didn't slide into the ocean yet? Shuckydarn......:holysheep

[Horace]

Was at work in the Arcata bottoms of the northern Humboldt Bay area.Felt two,2 seconds apart a light one and second stronger one. Horace

[GLL]

Horace:

What you felt was the arrival of two distinct set of waves from the single quake (Primary and Secondary waves). They travel at different speeds from the origin so you felt two distinct "jolts" !

Good "eye" ! :)

Jerry

[PatMarlin]

Old thread, but we felt it and the previous one weeks ago.

[Bad Water Bill]

We felt it here in Chicago land this mourning.

[badgeredd]

We felt it here in Chicago land this mourning.

Pretty bad when Chitown is getting quakes. I wonder if Sears Tower is built to quake standards.

Edd

[corvette8n]

Nothing here on the east coast, I think all the snow has a cushioning effect.
:-P

[HORNET]

So Chicago didn't slide into Lake Michigan yet? Shuckydarn...Still wouldn't have cleaned up their politics...or the Asian Carp.

[357maximum]

Pretty bad when Chitown is getting quakes. I wonder if Sears Tower is built to quake standards.

Edd

Edd the Tower is acually earthquake "resistant"...the whole thing sets on massive coil springs which are on top of gigantic pillars sunk deep into the earth.

[Charlie Sometimes]

The Great Lakes are supposed to empty into the Mississippi some day- according to Edgar Cassey, IIRC. Might be the prelude to that "Big One". Either that or it had something to do with Oprah quiting her show! :lol: :razz:

[Bad Water Bill]

NOT Oprah. They just found out the Dem candidate for Lt Gov Threatened his wife AND his prostitute mistress with a knife at their necks. Typical Chicago qualification for political office. Only don't get caught

[HORNET]

Charlie Sometimes said:

The Great Lakes are supposed to empty into the Mississippi some day
Well, the main section of the Mississippi River Valley is a crack in the North American Plate so it could crack further and finish going through to Lake Michigan up the Chicago River. I was living in Blytheville, AR when Iben (sp?) Browning was claiming the New Madrid Fault was about to cut loose again. That might do it. It created Reelfoot Lake and the Mississippi ran backwards for 3 days on the last "Big One" there.