Cool earthquake....

Mickey said:
Wow. I finally get home from my travels and am immediately greeted with an earthquake. Gotta feel loved. :)
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LOL, my dad had some important clients fly down for a meeting. They arrived 35 minutes before the Loma Prieta Quake (7.4, the one that messed with the World Series). 2 Hours later they were on a plane out of here, and never came back. Wimps.
 
Interesting. It was more of a roller than the one in '94. Since I was many miles from the epicenter there was no damage. The Christmas tree was swaying pretty good though until I held onto it.
 
ddrueding said:
LOL, my dad had some important clients fly down for a meeting. They arrived 35 minutes before the Loma Prieta Quake (7.4, the one that messed with the World Series). 2 Hours later they were on a plane out of here, and never came back. Wimps.
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Loma Prieta was finally evaluated to be 7.1 (initially set at 6.9), I believe. Maybe they further refined their analysis though.

I used to live in CA. I still miss that place. I was in 9th grade during Loma Prieta. I was annoyed - as was everyone - that classes resumed as usual the next day.

I happened to be drifting off to sleep for a nap during the VA earthquake this past December 9th. It, coupled with the cracking noises from the support column next to my bed (I'm in a 20 story building), was large enough to wake me up. It felt like several firm but gentle shoves. I remember thinking to myself, "That sort of felt like an earthquake ... but that's really unlikely ... this is Virginia." I made a note of the time just in case, and then a short while later I heard on the news that it really was an earthquake. Quakes of that size are apparently rare here, but not unprecedented.
 
jtr1962 said:
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Buck said:
Phooey! I didn't feel it, must've been to far away.
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Yeah, me neither. Strange huh?
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Funny, I felt it all the way here in New York. :-?

Wait a minute-that was just my father walking to the bathroom. :bounce:
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LOL. My GF is San Jose didn't feel this one...it was only 7km deep, so didn't travel very far. (I'm 20mi away, she's 70mi)
 
Buck said:
It has already been 14 years since the Loma Prieta quake? Wow.
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And it has been nearly 33 years since the San Fernando quake of 2/9/71! From my perspective that was the worst because I was hit in the head by a falling object. I just got lucky in the Northridge quake because the flying glass missed me in the bed.
 
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