California Quake

1 posted on 09/28/2004 10:19:30 AM PDT by Drago

2 posted on 09/28/2004 10:20:21 AM PDT by hawaiian

Felt it here at NAS Lemoore. Went for about a minute.

3 posted on 09/28/2004 10:21:16 AM PDT by hornetguy

4 posted on 09/28/2004 10:21:37 AM PDT by Drago

Felt it here in Woodland Hills - gentle rolling, about 30 seconds.

5 posted on 09/28/2004 10:21:38 AM PDT by Maven

Parkfield near Paso Robles.

6 posted on 09/28/2004 10:21:47 AM PDT by skeeter

Felt it in Aptos (Santa Cruz).

7 posted on 09/28/2004 10:21:54 AM PDT by EggsAckley (..........nobody knows how to lose a game like the Niners............)

Wow, that's a magnitude 6.0. No wonder people felt it here in the Peninsula.

8 posted on 09/28/2004 10:21:59 AM PDT by mcg1969

9 posted on 09/28/2004 10:22:20 AM PDT by Drago

This phrase:

Just felt a quake here in the Fresno area...

Contradicts this phrase:

...no location yet.

10 posted on 09/28/2004 10:22:31 AM PDT by Lazamataz ("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)

Didn't feel a thing here (Coastal Maine).

11 posted on 09/28/2004 10:22:50 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)

Checking in from Oxnard. Felt it too. posted a minute ago.

12 posted on 09/28/2004 10:23:14 AM PDT by merry10

13 posted on 09/28/2004 10:23:22 AM PDT by epluribus_2

cool...didn't feel it in Southern Sacramento County.

14 posted on 09/28/2004 10:23:34 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan (Santorum 2008)

Magnitude 6.0 - CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
2004 September 28 17:15:24 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report
California Integrated Seismic Net
USGS/ Caltech/ CGS/ UCB/ UCSD/ UNR

A strong earthquake occurred at 17:15:24 (UTC) on Tuesday, September 28, 2004. The magnitude 6.0 event has been located in CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. The hypocentral depth was poorly constrained. (This is a computer-generated message -- this event has not yet been reviewed by a seismologist.)


Magnitude	6.0
Date-Time	Tuesday, September 28, 2004 at 17:15:24 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Tuesday, September 28, 2004 at 10:15:24 AM = local time at epicenter
Location	35.775°N, 120.445°W
Depth	1.1 km (~0.7 mile) (poorly constrained)
Region	CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
Distances	14 km (9 miles) NNW (336°) from Shandon, CA 14 km (9 miles) S (185°) from Parkfield, CA 23 km (14 miles) E (83°) from San Miguel, CA 27 km (17 miles) NE (52°) from Paso Robles, CA 217 km (135 miles) SE (143°) from San Jose City Hall, CA
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 0.8 km (0.5 miles); depth +/- 14.3 km (8.9 miles)
Parameters	Nst=250, Nph=250, Dmin=8 km, Rmss=0.76 sec, Gp= 29°, M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=2
Source	California Integrated Seismic Net USGS/ Caltech/ CGS/ UCB/ UCSD/ UNR
Event ID	nc51147892

15 posted on 09/28/2004 10:23:41 AM PDT by underwiredsupport (for the shape of things to come!)

All clear in Georgia.

16 posted on 09/28/2004 10:23:47 AM PDT by Lazamataz ("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)

That may have been Kerry shifting his views on Iraq yet again.

17 posted on 09/28/2004 10:23:57 AM PDT by Chummy ("I Rather Know when I See BS." RepublicanAttackSquad.biz: "A vote 4 Kerry is a vote 4 Osama")

True...I should have said "no epicenter location yet".

18 posted on 09/28/2004 10:24:10 AM PDT by Drago

No contradication. Quakes are felt for hundreds of miles from the epicenter.

19 posted on 09/28/2004 10:24:38 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan (Santorum 2008)

20 posted on 09/28/2004 10:24:41 AM PDT by CollegeRepublican

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Magnitude 6.0 - CENTRAL CALIFORNIA 2004 September 28 17:15:24 UTC

Magnitude 6.0 - CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
2004 September 28 17:15:24 UTC