Posted on 12/26/2008 3:31:42 PM PST by GVnana
Earthquake strikes northern California: USGS
Dec 26 02:57 PM US/Eastern
A 4.5 magnitude earthquake struck northern California on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, revising an earlier report of a stronger quake.
The tremor occurred at 4:19 am (1219 GMT) with the epicenter three kilometers (two miles) northeast of the small town of East Quincy, and 163 kilometers (102 miles) northeast of the state capital Sacramento, according to the USGS.
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I think I was up then.
Felt nothing in Oakland.
4.5...ok.
Oh. That’s way too far from me. :)
Anything above Sacramento is dragon land.
I happen to live in Dragon Land :)
Dragon land?
Or rather up in dead volcano country! All I remember from traveling up by Susanville is ground scattered with lava rock — ergo: dead volcano country!
An admonition from ancient cartographers used to mask their complete lack of knowledge as apparent complete knowledge. The phrase "I have no idea" was replaced with "Things so terrible I dare not say".
For example, the way Global Warming Truthers explain century-level record cold as "proof" of global warming.
Souce: Wikipedia entry for Here be dragons
Or, simply, "dragon land". :)
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