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Earthquake 4.5 California by Berkeley 2:39 AM
USGS ^ | Jan 4, 2018 | Staff

Posted on 01/04/2018 3:00:57 AM PST by Syncro

3km ESE of Berkeley, CA

2018-01-04 10:39:37 (UTC)


TOPICS: Announcements; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: bayarea; berkeley; california; earthquake
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To: ransomnote
I’ve read alot of comments like yours saying it was harder than reported.

I've been in a lot of quakes. Sometimes when a 5.5 happens, we stand around the office with a smile remarking "Did you feel that? Not bad.". This one, at 4.5 felt much worse. They say it was near the surface, and therefore was felt more strongly. There was some very sharp movements sideways, north and south, in my home and it felt bad. Nothing fell down.

Back in 1989, during the Loma Prieta quake we had a lot of stuff falling over. My wife and kids were home in SSF while I was on the telephone with my wife, at the office in downtown SF some 15 miles away. She and the kids started screaming on the phone and I was puzzled, then she said "Earthquake!". I didn't feel it downtown until some seconds later as it rolled up the peninsula. Then stuff started falling over in the office. Through my window I saw utility light poles swaying back and forth, and my office had a window into the computer room where I saw mobile racks falling over spilling tape cartridges and data racks moving about. That had a lot of sharp movements, which lasted a real long time. The one last night was just a few seconds. In 1989 at my house, we had a huge expensive narrow vase with tall flowers on a glass table. My wife watched as it bounced around and fell to the floor. Amazingly, it fell upright without breaking. Awesome power in quakes, makes one feel downright puny.

41 posted on 01/04/2018 11:03:31 PM PST by roadcat
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To: roadcat

You’re talking to yourself roadcat.


42 posted on 01/05/2018 7:10:39 AM PST by VideoDoctor
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To: tired&retired

Better chance of Bizerkely crumbling into the bay before that happens...


43 posted on 01/05/2018 7:12:24 AM PST by kosciusko51
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To: ssaftler

“blame it on President Trump”

Can you prove Trump didn’t do it?


44 posted on 01/05/2018 7:12:56 AM PST by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: roadcat

My brother lived in LA and he told me that big earthquakes always happen without warning. You get a big one and then after-shocks but no “pre-shocks”


45 posted on 01/05/2018 7:15:03 AM PST by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: WayneS

Any think above a 4 is newsworthy.

Like I said a 3 ticket ride, like 10ft waves to a surfer.


46 posted on 01/05/2018 1:00:19 PM PST by Syncro (Facts is facts)
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To: Rebelbase

Gotcha

Ironic that prepping firewood makes it un-necessary to stoke the fire for a few hours.


47 posted on 01/05/2018 1:03:05 PM PST by Syncro (Facts is facts)
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To: VideoDoctor
You’re talking to yourself roadcat.

Hmmm, then you are me? You sure are listening, to respond. Anyway, what I wrote is truth, what you wrote is poppycock and nonsense. The land mass of California is not dropping into the sea moving the seashore to Arizona, not in our lifetimes. Our California quakes aren't that damaging. Yellowstone, Cascadia, Mississippi faults will cause more destructive damage if they rip. Read up on the history.

48 posted on 01/05/2018 9:42:29 PM PST by roadcat
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To: AppyPappy
My brother lived in LA and he told me that big earthquakes always happen without warning.

That seems to be the case. Stress builds up and bam, the big one happens. Here in the SF Bay Area, the Hayward Fault parallels the San Andreas Fault. Big ones on the San Andreas Fault are often followed by a big one on the Hayward Fault a few decades later. Scientists can't predict it, can only make estimates on percentages of probability. It's been 28 years since the 1989 quake on the San Andreas here, and the probability of a big one on the Hayward Fault (which runs directly through Berkeley) is very high. Who knows if the 4.5 in Berkeley relieved the stress, or caused a buildup of stress nearby. As your brother mentioned, no warning of the big one, yikes.

49 posted on 01/05/2018 9:51:19 PM PST by roadcat
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To: roadcat
You're one of those narrow-minded individuals who happens to have the "rightness disease",P. If you're NOT "right" then you're NOT happy and continue to persevere, even if it means alienating friends or family until they agree with you and what you expound.

I'll let you and Bill Nye be "right."

Hope that makes you happy... and God Bless your pointed little head.

50 posted on 01/05/2018 10:08:45 PM PST by VideoDoctor
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To: VideoDoctor
I'll let you and Bill Nye be "right."

You're sadly deluded. I'll bet you $100,000 that California will not drop into the ocean with a big quake. And that the sea shore will move to Arizona. Sheesh, you're probably a pot-head who went overboard with the legalized marijuana thing and is tripping on non-reality.

51 posted on 01/06/2018 12:42:58 AM PST by roadcat
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To: Syncro

Isn’t there a fault line there that runs right underneath the Cal stadium?


52 posted on 01/06/2018 4:55:57 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Yes the Hayward fault.

(Now called the East Bay
fault I believe)

Runs right through Cal State Hayward.

I recall a few decades ago walking part of it on the campus.

There was a pronounced crack, higher on one side than the other IIRC.

It was quite long.


53 posted on 01/06/2018 9:36:18 PM PST by Syncro (Facts is facts)
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To: BenLurkin
Isn’t there a fault line there that runs right underneath the Cal stadium?

Yes, and it also runs beneath several hospitals in Alameda County.

A major quake in Alameda County could be a true disaster, potentially swamping response resources.

54 posted on 01/16/2018 1:32:26 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except for convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: Syncro

Reason #312 why I’ll never live in California.I’ll take blizzards over earthquakes anytime!


55 posted on 02/20/2018 5:07:11 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Obama & Hillary: The Two Most Corrupt Politicians of My Lifetime.)
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To: tired&retired
Did it shake any sense into Bizerkely?

No...but Bella Pelosi is busy,as I type,drawing up Articles of Impeachment charging collusion with right wing geologist...

56 posted on 02/20/2018 5:09:54 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Obama & Hillary: The Two Most Corrupt Politicians of My Lifetime.)
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To: Syncro

Why is this still showing up in my sidebar?


57 posted on 06/18/2018 3:44:46 PM PDT by usurper ( version)
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