[Momaw Nadon]

FYI and discussion

[Amerigomag]

We just received a pretty good shot here in central California which is rare. I'll keep you posted as I learn more.

[Professional Engineer]

ready to move to tornado alley yet?

[ClearCase_guy]

Inside of a century, the Pacific Northwest could be struck by a magnitude 9 quake, shaking the region 10 times more violently than San Francisco's famous 1906 quake and for 12 times longer.

Inside the next 2 days, the Earth could be hit by an undetected asteroid larger than Jupiter. In order to be more precise, I'm going to need a really big grant -- and you better get it to me quick!

[da_toolman]

Ironic timing considering there's an earthquake going on in California.

[brityank]

One careful Ping!

[TomGuy]

FoxNews reporting just now that wide area of southern CA has been hit by an earthquake.

No details yet on area and magnitude.

developing.............................

[Capriole]

This is Bush's fault, you know.

[TomGuy]

FoxNews reporting 6.5

[gorush]

There's a golf tee-shaped bank building in downtown Seattle that just challenges mother nature to "knock this down."...some architects wet dream. (I was in the trades for three years before I found out that "F%#&'narchitect" is two words.)

[TaxPayer2000]

A strong earthquake occurred at 11:15:56 AM (PST) on Monday, December 22, 2003.
The magnitude 6.5 event occurred 11 km (7 miles) NE of San Simeon, CA.
The hypocentral depth is 8 km ( 5 miles).

[William Tell]

article posted:

1 posted on 12/22/2003 11:15:12 AM PST by Momaw Nadon

Earthquake reported:

Monday, December 22, 2003 at 11:15:56 AM (PST)

Impressive timing. Perhaps someone should check FRs clock.

[TomGuy]

Magnitude 6.5 - CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
2003 December 22 19:15:56 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California
U.C. Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, Berkeley, California

A strong earthquake occurred at 19:15:56 (UTC) on Monday, December 22, 2003. The magnitude 6.5 event has been located in CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. The hypocentral depth was estimated to be 8 km ( 5 miles). (This is a computer-generated message -- this event has not yet been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Magnitude	6.5
Date-Time	Monday, December 22, 2003 at 19:15:56 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Monday, December 22, 2003 at 11:15:56 AM = local time at epicenter
Location	35.706°N, 121.101°W
Depth	7.6 km (4.7 miles)
Region	CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
Distances	11 km (7 miles) NE (49°) from San Simeon, CA 17 km (10 miles) N (356°) from Cambria, CA 20 km (12 miles) W (260°) from Lake Nacimiento, CA 39 km (24 miles) WNW (283°) from Paso Robles, CA 195 km (121 miles) SSE (158°) from San Jose City Hall, CA
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 0.2 km (0.1 miles); depth +/- 0.8 km (0.5 miles)
Parameters	Nst=250, Nph=250, Dmin=5 km, Rmss=0.05 sec, Gp= 83°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=3
Source	U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California U.C. Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, Berkeley, California
Event ID	nc40148755

[William Tell]

Here is an attempted post at 11:35:00 PST.

[CounterCounterCulture]

This is all your fault (pun unintended)...I hope you're happy now.

[Not A Snowbird]

Great. I move up here from Southern California and what happens? They discover another stupid fault.

[boris]

That's gonna reduce Bill Gates' property values.

I've known about this for a while; many people have told me I'd be happier living there--and I always say I'll wait until AFTER the big quake and simultaneous eruption of Mt. Ranier...

--Boris

[Steve_Seattle]

One of those faults passes literally under the building where I work.

[MarMema]

Thought this might make you feel better about all those NY terrorist stories that keep cropping up. :-)

[Pagey]

I can only imagine what 9.0 would be like. For The Landers Quake in '92, it was 7.6---I was in Newport Beach and it SHOOK! The Northridge quake of '94 was what 6.7 or something, I was in Pasadena and that was pretty shaky ,but I was alot closer to the epicenter too. There's a demonstrably huge difference of energy right there. 9.0! That is simply unfathomable and if that does eventually happen in busy Seattle, well, it will be listed as the worst natural catastrophe in American history,Period. I can't even ponder 3 minutes of shaking,wheeeeeew!