Posted on 09/28/2004 10:19:29 AM PDT by Drago
Naw, I was resting at the time. One of my sons felt it though.
Ramon Martinez of Monterey Co. Public Works checks a crack in a bridge from an earthquake Tuesday, Sep. 28, 2004 in Parkfield, Calif. The bridge suffered some strutural damage including separating nearly six inches from the road.
Gloria VanHorn, a 60-year resident of Parkfield, Calif., reacts to the damage in her home following a 6.0- maginitude earthquake that struck the region on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2004, in Parkfield, Calif.
It is my professional opinion that the historic mapped "trace" of the San Andreas fault, based on the 1906 event, is incorrect. I believe that the modern trace of the San Andreas fault "horsetails" out into the central Point Arena basin, and that the plate boundary and junction with the Menodcino Fracture Zone is considerably more complicated than the previously thought.
Where was the epicenter of the 1906 shake?
There was a series of small earthquakes centered on the Cal/Nevada border a few weeks ago. I was fishing with a small bridge under me and a dam 1/4 mile in front of me when one hit. I thought it best to vacate the area at the time. I am not a doomsdayer, but it's creepy, freepies. Should I torture myself and listen to Art Bell tonight?
All clear in Georgia.
I'm gonna get you freeple in the south next time a tornado hits.
I have lots of old antiquie survival necessities, and a big, powerful horse to boot! Thank the Lord my gold rush ancestors passed so much of this stuff down! If the big one hits, I am out of Hetch Hetchy's way. You people in the bay area, nice knowin' yah! If you can paddle up here, I'll let you stay with me, but you gotta work. Real work, no city-sittin'-on-a chair nonsense.
It is Bush's fault. Happened on his watch.
Hmmmmm. 1700+300=???
Yes.
By all means, listen to Art Bell for us. Then come back tomorrow and tell us what he said. Go ahead--scare the pants off us!
That is very cool for Paso for this time of year. Normally it would be around 90.
:-P
Didn't feel a thing here in Cabo today, but saw the news.. (fingers crossed)..
I told them (coworkers) that I felt an eathquake. But NO let's deny that we see the tv bolted to the wall swinging back and forth slightly. Jeesh, after denying that they felt anything here it goes again, so I walk out counting off days.
Somewhere between Merced and Turlock.
Strong Earthquake Shakes Central Calif.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040929/ap_on_re_us/calif_quake&cid=519&ncid=716
By MATTHEW FORDAHL, Associated Press Writer
PARKFIELD, Calif. - A strong earthquake shook central California Tuesday, cracking pipes, breaking bottles of wine and knocking pictures from walls.
There were no immediate reports of any injuries from the 6.0-magnitude quake, felt from Los Angeles to San Francisco, and its more than 160 aftershocks.
The quake was centered about seven miles southeast of Parkfield, a town of 37 people known as California's earthquake capital. The town is one of the world's most seismically active areas, located on the San Andreas Fault.
"Things were shaking so bad you couldn't tell where to go next," said Parkfield Vineyard owner Harry Miller, who grows 170 acres of wine grapes. "Trees shaking like brooms, and dust coming from everywhere."
The quake tipped over about 300 cases of his wine, and five or six of Miller's buildings — including his home — were damaged. Most of his water pipes burst.
The quake struck at 10:15 a.m. PDT and was felt along a 350-mile stretch, as far north as Sacramento and as far south as Santa Ana, southeast of Los Angeles. The center was about halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The very few residents of Parkfield — a half-dozen buildings on either side of a street in a valley surrounded by oak-studded hills — pride themselves on the area's seismic activity. Drivers into town pass a sign reading "Now entering the North American plate."
"I'll take my earthquakes over those hurricanes any day," said John Varian, a lifelong resident and owner of the Parkfield Cafe, where food spilled out of the cupboards Tuesday.
Laurie Batson was horseback riding with her husband on their ranch when the quake struck. Returning home, they found two brick fireplaces had collapsed in their living room, tossing chunks of concrete and brick across the floor. Glassware was shattered, the ceiling was cracked and the TV sat broken on the floor.
In the kitchen, debris had fallen onto the stove, turning it on high. "It's a good thing we came home or else the house would have burned down," Batson said.
A magnitude-6 quake can cause severe damage, though any problems are generally far less severe in remote areas and places like California with strong building codes.
"This is earthquake country. It's a larger earthquake than what usually occurs, but it's not unprecedented," said U.S. Geological Survey (news - web sites) spokeswoman Stephanie Hanna.
Parkfield was shaken by six similar 6.0 earthquakes between 1857 and 1966. Countless smaller tremors constantly rattle the area, which is covered with just about every type of tool used to study quakes as part of a long-term research project.
"This will probably be the most well-recorded earthquake in history," said Michael Blanpied of the USGS (news - web sites).
The area is 21 miles northeast of Paso Robles, scene of an earthquake that killed two people in December. That quake pitched an 1892 clock tower building onto the street and crushed a row of parked cars. It was the state's first deadly quake since the 6.7-magnitude one that hit the Northridge area of Los Angeles in 1994.
Christy Gieseke, a rancher in nearby San Miguel, said the earthquake spooked her horses — and her as well.
"I had just got out of the shower and ran outside in my dish towel. My chandelier was shaking. You could hear the ground," Gieseke said. "It was totally scary."
:-\.. A FReeper? lol
Very Important Things to do during an earthquake. It could save your life!
Hello friends and family!
If you're like me, you've been told to "duck and cover" or get under the door frame of a building during an earthquake. WRONG!
Take a few minutes to read some tips from an international safety expert that reveals new information about the "triangle effects" of earthquakes and how to be safe. This information can save our lives.
EXTRACT FROM DOUG COPP'S ARTICLE ON THE "TRIANGLE OF LIFE", Edited by Larry Linn for MAA Safety Committee brief on 4/13/04.
My name is Doug Copp. I am the Rescue Chief and Disaster Manager of the American Rescue Team International (ARTI), the world's most experienced rescue team. The information in this article will save lives in an earthquake. I have crawled inside 875 collapsed buildings, worked with rescue teams from 60 countries, founded rescue teams in several countries,and I am a member of many rescue teams from many countries. I was the United Nations expert in Disaster Mitigation for two years. I have worked at every major disaster in the world since 1985, except for simultaneous disasters. In 1996 we made a film which proved my survival methodology to be correct.
The Turkish Federal Government, City of Istanbul, University of Istanbul Case Productions and ARTI cooperated to film this practical, scientific test. We collapsed a school and a home with 20 mannequins inside. Ten mannequins did "duck and cover," and ten mannequins I used in my "triangle of life" survival method.
After the simulated earthquake collapse we crawled through the rubble and entered the building to film and document the results. The film, in which I practiced my survival techniques under directly observable, scientific conditions, relevant to building collapse, showed there would have been zero percent survival for those doing duck and cover. There would likely have been 100 percent survivability for people using my method of the "triangle of life." This film has been seen by millions of viewers on television in Turkey and the rest of Europe, and it was seen in the USA, Canada and Latin America on the TV program Real TV.
The first building I ever crawled inside of was a school in Mexico City during the 1985 earthquake. Every child was under their desk. Every child was crushed to the thickness of their bones. They could have survived by lying down next to their desks in the aisles. It was obscene, unnecessary and I wondered why the children were not in the aisles. I didn't at the time know that the children were told to hide under something. Simply stated, when buildings collapse, the weight of the ceilings falling upon the objects or furniture inside crushes these objects, leaving a space or void next to them. This space is what I call the "triangle of life". The larger the object, the stronger, the less it will compact. The less the object compacts, the larger the void, the greater the probability that the person who is using this void for safety will not be injured. The next time you watch collapsed buildings, on television, count the "triangles" you see formed. They are everywhere. It is the most common shape, you will see, in a collapsed building. They are everywhere.
TEN TIPS FOR EARTHQUAKE SAFETY
1. Most everyone who simply "ducks and covers" WHEN BUILDINGS
COLLAPSE are crushed to death. People who get under objects, like desks or
cars,
are crushed.
2. Cats, dogs and babies often naturally curl up in the fetal
position. You should too in an earthquake. It is a natural safety/survival
instinct. You can survive in a smaller void. Get next to an object, next to
a
sofa, next to a large bulky object that will compress slightly but leave a
void next to it.
3. Wooden buildings are the safest type of construction to be in
during an earthquake. Wood is flexible and moves with the force of the
earthquake. If the wooden building does collapse, large survival voids are
created.
Also, the wooden building has less concentrated, crushing weight. Brick
buildings will break into individual bricks. Bricks will cause many
injuries but less squashed bodies than concrete slabs.
4. If you are in bed during the night and an earthquake occurs,
simply roll off the bed. A safe void will exist around the bed. Hotels can
achieve a much greater survival rate in earthquakes, simply by posting a
sign on
the back of the door of every room telling occupants to lie down on the
floor, next to the bottom of the bed during an earthquake.
5. If an earthquake happens and you cannot easily escape by getting
out the door or window, then lie down and curl up in the fetal position next
to a sofa, or large chair.
6. Most everyone who gets under a doorway when buildings collapse is
killed. How? If you stand under a doorway and the doorjamb falls
forward or backward you will be crushed by the ceiling above. If the door
jam
falls sideways you will be cut in half by the doorway. In either case, you
will be killed!
7. Never go to the stairs. The stairs have a different "moment of
frequency" (they swing separately from the main part of the building).
The stairs and remainder of the building continuously bump into each other
until structural failure of the stairs takes place. The people who get
on stairs before they fail are chopped up by the stair treads - horribly
mutilated. Even if the building doesn't collapse, stay away from the
stairs. The stairs are a likely part of the building to be damaged. Even
if the stairs are not collapsed by the earthquake, they may collapse later
when overloaded by fleeing people. They should always be checked for
safety, even when the rest of the building is not damaged.
8. Get Near the Outer Walls Of Buildings Or Outside Of Them If
Possible.It is much better to be near the outside of the building rather
than the
interior. The farther inside you are from the outside perimeter of the
building the greater the probability that your escape route will be
blocked.
9. People inside of their vehicles are crushed when the road above
falls in an earthquake and crushes their vehicles; which is exactly what
happened with the slabs between the decks of the Nimitz Freeway. The victims
of
the San Francisco earthquake all stayed inside of their vehicles. They were
all killed. They could have easily survived by getting out and sitting or
lying next to their vehicles. Everyone killed would have survived if they
had
been able to get out of their cars and sit or lie next to them. All the
crushed cars had voids 3 feet high next to them, except for the cars
that had columns fall directly across them.
10.I discovered, while crawling inside of collapsed newspaper offices and other offices with a lot of paper that paper does not compact. Large voids are found surrounding stacks of paper.
Spread the word and save someone's life...
Just wanted to add that I felt in the Sierra's too. Glad no one was seriously injured or killed.
LOL NO it doesn't. You must not live in earthquake country or you would know it isn't a contradiction at all!
If I recall correctly, the greatest lateral offset for the 1906 "San Francisco" earthquake was on the Bolinas Peninsula, northwest of San Francisco. I don't recall if that corresponds with the epicenter.
My guess it that the St. Helens activity and the Parkfield earthquake are coincidental.
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