Posted on 04/21/2005 4:42:52 AM PDT by freedumb2003
Jusr happened:
Magnitude 4.1 CHANNEL ISLANDS REG., CALIFORNIA Thursday, April 21, 2005 at 06:36:15 UTC Preliminary Earthquake Report U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
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Magnitude 4.1 Date-Time Thursday, April 21, 2005 at 06:36:15 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time Wednesday, April 20, 2005 at 11:36:15 PM local time at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 33.46N 120.20W Depth 5.0 kilometers Region CHANNEL ISLANDS REG., CALIFORNIA Reference 115 km (70 miles) SSW of Santa Barbara, California 125 km (80 miles) SW of Oxnard, California 195 km (120 miles) WSW of Los Angeles, California 580 km (360 miles) SSE of SACRAMENTO, California
Location Quality Error estimate: horizontal +/- 33.9 km; depth fixed by location program Location Quality Parameters Nst=9, Nph=9, Dmin=215.6 km, Rmss=0.75 sec, Erho=33.9 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=239.4 degrees Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
This is NOT the same as the 2 quakes near Santa Rosa.
Dumping ballots from the mayoral race in the Pacific caused a small tsunami?
That's it - California is gonna fall into the ocean some day :-).
Not too well versed in earthquake magnitudes, but isn't a 4.0 kind of small? Is it a common precursor to a larger quake?
All 12 of them? I doubt it!
Yes, a 4.0 is very small. I'm sitting at LAX at the moment and felt nothing.
I am reminded of the time I was in Northridge....
For Los Angelenos, 4.0 is pretty tame.
It would scare the crap out of someone who hasn't actually experienced an earthquake.
I live in Los Angeles, but I work in Texas. That's why I am up but took note of the earthquake announcement.
I live 3 miles from the epicenter.
That was a wild ride I would just as soon not take again.
Actually, it is.
There was one 4.1 quake offshore in the Channel Islands (off Santa Rosa Island) at about 6:36 UTC, which is the one you're posting about, and was 6 hours ago.
That's the only remotely notable quake in Southern California today.
It was quite a long ways offshore and six hours ago.
Opps! You're right; it happened last night. Still felt nothing, though.
USGS lists the one last night as being a 3.6 and in Central California.
I just wanted to note that it wasn't the same one that was reported on another thread and to prove I did Search first.
"I live in Los Angeles, but I work in Texas."
That's quite a commute.
Every week.
What is really sad is that more often than not I can't even get a 1st class seat.
Ever read the Alistair McClain technothriller.."Goodbye California"...
I was living off Rinaldi Street in Granada Hills during the Pacoima Quake and in San Gabriel during the Northridge Quake..Hell, they do'nt bother me no more...What was that???
Is there a reason why you just don't move to Texas? I adore California, have lots of family there, but, but, wait a minute, are you a pilot?
I don't know for sure either. But, any seismic activity in that part of the globe is serious. Especially because authorities always say that major quakes on that fault line are overdue. Scary!
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