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Earthquake Magnitude 6.9 - OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
USGS Earthquake Hazards ^ | June 16, 2005 | USGS

Posted on 06/16/2005 11:37:16 PM PDT by bd476

Edited on 06/16/2005 11:53:39 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

Magnitude 6.9 - OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 2005 June 17 06:21:45

UTC Preliminary Earthquake Report
West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center/NOAA/NWS

A strong earthquake occurred at 06:21:45 (UTC) on Friday, June 17, 2005. The magnitude 6.9 event has been located OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Magnitude 6.9 Date-Time Friday, June 17, 2005 at 06:21:45 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 10:21:45 PM = local time at epicenter

Location 40.605°N, 126.284°W Depth 45 km (28.0 miles) set by location program Region OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Distances 171 km (106 miles) W (272°) from Ferndale, CA 172 km (107 miles) W (281°) from Petrolia, CA 176 km (109 miles) W (266°) from Humboldt Hill, CA 180 km (112 miles) W (264°) from Eureka, CA 458 km (285 miles) NW (315°) from San Francisco City Hall, CA

Location Uncertainty Error estimate not available Parameters Nst=033, Nph=033, Dmin=217.5 km, Rmss=0.94 sec, Gp=202°, M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=1 Source West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center/NOAA/NWS

Event ID at00000366


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: California; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: earthquake; eq; quake; quakeswarm
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Comment #181 Removed by Moderator

To: bd476

What are guys doing over there????????????????????? Stop it!


182 posted on 06/17/2005 2:05:19 AM PDT by Dallas59 (" I have a great team that is going to beat George W. Bush" John Kerry -2004)
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To: Dallas59

"you"


183 posted on 06/17/2005 2:05:34 AM PDT by Dallas59 (" I have a great team that is going to beat George W. Bush" John Kerry -2004)
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To: Irishgirl

Just felt another one here in downtown L.A. 2:00 a.m. geez!


184 posted on 06/17/2005 2:07:30 AM PDT by Irishgirl
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To: BobS

Thank you for serving. And in the serving, the training served you and your community well during the earthquake, obviously. Being in the US military is the very best overall disaster and survival training which can be found. And it lasts a lifetime, that training.


185 posted on 06/17/2005 2:12:03 AM PDT by Alia
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To: Irishgirl
.. this quake sequence is really very, very interesting, IME. From Northern CA.. following the posts here.. repercussions appear to be travelling south.

When Mexico (City) has a quake, for example, the run is north.

187 posted on 06/17/2005 2:13:59 AM PDT by Alia
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To: sf4dubya

All I could find around 2:00 a.m. was one near Highland and one near Ridgecrest. Small ones but my building rolled for awhile afterward. This is getting a bit disturbing even for a native like me.


189 posted on 06/17/2005 2:20:53 AM PDT by Irishgirl
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To: Irishgirl

Jeez, last year there was a 3.0 in Illinois and I thought someone had slammed into the side of the house... can't imagine what it's like riding out this quake swarm and waiting for the Big One!


190 posted on 06/17/2005 2:25:51 AM PDT by Prince Charles
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To: bd476
Would you please put me on the ping list as well? Thanks!

prisoner6

192 posted on 06/17/2005 2:33:42 AM PDT by prisoner6 (Right Wing Nuts hold the country together as the loose screws of the left fall out!)
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To: Alia
After we moved to Arizona in '96, every time my office building rumbled when a truck went by, I'd start to jump under my desk. Of course, nobody else noticed it, so I'd feel kinda stupid. Living in California for 35 years does that to you, though.

I must admit that part of me misses 'em.

194 posted on 06/17/2005 3:19:54 AM PDT by IrishRainy
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195 posted on 06/17/2005 4:12:28 AM PDT by firewalk
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To: bd476
Shook our home near San Francisco, 300 mi away!
That's a long distance. Anything fall off the shelves?

Mostly just the gentle wiggle of the house. We have a display case with glass shelves and about a dozen wine glasses. They jingle when the earth shakes. This one had them going off and on for the better part of a minute. I was surprised by the distance listed at http://earthquake.usgs.gov.

196 posted on 06/17/2005 4:25:06 AM PDT by XHogPilot
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To: IrishRainy
every time my office building rumbled when a truck went by, I'd start to jump under my desk. ..I must admit that part of me misses 'em.

Sounds real enjoyable to me, you must have some cool stuff under your desk.

197 posted on 06/17/2005 4:25:24 AM PDT by RobFromGa (Send Bolton to the UN!)
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To: Southflanknorthpawsis; Scenic Sounds

I don't know what you guys are doing out there, but you need to STOP!


198 posted on 06/17/2005 5:11:15 AM PDT by Amelia (Common sense isn't particularly common.)
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To: bd476

Definitely something odd going on here. I'm off to L.A. today, just in time for "the Big One" I suppose. Fabulous.


199 posted on 06/17/2005 5:13:43 AM PDT by newzjunkey (Remind Liberal Cowards Why America Freed Iraq: http://massgraves.info/)
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To: Prince Charles
Jeez, last year there was a 3.0 in Illinois and I thought someone had slammed into the side of the house... can't imagine what it's like riding out this quake swarm and waiting for the Big One!

A 3.0 feels a lot stronger in the Midwest than it does in California because the bedrock here is so fragmented from previous quakes and fault lines that the energy isn't transmitted through the Earth as efficiently. I haven't felt any of these latest quakes at all.

200 posted on 06/17/2005 5:26:14 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ("Violence never settles anything." Genghis Khan, 1162-1227)
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