URGENT -- MAGNITUDE 6.5 QUAKE HITS WEST OF FERNDALE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

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[VRWCTexan]

URGENT -- MAGNITUDE 6.5 QUAKE HITS WEST OF FERNDALE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

[GeronL]

Could it be related to the quake in the Solomon Islands?

hhhmmmmm

[glock rocks]

You okay?

[TaraP]

The SEA LIONS knew it was coming!

[martin_fierro]

Great Quake of 89.

I was there.

It was intense.

[commish]

GUess the Seals in SF Bay knew something was up after all. 4.1 in San Jose, and now a bigger shake up the coast.

[Robert A Cook PE]

6.5 is pretty large.

Let’s hope it is the quake - this time - and not a pre-courser to the “The Big One”

[angelcindy]

Probably more to come..God forbid

[SouthTexas]

Looks pretty close there.

[VRWCTexan]

Thanks - now being reported on FNC

Local Police report at least minor damage

[CaptainK]

Cracks in a City Hall building being reported on Fox.

[null and void]

Related thread here

[stboz]

Then why did the seals apparently wind up in southern Oregon?

[glock rocks]

To: U.S. West Coast, Alaska, and British Columbia coastal regions
From: NOAA/NWS/West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
Subject: Tsunami Information Statement issued 01/9/2010 at 4:32PM PST

At 4:28 PM Pacific Standard Time on January 9, an earthquake with preliminary magnitude 6.4 occurred 15 miles/24 Km southwest of Eureka, California.

The magnitude is such that a tsunami IS NOT EXPECTED. However, in coastal areas of intense shaking, locally generated tsunamis can be triggered by underwater landslides. This will be the only WCATWC message issued for this event.

The location and magnitude are based on preliminary information. Further information will be issued by the United States Geological Survey or the appropriate regional seismic network.

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2010/01/10/308326/01/message308326-01.htm

[FourPeas]

Thanks for the info.

[Riley]

North Coast ping-

You up north in the area now- or still offshore?

[Strategerist]

It’s near the Mendocino “Triple Junction” - the border of three plates - Pacific, North American, and the small Gorda plate. The San Andreas at the Triple Junciton, somewhat south of this quake.

It’s an extremely seismic area.

[NormsRevenge]

Real close to TorkLand.

Earth to Tork Earth to Tork. Come in..

[madison10]

The whole Pacific looks rather busy along the shore lines.

[La Enchiladita]

I remember they had pretty gingerbread houses that went all to pieces or slid around.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Yes, the San Andreas run through CA then leaves the CA proper a little bit north of SFO, then crosses a small peninsula - where you can still see marks from the 1903 quake - then goes back to sea and north-northwest towards Alaska