Posted on 01/09/2010 4:44:46 PM PST by VRWCTexan
URGENT -- MAGNITUDE 6.5 QUAKE HITS WEST OF FERNDALE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
There have been 10 or 12 aftershocks, some of them a 4 as you state. We didn’t fell any of them, not one...
Glad bto have you back on the air.
bto = to
OH DEAR! I lived in San Diego 10 years and Long Beach 2 months.
I pray you are as prepared as you can be in that region for all kinds of mayhem and destruction.
God be with you and yours.
We’re OK but our nerves are shot...
Along the Ring of Fire again. Now waiting for the next jolt.
Riverside County...Well I think we have to many surrunding mountains to have a Island but maybe some new lakes!
I am thankful that you and your 1st. wife are OK. We are keeping you in our prayers.
You had better come up before we slip into the Pacific Ocean again...
Come tour our place. We live on a lava cap. LOL
IIRC,
at a minimum, the Salton Sea is supposed to fill . . . and some say the whole valley even up past Fresno. God have mercy.
You had BOTH better come up before you slip into the deep blue abyss.
I never liked earthquakes, (not that anyone does) I didn’t like them when in lived in Southern California and I didn’t like them when I lived in Monterey. To be standing on solid ground and have it turn into quivering jello is just not right!
My last California earthquake was the Coalinga in 1983. One moment I’m standing up outside my house, the next moment on the ground. Moved to Oregon in 1984 where all I worry about now is volcanos. :)
The ‘83 Coalinga 6.5 quake knocked 4’ of water out of my backyard pool in Fresno. What a ride that was. It was my oldest son’s birthday.
Statistics
Try 3 major quakes in 24 hours...
Historic Earthquakes
Cape Mendocino, California Earthquakes
1992 04 25 18:06 UTC
Magnitude 7.2
1992 04 26 07:41 UTC
Magnitude 6.5
1992 04 26 11:18 UTC
Magnitude 6.7
On April 25 at 11:06 a.m. PDT, a major earthquake struck northern California. This magnitude 7.2 earthquake was located about 30 miles (50 km) south-southwest of Eureka. Ninety-five people were injured and considerable damage occurred in southwestern Humboldt County. The preliminary estimate of damage from this earthquake, and two strong aftershocks described below, is 66 million dollars. The observed maximum intensity, VIII, was experienced at Ferndale, Honeydew, Petrolia, Rio Dell, and Scotia. Landslides and rockfalls occurred in the Honeydew-Petrolia area. The quake was felt throughout much of northern California and as far south as San Francisco and southeast to Carson City and Reno, Nevada. It was also felt in many areas of southern Oregon. A tsunami was generated with maximum wave heights (peak-to-trough) of 1.1 meters at Crescent City and 0.2 meters at Point Arena, California, and 0.1 meters on Hawaii.
At 12:42 a.m. PDT on April 26, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit the same area causing some additional damage in the Ferndale, Petrolia, and Fortuna areas. A fire caused by a broken gas main destroyed much of the business district of Scotia. The quake was felt throughout much of northern California.
Less than 4 hours after the second quake, at 4:19 a.m. PDT, the same area experienced a third strong quake. This magnitude 6.7 earthquake caused additional damage in the area of Ferndale, Fortuna, and Petrolia. It was also felt thoughout much of northern California and southern Oregon and to the south as far as Salinas, Santa Cruz, and San Francisco. These earthquakes were accompanied by numerous aftershocks. Many of the aftershocks were in the magnitude 4.0 to 4.8 range. Some of them were strongly felt, but they caused very little damage.
Tubebender we are all responsible for our Faults. Lol
Kv and I took an awesome coast trip in search of the thousand SF Sea Salmon eating Lionz
Bow I am still not with my trusty webtv/msmtv it crashed at tb
Their end 24 ago.
Getting back to our search for the migrant
Mc Lions of the Sea.
Everyone and extra too were out in maSses along the coast line.
Ok I am too dang old to freep via a blkbrey lil keyboard.
Will share more when my webtv comes back.
No more bumps as I insist.
Sign off working on some pick
Was the 90’s I was there. The day after Christmas. Boy, what a mess that made.
You are forgetting the one the day after christmas in the 90’s. I remember the one of 89 as well.
Ferndale was a mess. So was my house!!!
I’ll stick with my hurricanes, they come with warnings.
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