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Earthquake measured at 5.7 shakes Southern Calif.
AP/YahooNews ^ | 6/15/10

Posted on 06/14/2010 9:55:09 PM PDT by Kartographer

An earthquake has rocked Southern California, shaking the Los Angeles area and forcing a halt to the Toronto Blue Jays-San Diego Padres game in San Diego.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude-5.7 quake was centered five miles southeast of Ocotillo near the U.S.-Mexico border. It struck Monday at about 9:30 PDT.

The quake was initially reported as a magnitude-5.9 temblor.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; catastrophism; earthquake; socal
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To: Dr. Eckleburg

This is the best one I’ve been in. In Ohio, January 31, 1986. A 5.0.

http://www.ohiodnr.com/geosurvey/gen/seismic/sum86/tabid/7896/Default.aspx


61 posted on 06/15/2010 3:22:45 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (The Obama magic is <strike>fading</strike>gone.)
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To: Right Wing Assault

I lived right near the epicenter. Thought my furnace had blown. Grabbed my sleeping baby and ran outside as did the rest of my neighbors. Never heard rumbling, just a stupendous BOOM like an explosion. Quite an experience!


62 posted on 06/15/2010 3:26:58 AM PDT by bonfire (ou)
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To: Persevero

Lots of cheaper properties here in N Nevada. We have the worst foreclosures of any state.

Depending on your skills, job might not be that hard to come by. I am retired, so am not looking.


63 posted on 06/15/2010 3:31:26 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Dr. Eckleburg; PugetSoundSoldier; Little Bill; nutmeg; Biggirl; Man50D

heck, I got New England LIBERALS taking over the TEA PARTIES!!

You think YOU got it bad???


64 posted on 06/15/2010 3:45:56 AM PDT by RaceBannon (RON PAUL: THE PARTY OF TRUTHERS, TRAITORS AND UFO CHASERS!!!)
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To: Kartographer
Lex Luthor: Bye bye California. Hello new west coast. My west coast...... Costa Del Lex. Luthorville. Marina del Lex. Otisburg - “Otisburg”?


65 posted on 06/15/2010 4:11:03 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Kartographer

We didn’t feel anything here in Phoenix this time, but the last one shook us up even up here. Hope all is well!


66 posted on 06/15/2010 4:55:27 AM PDT by Caipirabob ( Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Kartographer

67 posted on 06/15/2010 5:43:41 AM PDT by GalaxieFiveHundred
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To: Sarah Barracuda

I was talking to a guy on Skype who felt it and had to rush off to see if everyone in his family was ok. I thought he was kidding at first when he said things were shaking at his house.


68 posted on 06/15/2010 5:44:51 AM PDT by luvie (DIMs?......start packin'--you're fired!....I can see November from my house!)
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To: onyx

Now THAT’S funny!

....and very true!


69 posted on 06/15/2010 5:46:43 AM PDT by luvie (DIMs?......start packin'--you're fired!....I can see November from my house!)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

It can depend significantly on the type of soil you’re living on, but then you living in this region, I’m sure you knew that.

I note that when I’m laying down, I pick up on the movement much better than if I’m sitting up, especially if it’s a small one.


70 posted on 06/15/2010 6:03:16 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (J. D. Hayworth, the next Senator, the Great State of Arizona - Sen. Poopdeck, Panama is calling...)
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To: Kartographer

We live in a suburb of Philadelphia and my husband felt a tremor last night. I didn’t feel it in another part of the house, but he said that the glasses in the dish drainer clinked together. Very weird. I’m glad that we’re not in CA where we would have anticipated more activity.


71 posted on 06/15/2010 6:10:31 AM PDT by twigs
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To: rottndog

“...Radio says shock coming...”

So the guy on the radio is a true shock jock.


72 posted on 06/15/2010 6:31:39 AM PDT by NCC-1701 (ZEROs FAVORITE SONG -- I, ME, MINE -- BY THE BEATLES)
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To: onyx

But it didn’t rain yet,...will you wait for that event?


73 posted on 06/15/2010 7:48:27 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: gunsequalfreedom

Wow. Do people have this odd idea that somehow tornadoes just ravage the midwest?

In my 23 years living there (now in Texas, but same goes here), I never once saw a tornado.

Not once.

A funnel cloud, but that’s it.

We went into a warning at least once a year, but hardly ever for a confirmed tornado, just radar indicating one could drop at any time.

I don’t know anybody who has had their house struck by one, nor anyone who even has family impacted in a similar way.

The average tornado only goes for a few miles and is typically just a few yards wide.

An earthquake will devastate everything and kill many, a tornado will damage or destroy a small area in most cases and often doesn’t kill anybody even if it directly hits a town because of the advance notice.

You don’t get those with earthquakes.

I’ll take the twisters.


74 posted on 06/15/2010 8:16:26 AM PDT by rwfromkansas ("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
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To: NCC-1701
So the guy on the radio is a true shock jock.

Actually, it was a chick on the radio....
75 posted on 06/15/2010 8:50:50 AM PDT by rottndog (WOOF!!!! Be prepared for what's coming AFTER America......)
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To: RaceBannon
heck, I got New England LIBERALS taking over the TEA PARTIES!!

You think YOU got it bad???

(((shudder))))

You win.

76 posted on 06/15/2010 9:23:51 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: rwfromkansas
More people are killed every single year by tornadoes in the U.S. than earthquakes. This is a fact.

In modern America, floods, tornadoes and hurricanes cause the most damage and are the biggest killers.

This is not debatable, it's a fact.

77 posted on 06/15/2010 10:14:36 AM PDT by dragnet2
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To: dragnet2

Doesn’t mean much though since earthquakes don’t happen as often.

I am just saying when earthquakes happen, they have a far greater impact than a puny twister.


78 posted on 06/15/2010 12:45:51 PM PDT by rwfromkansas ("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
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To: Kartographer

We’re in Pasadena, haven’t felt these yet. Praise God. I hate earthquakes.


79 posted on 06/15/2010 12:53:08 PM PDT by bboop (We don't need no stinkin' VAT)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Yep, we had rain two mornings last week.


80 posted on 06/15/2010 12:57:47 PM PDT by onyx (Sarah/Michele 2012)
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