I was in the ‘89 quake.
NOT fun at all.
Right on what I call “the keystone” to the Cascadia Fault.
Probably too deep to be dangerous but its the biggest we have had in that area for decades.
when i got home to see if anything was knocked over or off
only thing was my maui slippa flyswatter that was standing on its edge got knocked over
/-)
hope thats not a bad omen for maui
I'm guessing you're talking about the Loma Prieta earthquake? If so, yeah, not fun where we lived in Silicon Valley. I was in the kitchen with the TV on for the 1989 World Series (Oakland A's and SF Giants) when it hit. A mostly full 5-gallon bottle of water fell off the water dispenser.
After a few minutes, I went outside to check for damage. There was water rushing underneath our next door neighbor's gate. I assumed they broke a water line in their garage. Nope. Upon opening their gate, I could see the water spilling over their in-ground pool. The amazing part was you could see the pool move in the ground, causing the water to flow out.
I survived the 1989 quake, too. Still at work in Mountain View, just 1/2 west of Moffett Field. In the basement, in a building dedicated in 1963. False ceiling 2 inches of unreinforced cement.
Fortunately, the building was designed to survive an air-burst over Moffett Field NAS, so massively overbuilt.