Magnitude 6.5 Quake near San Simeon (CA coast, about midway between LA and SF)

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[Yossarian]

Anyone in the San Francisco Bay Area just feel that earthquake? I'm in Sunnyvale, and it felt like a 4....

[The KG9 Kid]

That one shook for at least a full minute. Been a long time since I've been in one that shook for such a great length.

They're saying it's a 6.5 from San Luis Obispo.

[freedumb2003]

Hearst Castle looked to me like it could withstand quite a bit

But it is filled with lots of crap to fall over, down, etc.

[LibertyGirl77]

6.5 -- San Simeon. My family in Lompoc just called and said the power is out.

[nicmarlo]

That's a good size aftershock.

[hankbrown]

Intesting that this article Monster Shaker Foreseen was posted at FR 4 minutes before the earthquake post.

[baltodog]

This is not good....
I've got to clean out the attached garage this Christmas break and so far nothing is preventing me from doing it....
Has this affected Wichita, anyone?

[Prime Choice]

about a 4% chance that this is a FOREshock.

That's it. I'm moving to Iowa.

[merry10]

I think that is a different fault.

[July 4th]

Just talked to my sis in Westwood. Gentle rolling, nothing too terrible. But to feel it that strong in LA when the earthquake is that far north - wow! This sucker was huge.

[No Blue States]

"about a 4% chance that this is a FOREshock."

Wow, I hope that 4% doesnt happen.

[wizr]

Yep, it rolled pretty good here, just south of Diablo Canyon Power Plant. The good news is we don't see a mushroom cloud yet.

[thesummerwind]

She makes the earth move.........for Murray Rothstein/Sumner Redstone. That is why 'The Beast' will be Prez some day....

The Liberal/influential/commie/Democrat/sycophant/never-ending/relentless/pig/establishment lamestream media still rule.

[commish]

More Aftershock info

== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==
U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California
U.C. Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, Berkeley, California

Version #2: This report supersedes any earlier reports of this event.
This is a computer-generated message. This event has not yet been reviewed by a seismologist.

A light earthquake occurred at 11:26:07 AM (PST) on Monday, December 22, 2003.
The magnitude 4.7 event occurred 10 km (6 miles) NE of Cambria, CA.
The hypocentral depth is 0 km (0.0 miles).

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Magnitude	4.7 - local magnitude (ML)
Time	Monday, December 22, 2003 at 11:26:07 AM (PST) Monday, December 22, 2003 at 19:26:07 (UTC)
Distance from	Cambria, CA - 10 km (6 miles) NE (37 degrees) San Simeon, CA - 15 km (10 miles) E (97 degrees) Lake Nacimiento, CA - 18 km (11 miles) SW (226 degrees) Paso Robles, CA - 31 km (19 miles) W (270 degrees) San Jose City Hall, CA - 206 km (128 miles) SSE (157 degrees)
Coordinates	35 deg. 37.6 min. N (35.627N), 121 deg. 1.2 min. W (121.020W)
Depth	0 km (0.0 miles)
Location Quality	Poor
Location Quality Parameters	Nst= 30, Nph= 30, Dmin=13 km, Rmss=0.48 sec, Erho=1 km, Erzz=5.8 km, Gp=118.8 degrees
Event ID#	nc40148756
Additional Information	map with fault names || waveforms Topo map centered at earthquake (This link takes you offsite).

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[Solson]

kinda like a Janet Reno earthquake...just mild shaking but it can be dangerous if shaking occurs in the wrong places...

[TomGuy]

Magnitude 6.5 - CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
2003 December 22 19:15:56 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California
U.C. Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, Berkeley, California

A strong earthquake occurred at 19:15:56 (UTC) on Monday, December 22, 2003. The magnitude 6.5 event has been located in CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. The hypocentral depth was estimated to be 8 km ( 5 miles). (This is a computer-generated message -- this event has not yet been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Magnitude	6.5
Date-Time	Monday, December 22, 2003 at 19:15:56 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Monday, December 22, 2003 at 11:15:56 AM = local time at epicenter
Location	35.706°N, 121.101°W
Depth	7.6 km (4.7 miles)
Region	CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
Distances	11 km (7 miles) NE (49°) from San Simeon, CA 17 km (10 miles) N (356°) from Cambria, CA 20 km (12 miles) W (260°) from Lake Nacimiento, CA 39 km (24 miles) WNW (283°) from Paso Robles, CA 195 km (121 miles) SSE (158°) from San Jose City Hall, CA
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 0.2 km (0.1 miles); depth +/- 0.8 km (0.5 miles)
Parameters	Nst=250, Nph=250, Dmin=5 km, Rmss=0.05 sec, Gp= 83°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=3
Source	U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California U.C. Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, Berkeley, California
Event ID	nc40148755

[StoneColdGOP]

Yeah, I'm not sure I'd want to be taking the tour indoors when the shaking started.

[So Cal Rocket]

2 more aftershocks:

MAP 4.4 2003/12/22 11:30:10 35.597N 120.982W 0.0 11 km ( 7 mi) ENE of Cambria, CA
MAP 3.9 2003/12/22 11:29:39 35.557N 120.842W 2.5 12 km ( 7 mi) W of Templeton, CA

[mvpel]

They just had a 4.7 aftershock a few minutes ago, looks like.

[mhking]

KCAL/KCBS: Aftershock felt at 11:26 at 4.6...