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....

[GOPrincess]

Fox says at first look they do not see any major damage at Hearst Castle.

[tubebender]

I told Ernest just last week there was a lot of activity in So Cal EQ zones and to look out for a quake. On the other hand here on the North Coast where we have 5 to 10 small quakes a week has been very quite for three weeks. I even called Prof Lori Dengler at HSU on Wednesday of last week to voice my concern. We have been in a lull here since 1992 according to here and she is concerned also.

In 1700 we had a 9.? quake form here to BC that sent a tidal wave to Japan...

[John H K]

There hasn't been REALLY intensive study of the area, I'm sure, for obvious reasons most of it has been around SF and LA (paleoseismic trenching, etc.)

And that's just the obvious surface-breaking strike-slip faults.....doesn't include all the completely hidden and unknown thrust faults (like Northridge.)

[mhking]

KSBY/San Luis Obispo: Some reports of damage in Cambria area.

[cajungirl]

thanks! Crossing fingers that the fault line holds!!

[FeliciaCat]

Thanks for info...I cant get to TV right now!

[So Cal Rocket]

LOTSA Aftershocks:

MAP 3.4 2003/12/22 11:46:38 35.589N 120.852W 2.2 13 km ( 8 mi) WNW of Templeton, CA
MAP 3.6 2003/12/22 11:45:37 35.650N 121.051W 3.9 11 km ( 7 mi) NNE of Cambria, CA
MAP 3.2 2003/12/22 11:43:50 35.722N 121.079W 0.8 13 km ( 8 mi) NE of San Simeon, CA
MAP 3.4 2003/12/22 11:42:33 35.671N 121.034W 6.4 14 km ( 9 mi) NNE of Cambria, CA
MAP 3.4 2003/12/22 11:41:04 35.547N 120.853W 0.9 12 km ( 8 mi) NNE of Cayucos, CA
MAP 3.3 2003/12/22 11:39:58 35.667N 121.051W 0.1 13 km ( 8 mi) E of San Simeon, CA
MAP 3.6 2003/12/22 11:37:44 35.589N 120.971W 5.6 11 km ( 7 mi) ENE of Cambria, CA
map 2.5 2003/12/22 11:37:24 35.736N 121.114W 5.4 12 km ( 8 mi) NE of San Simeon, CA
MAP 3.3 2003/12/22 11:35:28 35.563N 120.878W 4.4 14 km ( 9 mi) N of Cayucos, CA
map 2.9 2003/12/22 11:33:58 35.602N 120.930W 0.1 15 km ( 9 mi) ENE of Cambria, CA
MAP 4.0 2003/12/22 11:31:05 35.541N 120.853W 5.4 12 km ( 7 mi) NNE of Cayucos, CA
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
MAP 4.7 2003/12/22 11:26:07 35.627N 121.020W 0.0 10 km ( 6 mi) NE of Cambria, CA
MAP 6.5 2003/12/22 11:15:56 35.706N 121.102W 7.6 11 km ( 7 mi) NE of San Simeon, CA

[CounterCounterCulture]

Uh-oh, it's creeping toward Santa Barbara. Won't somebody pleeeeeeeease think of the children...at Neverland Ranch.

[bootless]

It's Bush's fault. (a little earthquake punnage)

[Prime Choice]

It's cold there.

I'll deal. You can get shelter from the cold. There is no shelter when the earth beneath you goes unstable.

[No Blue States]

Is it normal to have 15 aftershocks?

[commish]

2 MORE AFTERSHOCKS

2.6 2003/12/22 11:48:34 35.678N 121.056W 5.8 13 km ( 8 mi) ENE of San Simeon, CA
3.4 2003/12/22 11:46:38 35.589N 120.852W 2.2 13 km ( 8 mi) WNW of Templeton, CA

[BurbankKarl]

you know, the out of states should tone down the comedy....there are reports of building collapses etc....likely people have died

[spookycc]

Please people, calm down!

Too late, I just looted a TV. It's a California thang. ;-)

We don't have more than tremors in Indiana, so we have to wait until a sports team wins a national title before we can loot. ;-P

[mhking]

KNBC: There was a 5.4 and a 5.6 between 11:30 & 11:40, both southeast of the initial quake. There have been 14 measurable quakes/aftershocks.

[bootless]

Nobody in Hayward felt it (at the airport). You're right nearby in CV, right?

I think it was felt along the Calaveras and San Andreas Faults, but not the Hayward Fault.

[glock rocks]

It's Bush's fault. (a little earthquake punnage)

BWAHAHAHAHA !!

[spookycc]

Can you guyz feel all those aftershocks? The people on tv have only mentioned one, if they mention any at all.

[Dog Gone]

The aftershocks are coming at about 1 per minute. They're not big, though, and shouldn't be causing much additional damage, unless some structures have been severely weakend already.

[Eala]

I didn't feel it either in Louisiana.

Didn't feel it here in Seattl