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....

[SCalGal]

Northeidge here. Light rolling quake.... had to sit real still and look for something that was swaying to be sure it was a quake.

[Saundra Duffy]

Fresno felt it.

[An Old Man]

I am in south orange county! It made the overhead lights swing. I saw it but did not feel a thing.

[StoneColdGOP]

Felt it in San Marino.

[spectre]

FOX news said it was widespread in Southern California..mainly LA, They are saying 6.5..magnitude. Epicenter about 5 miles beneath service.

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[mhking]

KCBS: 6+ up near San Simeon.

[GSWarrior]

I'm in downtown SF on the 18th Floor...didn't feel anything.

[Enterprise]

Radio reporting 6.5

[BurbankKarl]

my buddy called from downtown LA...the 444 building...being evac'd due to the swaying...and code orange

[L,TOWM]

Kinda like a ride in a small boat, huh?

(300 South Grand for me)

[GrandMoM]

Hollister here...........

This was the longest lasting earthquake I have ever felt. The water is splashing out of my swimming pool and the chandeliers a still swaying, but nothing fell out or off the cabinets or shelves. WWooooooooooooooo!

[amom]

Stopped work in Burbank CA for a good minute. Had a long low rolling effect. Phone poles and palms swayed gently.

Location Date Time Magnitude
10.7 mi N of Cambria, CA
(ID 9966449) Dec 22 2003 11:15:56 PST 6.5
http://www.trinet.org/shake/

[Dane]

(By my memory, the East Bay is very close to the San Andreas Fault.)

I think I saw on TV once that the San Andreas actually runs under Berekley's football stadium.

[Mr. Jeeves]

I'm here on a 7th floor and I sure felt it! It wasn't real strong, but my plants were rocking around.

[FeliciaCat]

I wonder how Hearst Castle held up?

Seriously, I hope everyone is ok.

[thesummerwind]

John F***ing Kerry and Wesley, "S**T-kicking Clark, will take care of it! Don't worry about it.

[Zathras]

Our building in San Jose shook for 2 min.

[commish]

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

Version #3: 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 strong earthquake occurred at 11:15:56 AM (PST) on Monday, December 22, 2003.
The magnitude 6.5 event occurred 11 km (7 miles) NE of San Simeon, CA.
The hypocentral depth is 8 km ( 5 miles).

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Magnitude	6.5 - regional moment magnitude (Mw)
Time	Monday, December 22, 2003 at 11:15:56 AM (PST) Monday, December 22, 2003 at 19:15:56 (UTC)
Distance from	San Simeon, CA - 11 km (7 miles) NE (49 degrees) Cambria, CA - 17 km (11 miles) N (356 degrees) Lake Nacimiento, CA - 20 km (13 miles) W (260 degrees) Paso Robles, CA - 39 km (24 miles) WNW (283 degrees) San Jose City Hall, CA - 195 km (121 miles) SSE (158 degrees)
Coordinates	35 deg. 42.3 min. N (35.706N), 121 deg. 6.1 min. W (121.101W)
Depth	7.6 km (4.7 miles)
Location Quality	Excellent
Location Quality Parameters	Nst=250, Nph=250, Dmin=5 km, Rmss=0.05 sec, Erho=0.2 km, Erzz=0.8 km, Gp=82.8 degrees
Event ID#	nc40148755
Additional Information	map with fault names || waveforms Topo map centered at earthquake (This link takes you offsite). NCSN First Motion Mechanism 1

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[WestCoastGal]

See map above. San Andreas goes through Parkfield, you can see brown line on map. This was not San Andreas according to that map.