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Earthquake Magnitude 6.9 - OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
USGS Earthquake Hazards ^ | June 16, 2005 | USGS

Posted on 06/16/2005 11:37:16 PM PDT by bd476

Edited on 06/16/2005 11:53:39 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

Magnitude 6.9 - OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 2005 June 17 06:21:45

UTC Preliminary Earthquake Report
West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center/NOAA/NWS

A strong earthquake occurred at 06:21:45 (UTC) on Friday, June 17, 2005. The magnitude 6.9 event has been located OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Magnitude 6.9 Date-Time Friday, June 17, 2005 at 06:21:45 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 10:21:45 PM = local time at epicenter

Location 40.605°N, 126.284°W Depth 45 km (28.0 miles) set by location program Region OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Distances 171 km (106 miles) W (272°) from Ferndale, CA 172 km (107 miles) W (281°) from Petrolia, CA 176 km (109 miles) W (266°) from Humboldt Hill, CA 180 km (112 miles) W (264°) from Eureka, CA 458 km (285 miles) NW (315°) from San Francisco City Hall, CA

Location Uncertainty Error estimate not available Parameters Nst=033, Nph=033, Dmin=217.5 km, Rmss=0.94 sec, Gp=202°, M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=1 Source West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center/NOAA/NWS

Event ID at00000366


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: California; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: earthquake; eq; quake; quakeswarm
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To: Strategerist

Thanks for the good information. Do you live in northern California?


281 posted on 06/17/2005 9:00:55 AM PDT by Davis
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To: bd476

Please add me to your earthquake ping list.

Thanks


282 posted on 06/17/2005 9:01:49 AM PDT by Davis
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To: bd476
"Wall to wall books on the floor was one of many obstacles to overcome to get to the front door.

How inconvenient that must have been for you.

I climbed over broken doors and glass bare naked to get to my flashlight, bleeding. A cigarette lighter was all I had to determine spatial relationships. Flashlight, pants, shoes and a crescent wrench for the gas mains came next. I grabbed a guy wearing shoes to help me. When we got back, a bunch of people in their underwear were standing around in front of this complex. Told them to go home and consume all the milk because there won't be any electricity for a while. The next day, people were BBQing all their meat. Sort of a block party. I found water, soda and beer for all.

283 posted on 06/17/2005 9:01:57 AM PDT by BobS
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To: HKMk23

LOL!


284 posted on 06/17/2005 9:03:16 AM PDT by inkling
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To: bd476

We are so fortunate that they are not happening at that size under major cities.

Wonder if this will continue?
Seems we have a cluster going.


285 posted on 06/17/2005 9:04:32 AM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Davis

Nope. Maryland.


286 posted on 06/17/2005 9:05:11 AM PDT by Strategerist
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To: Strategerist

Maryland? Good place for a strategizer...


287 posted on 06/17/2005 9:08:39 AM PDT by Davis
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To: bd476

Add me to the list, please.

I didn't feel this one either. Again I hear about it on the radio on my way into work.


288 posted on 06/17/2005 9:15:12 AM PDT by Betis70 (It's all fun and games till someone gets impaled with a Javelin)
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To: A CA Guy

California has been unusually lucky for the brief period of time it's been heavily populated; the 1906 quake left a "stress shadow" in the SF Bay area for a long time, during which the population exploded there; this stress shadow has basically ended.

And the big quakes in Southern California haven't been all that big, or out in the desert, or on the fringes of densely populated areas with the energy directed away from heavily populated areas (Northridge and Sylmar.)

Based on paleoseismic studies from trenches cut on faults, etc., that luck won't last.


289 posted on 06/17/2005 9:19:50 AM PDT by Strategerist
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To: bd476

Please add me to the list.


290 posted on 06/17/2005 9:21:52 AM PDT by Blogger
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To: Strategerist


That would ruin a lot of people's days...

>>You could have a 9-9.2 quake on the Cascadia subduction zone offshore Washington, Oregon, and Northern California.


291 posted on 06/17/2005 9:23:27 AM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: BigSkyFreeper

Simple rule.....do NOT live west of the big crack in the ground.


292 posted on 06/17/2005 9:23:53 AM PDT by freebird5850 ("Tell the truth, there's less to remember!")
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To: Strategerist

You know how Federally all the bankrupsy laws are changing, so you can't soon really get out of debt or walk away from what you owe.
Soon Califonria and nationally bankrupsy law will be more like Texas.

Meaning, if there is major home damage, big loans and little or no insurance... Lots of people are going to be stuck with a $600,000 loan on a house they can't live in, with a debt they can't dump either by a bankruptsy.

It's going to be some strange times.


293 posted on 06/17/2005 9:24:51 AM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: sf4dubya

>>I'm not native (only been here for the past 5 years)

I've been here about the same amount of time. I think the biggest I felt was a 5 or 4.5--I was sitting on the couch reading, and saw (and felt) the floor roll like a small wave on the ocean. Weirdest feeling.

Not sure I want to experience ALL California has to offer.


294 posted on 06/17/2005 9:33:10 AM PDT by Betis70 (It's all fun and games till someone gets impaled with a Javelin)
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To: A CA Guy

KCAL 9 spent a lot of time on the shakers last night. Alan Mendelson the money guy was talking about the phones were ringing off the hook for earthquake insurance yesterday. They were quoting rates like $1500 a year with a 15% deductible.

In another story, there were several people that had recently moved to CA that said they wanted no part of it and wanted to leave.

...and that wasn't even a big quake yesterday (Yucaipa)


295 posted on 06/17/2005 9:36:31 AM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: lainie; Smogger

I'm just hoping Smogger stays off this thread ... after yesterday.


296 posted on 06/17/2005 9:38:06 AM PDT by Betis70 (It's all fun and games till someone gets impaled with a Javelin)
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To: bd476
Another Quake off Northern California Coast !

4.7 quake today . . . Rocking and rolling under the deep blue sea.

View Quakes in Real Time Here

More information about earthquakes and solar activity posted on this News Site

297 posted on 06/17/2005 9:38:08 AM PDT by ex-Texan (Mathew 7:1 through 6)
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To: BurbankKarl

I think my earthquake insurance is around $500 a year, I hope they don't raise my isurance 300% somehow next year.


298 posted on 06/17/2005 9:39:08 AM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Black Tooth

Come on people- lighten up. It is well known we have a tendancy towards 'gallows humor' here.

No on means any harm or wishes ill to anyone... OK??


299 posted on 06/17/2005 9:43:13 AM PDT by Mr. K (some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help)
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To: A CA Guy

They said prices are all over the place, the guy was just talking about an imaginary home in Pasadena.

Also said that there would be a freeze on writing policies for a while.


300 posted on 06/17/2005 9:44:06 AM PDT by BurbankKarl
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