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EARTHQUAKE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
USGS ^ | 7/29/08

Posted on 07/29/2008 11:43:21 AM PDT by ZGuy

An earthquake is now rocking the Southern California area. (I'm near Dodger Stadium)
As I post this, the USGS has not yet determined the epicenter so click on the link above for the exact location and magnitude from the USGS.

Here are the maps for California and Los Angeles:

California:

Los Angeles:

Here's the historical review of the last seven days:


TOPICS: Breaking News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; chinoquake; earthquake; firstpost; losangeles; quake; socal; socalearthquake; socalquake; usgs
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To: ZGuy

Of course you all know this is caused by global warming.


421 posted on 07/29/2008 1:06:25 PM PDT by malos
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To: DoughtyOne

After the Northridge quake, I had to move from one office at Olympic and Sepulveda to North Hollywood just a few hours after the shaker hit. There were tons of aftershocks but I never felt them driving (thank goodness). The office in West LA was trashed - the office in the Valley was perfectly fine. Go figure.


422 posted on 07/29/2008 1:06:37 PM PDT by peggybac (Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
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To: Avoiding_Sulla

Thanks for the map. No damage here either. It did feel pretty strong here though.


423 posted on 07/29/2008 1:06:52 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I'm a non Soros non lefitst supporting maverick Gang of 1, who won't be voting for McCain.)
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To: calcowgirl

Count on it... ;-)


424 posted on 07/29/2008 1:07:27 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I'm a non Soros non lefitst supporting maverick Gang of 1, who won't be voting for McCain.)
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To: Coldwater Creek
Small world.

No kidding! We were further out, nearer the intersection of Colima and Fullerton Road. Cracks me up that Snoop Dog lives there somewhere.

425 posted on 07/29/2008 1:07:42 PM PDT by Dianna
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To: Ditter
It makes everything feel a little queasy. The first moments of a minor quake feel pretty much the same as a major one, so for those who've been through a major quake the adrenalin gets flowing, and you go through a moment of uncertainty while you wait to see just how bad it's going to be. I was five miles from the Northridge epicenter, and the apartment building next to me fell into its underground garage, so it takes me a while to relax again after one of these hits.
426 posted on 07/29/2008 1:07:43 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg
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To: Dianna

Really!


427 posted on 07/29/2008 1:09:05 PM PDT by Coldwater Creek
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To: Ditter

When I was stationed in California in the 60’s I was in 3, two small and one in the low 6’s. It was not good IMO. One gets use to having your feet on the ground, it sort of destroys that piece of mind.


428 posted on 07/29/2008 1:09:06 PM PDT by federal
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To: keepitreal

Hearing a lot of strong jolt on the news... high ground acceleration is my guess...The 1994 Northridge, California is known to be the record holder for such in the So Cal. area....


429 posted on 07/29/2008 1:09:28 PM PDT by yield 2 the right
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To: BurbankKarl
You know, when you have a number of freepers sitting there wondering for 20 seconds if the building above them is going to come down, they might not have the same sense of humor.

I too, didn't think it was funnyeiter but, I don't recall gridlock's ever being deliberately cruel. And, besides, he has alreasy apoligized for his unintentional, seeming-insensitive comment. Don't you think it's time to accept his apology and quit beating a dead horse?

430 posted on 07/29/2008 1:09:28 PM PDT by Turret Gunner A20 (democrat -- ‘one who panders to the crude and mindless whims of the masses.’”)
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To: peggybac

The Northridge quake was strange in that you could be a five miles east of it and be just fine, but twenty miles south of it and have serious problems. The fault evidently ran right down to West LA and beyond.

Glad it worked out well for you.


431 posted on 07/29/2008 1:10:04 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I'm a non Soros non lefitst supporting maverick Gang of 1, who won't be voting for McCain.)
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To: BurbankKarl

Is that really necessary? Seems like things ought to be calming down...?


432 posted on 07/29/2008 1:10:26 PM PDT by lainie ("Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies." - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: All
I like this graphic for showing the scale of earthquakes.


433 posted on 07/29/2008 1:10:41 PM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: BurbankKarl

Everytime I see that Tony V on TV it causes me to have an immage of Cheech and Chong:

Pedro: Don’t worry, man. Those aren’t narcs, they’re Las Emigras; you know, the Immigration Service looking for illegal aliens.

Man Stoner: What’s the Immigration Service doing here, man?

Pedro: My cousin needed a ride to his brother’s wedding in Tijuana; so he called the Emigras, man.

They’ll deport the entire wedding party, man. They get a free bus ride across the border and lunch.

When the wedding is over, man, they’ll just come back across the border.


434 posted on 07/29/2008 1:11:08 PM PDT by OKIEDOC (OBAMA aka Post Turtle the Forest Gump of American Politics ABORTION -Liberal Child Abuse.)
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To: Ditter
I have never felt an earthquake, does it make your stomach feel kind of queasy?

The vast majority of earthquakes are over so quick that by the time you figure out it's a quake, it's done. I lived in Southern California for 22 years and managed to miss every big one.

435 posted on 07/29/2008 1:11:13 PM PDT by Dianna
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To: DoughtyOne

I was in the Sylmar earthquake. I remember seeing waves of earth rolling along down the street in an aftershock. I still get of bit jumpy after quakes. We were in Sylmar when that quake hit, and were without running water for a week. It was very strange to turn on the radio and they didn’t even know what had happened and thought that it was minor.

But I don’t think people feel earthquakes when they are driving. Today hubby took my car to fill it up when it hit. He didn’t feel a thing. With some areas having the power lines buried, it is harder to tell if there is a quake going on. Just like when there are aftershocks, if you are standing up, you may not feel it as much as when your sitting down.


436 posted on 07/29/2008 1:12:08 PM PDT by TruthConquers (Delendae sunt publici scholae)
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To: ZGuy

bttt


437 posted on 07/29/2008 1:12:30 PM PDT by AnimalLover ( ((Are there special rules and regulations for the big guys?)))
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To: yield 2 the right

I remember being face down on the floor, clinging desperately to the carpet in our living room as the shockwaves dribbled me like a basketball. WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! Scared shitless doesn’t begin to describe it.


438 posted on 07/29/2008 1:12:34 PM PDT by B-Chan (Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
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To: Ditter

No. If they lasted long enough for you to get queasy, you’d have much bigger problems than that. It’s more like trying to stay balanced while standing on a board that has a pipe or barrel under it that rolls around—something you may have tried as a kid.


439 posted on 07/29/2008 1:12:50 PM PDT by ZGuy
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To: NRA2BFree
NRA2BFree wrote: "Thanks for the ping! That was a pretty big one."

You're welcome, NRA2BFree. There's some structural damage reports coming in. Thus far, no reports of injuries. It's interesting to read reports of what people felt further out from the epicenter.

440 posted on 07/29/2008 1:13:07 PM PDT by bd476
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