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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: yield 2 the right

lol! Thank you; I just did. Oh well... earthquakes beget earthquakes began earthquakes. In other news, the stars are out tonight. :>


601 posted on 07/29/2008 6:34:37 PM PDT by Alia
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To: T Minus Four; AKA Elena; cogitator
T Minus Four wrote: "Wrong, each whole number (one point) is ten times stronger than the previous. A 5.0 in ten times stronger than a 4.0"

T Minus Four, that is not true although your comment is based upon a common misconception.

Magnitude is the logarithmic measurement of the amplitude of waves on a seismogram.

When comparing Magnitudes, you are comparing the measurement of amplitude of waves between the two earthquakes. Comparison of Magnitude is not a comparison of strength or energy of the two earthquakes.

It would be correct to say that a 5.0 Magnitude earthquake is ten times bigger than a 4.0 earthquake again, keeping in mind that it is the measured amplitude of waves which are being compared.

A 5.0 earthquake is actually 31.6 times stronger than a 4.0 earthquake. An earthquake's energy is the damaging factor.


602 posted on 07/29/2008 6:48:48 PM PDT by bd476
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Should of come here when it first happened... but I hit the phone to check on the kiddos.. and low and behold the cell phone was DEAD!!! Now we know they can't be trusted in a crisis!sigh.... Polly

WOW...

603 posted on 07/29/2008 6:51:08 PM PDT by pollywog (I will lift mine eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help. My help comes from the Lord...Ps 121)
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To: bd476

Thank you. Makes sense to me.


604 posted on 07/29/2008 6:53:17 PM PDT by Alia
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To: Rebelbase

LOL


605 posted on 07/29/2008 6:53:48 PM PDT by Buddygirl (Jesus said, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No man comes to the Father except through Me.)
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To: ken21
ken21 wrote: "that’s the 1st time that i’ve felt an earthquake while sitting in a car. in long beach, at a red light, and the front end of my car went up, down. i looked up to see the aluminum street lamps moving 3-4 like jello."

That sounds like a very unsettling experience.

Years ago, I was sitting at a traffic light when a moderate sized quake hit. At first I thought someone had hit my car from behind. Then after looking in the rear-view mirror and seeing no other car, my attention was drawn forward and up and I noticed the traffic signal and street signs swinging.

606 posted on 07/29/2008 6:55:35 PM PDT by bd476
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To: bd476
T Minus Four, that is not true although your comment is based upon a common misconception.

OK, I accept and confess that I really don't know a dang thing about earthquakes, I'm just a garden-variety Googler :-)

I'm going to go pick on someone's spelling now so I can feel superior.

607 posted on 07/29/2008 6:57:01 PM PDT by T Minus Four
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To: bd476
Sitting on the Golden Gate Bridge in car, long commutes lines, waiting to pay the bridge toll going into SF. The GG Bridge swings, and if stopped in car on bridge; one can really notice it. You can almost see the thought bubbles over the drivers'/passengers' heads... "earthquake?" .

Not funny; but funny. Everyone revs after paying the toll. Fast rev. Get away fast rev.

608 posted on 07/29/2008 7:01:49 PM PDT by Alia
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To: T Minus Four
ROFLOL!

609 posted on 07/29/2008 7:04:05 PM PDT by bd476
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To: ZGuy

I’ve been meaning to thank you VERY much for posting the gifs at the start of the thread. That 3rd: active time: gif is the coolest!


610 posted on 07/29/2008 7:04:52 PM PDT by Alia
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To: Alia
Alia wrote: "Sitting on the Golden Gate Bridge in car, long commutes lines, waiting to pay the bridge toll going into SF. The GG Bridge swings, and if stopped in car on bridge; one can really notice it. You can almost see the thought bubbles over the drivers'/passengers' heads... "earthquake?" .

Not funny; but funny. Everyone revs after paying the toll. Fast rev. Get away fast rev."

No, would not want to be there. Not today, not tomorrow. Not even during a 3.0 earthquake. No way.

611 posted on 07/29/2008 7:07:26 PM PDT by bd476
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To: bd476

that’s right!

i’ve been through too many socal earthquakes to review all of them here.

but the landers quake was interesting—water in our swimming pool splashed out 20 feet or so.

the norwalk quake found me outside vons pavilions eating a bagel and drinking coffee while waiting for a fellow employee to to to work.

i walked away from the building, lest something would fall on me.

it was like walking on water; the asphalt came in waves. literally.


612 posted on 07/29/2008 7:09:19 PM PDT by ken21 (people die and you never hear from them again.)
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To: pollywog
AT&T says the phones were ,...technically not dead ,...the system was just overloaded from everyone calling....

Course as a user you can't tell the difference....

613 posted on 07/29/2008 7:11:54 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: ken21

That Landers quake splashed water out of pools in Albuquerque NM....now that is real power....


614 posted on 07/29/2008 7:15:19 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: Alia
You're welcome. Dr. Kate Hutton today said that thus far, the most reliable prediction of "the big one" is: seismologists will know the instant the San Andreas fault breaks and then they will have a minute or two to warn everyone before the seismic waves hit the big cities.

615 posted on 07/29/2008 7:15:42 PM PDT by bd476
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To: Alia
Here's my little secret (and I'm surprised no one noticed):

There were several people who posted that there had been an earthquake but they were all at least a minute after mine, yet mine had gifs and a lot of text. The secret is that I typed the post up beforehand and put in all the gifs I liked, and when the earthquake hit, all I had to do was click the "post" button!

616 posted on 07/29/2008 7:15:59 PM PDT by ZGuy
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

that’s funny!

if i remember correctly, it was felt in the skyscrapers in denver too.


617 posted on 07/29/2008 7:17:44 PM PDT by ken21 (people die and you never hear from them again.)
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To: Straight Vermonter; GodGunsGuts

Thanks SV...that almost seems too simple,...


618 posted on 07/29/2008 7:18:42 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: tajgirvan
You're welcome, Tajgivran. It's good to hear that your Mother is okay. Poor dog. ;-)

It's kind of unnerving thinking that cellphones would not work. After the Northridge earthquake there was no power and as I recall my phone line was out. I couldn't find my flashlight which I had on my nightstand. An entire wall of books was on the floor blocking my exit outside. My 20-inch television had gone airborne and then landed right next to my bed. I nearly tripped on it.

Then my neighbor started screaming "Gas leak! Everybody get out!" Outside a fallen street light blocked the fire department's access to our street. Nine buildings on my block came down. Not fun memories.

This is yet another wake-up call for continual earthquake preparation for all of California.

619 posted on 07/29/2008 7:26:32 PM PDT by bd476
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To: Churchillspirit
Alrighty, I'm watching the news late this afternoon and lo and behold, a story about a dentist's office. They interviewed a dental hygienist who said she was in the middle of cleaning someone's teeth when the quake struck. She said she could hear the other women who were working in the office screaming. This doesn't comfort me! LOL!
620 posted on 07/29/2008 7:38:21 PM PDT by 444Flyer (Marriage=1 man+1 woman! Vote "YES" on Prop 8, amend the Calif. State Constitution this November.)
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