Woooosh
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Magnitude-3.5 Quake Hits Baja California
Barely strong enough to shake a martini. Would this go in the "emergency forum"?
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Magnitude-35-Quake-Hit...
[Edited on 2-19-2009 by Woooosh]
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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shari
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woosey quake...no emergency...maybe just a warm up though!
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Russ
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http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/ci144...
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Bajahowodd
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I happen to know Lucy Jones of Caltech. While they will not go public with it, there is increasing concern that the recent up-tick in seismic activity
could be a precursor to an event similar to the tejon EQ of 1857.
[Edited on 2-20-2009 by Bajahowodd]
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ckiefer
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Haven't there been a few shakers these past few months? Where did the tejon EQ of 1857 measure?
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avid
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| Quote: | Originally posted by ckiefer
Haven't there been a few shakers these past few months? Where did the tejon EQ of 1857 measure? |
7.9 information here
avid
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Hook
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Absolutely frightening description of the movement of the Ft. Tejon quake of 1857. Ground raised 15 feet in the air..........rivers running backwards
or leaving their banks!
And I thought the Feb. 9th 1971 quake was a bad one..........from 60 miles from the epicenter.
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Woooosh
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which one of you geezers has a first hand account? 
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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nancyinpdx
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That story of the quake from 1857 is absolutely terrifying! 
[Edited on 2-20-2009 by nancyinpdx]
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Russ
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Small one (3.7) in central Cal early today:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/ci103...
Here a pretty cool site for anyone interested is quakes:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/
[Edited on 2-20-2009 by Russ]
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BajaGringo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
Absolutely frightening description of the movement of the Ft. Tejon quake of 1857. Ground raised 15 feet in the air..........rivers running backwards
or leaving their banks!
And I thought the Feb. 9th 1971 quake was a bad one..........from 60 miles from the epicenter. |
I was in Long Beach for that one and will never forget. Couple of things I remember about that one was how long it lasted and that we lost over a foot
of water out of our back yard swimming pool.
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David K
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Remember, Baja California was once attached to the mainland... The Baja peninsula, much of Southern California, and the narrow strip of Central
California west of the San Andreas fault (to San Francisco) is ALL one piece of land that is part of the Pacific Plate... moving NORTH, along the
North American Plate.
When it doesn't move slowly via many tiny quakes, energy builds up until there is a SNAP of sudden movement (Ft. Tejon, San Francisco, etc.)!
Maybe have an emergency kit ready if you live in California (Baja & Alta)?
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Same thing happens here in Jerome, AZ. Constantly moving but you can't feel it. It's measurable, though. We live on a cliff, so when the landslide
brings us down, I'm gonna surf the house down the mountain, unless I happen to be in Asuncion at the time. We're also on fault lines. I just hope
it isn't snowing at the time.
We\'re all here cuz we\'re not all there, mountain stranded time
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Aww geez David....my emergency kit has been put away for over a year now....hmmmm
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Bajahowodd
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I had the distinct pleasure of living two miles from the epicenter of the '71 Sylmar quake. I later moved, and was rewarded by being four miles from
the epicenter of the Northridge quake. I am now inviting all my nomad friends to come over for a visit.
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dao45
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Ha ha I wonder what exactly is in that emergency kit
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dao45
Ha ha I wonder what exactly is in that emergency kit |
Tequila! You know, ... in case of snake bite!
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